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Calabar Carnival, a Veritable platform for Job Creation says Lai Mohammed

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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described the Calabar Carnival as a veritable platform for job creation and the promotion of creativity among Nigerians. Alhaji Lai Mohammed made the remarks in Calabar, Cross River State, on Saturday during the tour of some carnival bands ahead of Sunday’s flag-off the Third Dry Run of the 2017 Calabar Carnival.   He said the Carnival has grown beyond being a mere street procession and dancing to a venture that is positively impacting on the economy and the unity of…

OGBOMOSO : The Home of the Brave

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OGBOMOSHO was generated from ‘Ogbori Elemọshọ’ when Sọun Ogunlọla, a great hunter, who later became the first Sọun of Ogbomọshọ, helped the old Ọyọ Empire to kill Elemọshọ and brought his head to Alaafin. People began to refer to the settlement of Sọun Ogunlọla as ’Ibi ti wọn ti gbe Ori Elemọshọ’. Like any history of a people that began before the invention of writing and printing, history was passed from generation by word of mouth. Such history was bound to have some contradictions. Ogbomoso’s history is not peculiar. The…

Glitz and Glamour of 2017 Induction Ceremony of Chartered Institute of Supply Chain Management (CISCM ) & Chartered Institute of Warehousing and Material Management in Abuja

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The Chartered Institute of Supply Chain Management (CISCM ) and Chartered Institute of Warehousing and Material Management 2017 induction ceremony was held in Abuja yesterday. The induction ceremony which was hosted by Milat Business School Abuja, witnessed the presence of Prominent personalities and Captains of Industry .                  

SANI BELLO FOUNDATION GRADUATES 115 STUDENTS …As Gov Sani Bello calls for more Investment In Vocational Education

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Niger State Governor, AlhajI Abubakar Sani-Bello has identified vocational education and trainning as veritable tools for youth empowerment and national economic development. He said this on Saturday in Kontagora during the 6th graduation ceremony of 115 youths trained in various skills and vocations by Sani Bello Foundation, a non-governmental organisation. The Governor noted that with the increasing number of graduates produced every year by the nation’s Universities and their inability to be gainfully employed has further enforced the need for vocational training and education. l According to the Governor ,…

Mugabe Resisting Pressure To Resign

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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is in talks with military officials, South African government ministers, and a Catholic priest to determine his future and that of the country he has ruled since 1980. Mr. Mugabe was placed under house arrest following the military’s seizure of power on Tuesday night. Reuters reports that sources close to the talks said the 93-year-old president is resisting pressure from the military and the mediating priest, Father Fidelis Mukonori, to voluntarily resign ahead of the elections slated for next year. The South African government sent envoys…

Google Doodle Honours Chinua Achebe

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Google has resolved to change its logo to a doodle in honor of the late Chinua Achebe, who is considered to be one of Africa’s greatest storyteller. He would have been 87 on Thursday. Born in Ogidi to an Igbo family of Nigeria, West Africa in 1930, Achebe was the son of an evangelical priest. In love with reading and writing, he completed English studies at the University of Ibadan in just four years instead of five, which was the standard. Achebe was disappointed in the European interpretation of African…

Zenith Bank,Total Nigeria, Healthplus, Others Bag 2017 Nigeria Customer Service Awards.

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2017 Nigerian Customer Experience Management Conference

As Nigeria joined the rest of the world to mark and celebrate excellent customer service, Abuja played host to a plethora of professionals in various sectors of service at the 2017 Nigerian Customer Experience Management Conference, the fifth edition The Conference with theme: Customer Experience Management in Nigeria, had as key speakers Chiamaka Ugo-Obide, Miriam Jackson-Alero, Ijeoma Okeke and Victor Oshadare,Aliyu Ilias. The Speakers emphasized on the importance of customer journey mapping and touchpoint, customer engagement, the 21st century drivers of Contact centres and the use of data in promoting…

Filmmaker, John Chuka Graduates From New York Film Academy

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John Chuka

Filmmaker John Chuka graduated from the New York Film Academy with the goal of revolutionizing the African film industry.Armed with two business degrees from Holland and America,it dawned on John Chuka that the emerging film industry in Nigeria is a viable venture for wealth creation that can be harnessed.But the constraint then was that while he understood business,he did not know film. It was at this point that John Chuka decided to attend the New York Film Academy.“Considering the fact that I wasn’t going back to school to acquire just…