By Ayomide Otitoju Lagos, Nigeria, Leading innovative and sustainable building solutions company, Lafarge Africa Plc today launched the Concrete Ideas Policy Blueprint, an analysis of insights and ideas discussed by stakeholders in the construction, infrastructure and housing industries during the first five editions of Concrete Ideas, Lafarge’s thought-leadership series. The Policy Blueprint was written by…
Rising from a lower profit margin of N10.2 billion and a debilitating Non-Performing Loan portfolio of 45 per cent in 2015, to an impressive profit of N147 billion and a significantly lowered NPL rate of 5.6 per cent in 2022, FirstBank has proven that its back-to-back profit-making is far beyond recoveries made, but rather it’s…
By Ayomide Otitoju Lagos, Nigeria In commemoration of International Children’s Day, celebrated every June, the leading provider of ICT infrastructure, Huawei, and Nigeria’s innovative telecoms operator, 9mobile, collaborated to organize a captivating ballet performance for children from the Leap of Dance Academy at the Terra Kulture centre in Lagos. The performance was live-streamed on various…
…..Global energy access gap persists: 675 million people without electricity, 2.3 billion people reliant on harmful cooking fuel By Ayomide Otitoju A new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), the World Bank, and the World Health Organization (WHO), released today, finds that…
Ukrainian deputy defence minister, Hanna Maliar, says Russia’s allegations that Ukraine has begun its counteroffensive is to direct attention from Moscow’s losses around Bakhmut.The commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, Oleksandr Syrskyi, says Ukrainian forces are “moving forward” near Bakhmut which Russia claims to have captured last month.Russia says its forces thwarted a major offensive in…
By Ayomide Otitoju The World Health Organization (WHO) and European Commission have announced today the launch of a landmark digital health partnership. In June 2023, WHO will take up the European Union (EU) system of digital COVID-19 certification to establish a global system that will help facilitate global mobility and protect citizens across the world…
Residents of Enugu State have defied the state government’s directives on the Monday compulsory sit-at-home order issued by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), as roads, schools, banks, markets and other public places were completely deserted.The state governor, Peter Mbah had on June 1 declared “no more sit-at-home in Enugu,” effective Monday, June 5,…
The Nigeria Labour Congress on Sunday shunned a meeting called by the Federal Government to discuss the subsidy removal and the attendant hike in fuel pump prices across the country. The union insisted that it would not hold any dialogue with the government representatives unless a legitimate team was set up. However, the Trade Union…
The commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, Oleksandr Syrskyi, says Ukrainian forces are “moving forward” near Bakhmut.Russia claimed to have captured the city last month after months of fighting.Russia has said its forces thwarted a major Ukrainian offensive in the Ukrainian region of Donetsk, killing 250 Ukrainian soldiers and destroying tanks and armoured vehicles.Two drones fell…
