ArticleBy Bolarinwa Akande Nigeria Dialogue holds a town hall meeting featuring Funmi Iyanda, Chude Jideonwo, Humphrey Hawksley and Ikenna Azuike titled “The new generation of leadership in Nigeria” on Saturday, July 12, 2014 at The Cruciform Building, Lecture Theatre 1, University College London, Gower Street London, WC1E 6BT between 11am and 4pm. “With statistics revealing that 70% of the Nigerian population is below 35 years old and almost half of the entire population between 0-14years old , the need to start the discussion about finding new leaders for our country Nigeria starts now .” said Nigeria Dialogue’s Chief Operations Officer…
Author: Pride Team
ArticleRegalo, leading African luxury store has secured an exclusive partnership with Cape Cobra, the number one exotic luxury leather producers in Africa, producing for luxury brands in Europe, and the United States as the sole partner in West Africa. Discerning clients who seek quality products in one-of-a-kind exotic leather pieces can now easily obtain them at Regalo, located at the exclusive CentroLekki Mall, Admiralty Way, Lagos. Founded in May 2013, Regalo boasts a rich and eclectic combination of African-made luxury lifestyle goods from respected brand names across the continent such as Cape Cobra Leathercraft, Avoova, Tammy Parfum, Letterpress, YSwara, Buyu of…
ArticleThe Fayrouz L’Original regional competition which held June 7, 2014, at the Golden Royale Hall, Enugu was a truly exciting experience for all 10 teams, guests and students that graced the occasion. The Safari themed competition which was hosted by media personality, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, featured the designs of Applause, Belle Afrique, Creative Lights, Echo, Elan, Elite, Secret project, Eureka, FIB and Loud Tribe; each team consisting of four: A Designer, Photographer, Make-Up Artist and Model. Amidst the intensity of the regional competition, regional judges Adebayo Oke- Lawal of Orange Culture and the creative duo, Gozel Green, revealed the winning teams…
ArticleBy Alex C Growing investor confidence in the nation’s economy has continued to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) in the real estate sector, riding on the back of a combination of factors including the country’s demographics, emerging middle class with strong spending power and the rebased Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which shows a GDP size of $510 billion. Recently, a whopping N24 billion FDI came into the luxury end of the real estate market for the development of a 750-unit high-end housing estate called RivTaf Golf Estate in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, which will deliver luxury villas or duplexes, town…
ArticleBy Bolarinwa Akande Evelle, real name Evelyn Zibili, has been crowned Nigerian Idol for 2014, having defeated closest contender, Sarah Odugbemi, alias Eye-D, during a tension-filled competition at the Dreams Studios, last Saturday. Journey towards the grand finale had seen both contestants singing their hearts out penultimate weekend. But the tiara was adjudge to fit Evelle, who only last week was short of hope, as Eye-D got more votes from the public. “I went to my closet when I was praying and said to God, I don’t know how this is going to happen, I am going to give it my best shot…
ArticleBy Alex C Manufacturers in the non-metallic sub-sector such as cement and ceramics source 91.48 percent of their raw materials locally. This is a significant improvement from 79.55 percent reported in the first half of 2013 (H1 2013) and 63.16 percent recorded in the corresponding period of 2012 (H2 2012). Similarly, there has been an outstanding improvement in the local content of inputs of players in the food, beverage and tobacco, having increased their local raw materials sourcing to 79.34 percent by the second half of 2013 (H2 2013), from 68.99 percent obtained in the first quarter H1 2013…
ArticleBy Alex C The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disbursed N232.56 billion from the Power and Airline Intervention Fund as at December 31, 2013. The apex bank said in a circular posted on its website at the weekend that both sectors expended the money on the execution of 87 projects. It said that airlines got N116.92billion for 36 projects, while the power sector collected N115.73billion for 51 projects. The Federal Government in 2013 released N300 billion as bailout fund to the two sectors. The fund is to fast-track ongoing power projects and provide loan to local airline operators. Nigeria…
ArticleBy Bolarinwa Akande Amidst criticism of her new video, Wanted, which is perceived in several quarters as indecent, First Lady of Mavin Records, Tiwa Savage, was last Saturday, in Durban, South Africa, celebrated as Africa’s Best Female artiste of the year. With a total of six statuettes won by Nigerian artistes who were nominated in different categories of the MTV African Music Awards (MAMA), there was renewed discourse about the resourcefulness of Nigerian singers, as Davido, was also crowned in two categories; Best Male, and Artiste of the Year, the biggest of the MAMAs. Other Nigerians who came tops in…
Article By Kaycee xosotin chelseathông tin chuyển nhượngcâu lạc bộ bóng đá arsenalbóng đá atalantabundesligacầu thủ haalandUEFAevertonxosokeonhacaiketquabongdalichthidau7m.newskqbdtysokeobongdabongdalufutebol ao vivofutemaxmulticanaisonbethttps://bsport.fithttps://onbet88.ooohttps://i9bet.bizhttps://hi88.ooohttps://okvip.athttps://f8bet.athttps://fb88.cashhttps://vn88.cashhttps://shbet.atbóng đá world cupbóng đá inter milantin juventusbenzemala ligaclb leicester cityMUman citymessi lionelsalahnapolineymarpsgronaldoserie atottenhamvalenciaAS ROMALeverkusenac milanmbappenapolinewcastleaston villaliverpoolfa cupreal madridpremier leagueAjaxbao bong da247EPLbarcelonabournemouthaff cupasean footballbên lề sân cỏbáo bóng đá mớibóng đá cúp thế giớitin bóng đá ViệtUEFAbáo bóng đá việt namHuyền thoại bóng đágiải ngoại hạng anhSeagametap chi bong da the gioitin bong da lutrận đấu hôm nayviệt nam bóng đátin nong bong daBóng đá nữthể thao 7m24h bóng đábóng đá hôm naythe thao ngoai hang anhtin nhanh bóng đáphòng thay đồ…
ArticleBy Alex C Brass Fertilizer Company Limited and a Danish Consortium led by Haldor Topsøe A/S have announced the signing of an agreement to participate in the design and construction of a $3.5 billion urea, methanol and gas processing plant on Brass Island, Bayelsa State. Taylor-DeJongh Limited, United Kingdom-based energy and infrastructure investment banking firm, has been engaged as financial advisor for the project, according to a statement posted on the company’s website. The project will be the single largest private sector investment in the Niger Delta region, creating 15,000 jobs during the construction phase, with the potential to…