Lagos, June 22, 2022 – Shell-funded impact investment company, All On is pleased to announce a $500k investment in Koolboks, an innovative refrigeration solutions company that provides affordable cooling services to small businesses and households, with a social impact focus on increasing income and job opportunities for women. “Koolboks is particularly thrilled to close this…
PARIS and DUBLIN, 21st June 2022 — The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) has today launched its Carbon Solutions Hub (the Hub), a new knowledge repository built in collaboration with Accenture. The Hub is designed to help CGF members and the broader retail and FMCG sectors to navigate the sustainability landscape, find inspiration, and make and execute against net…
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA has commenced preparatory works to deploy high-resolution magnetometer to validate the on going wreck removal exercise of all identified wrecks listed for removal along the Badagry Creek in Lagos. The Agency’s Director General Dr Bashir Jamoh who disclosed this during a review session of the ongoing wreck…
The Theatre Commander, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), Maj-Gen. Christopher Musa has warned against trading with Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in the Northeast. According to him, trading and other economic activities with the insurgents consolidate terrorism in the region. The 13-year insurgency has killed about 40, 000 people with $9.4…
The flag bearer and Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, Dr. Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran (JANDOR) has cleared the air on an announcement of a purported official opening of a new party state secretariat and the attendant reactions from some party members. JANDOR stated that he acted promptly when the information got…
PARIS and DUBLIN, 20th June 2022: The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) and the EY organisation have today published a new report bringing together opinions from 13 consumer industry leaders that outlines the urgent priorities the sector must act upon to help meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030 deadline. At the halfway point to the 2030…
Thirty-four (34) years after the enactment of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act Chapter A.18, Laws of the Federation, 2004 which came into force on March 14, 1988, the 9th Nigerian Senate on Tuesday, 10 May 2022 passed the Arbitration and Mediation Bill (“the Bill”), which will repeal the Arbitration and Conciliation Act and enact the…
By 1. Vera Songwe, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa; 2. Damilola Ogunbiyi, CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All; 3. Amani Abou-Zeid,Commissioner for Infrastructure & Energy, African Union CommissionCommission for Infrastructure & Energy, African Union Commission ●Amani Abou-Zeid During the United Nations…
Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has appointed former Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) Executive, Mrs Chioma Nonyerem Njoku, as the Chairperson of the Women-in-Business Trade Group of the Chamber. In a letter signed by the Director General ACCI, Victoria Akai on Tuesday, the DG stated that…
Uche Secondus, former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has congratulated Atiku Abubakar, the party’s presidential candidate, for picking Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate. TheCable had reported earlier on Thursday that Abubakar named Okowa, governor of Delta, as his running mate for the 2023 general election. Prior to the announcement, Nyesom Wike and…
