MTN announces new MTN Nigeria COO and further leadership changes to support execution of Ambition 2025 strategy

MTN Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Hassan Jaber as the Chief Operating Officer in Nigeria, as it focuses on executing strategies to drive growth, de-leverage faster and reveal value in our fintech and fibre businesses. The appointment is effective 1 April 2022. “A vital enabler of our strategy is having the best […]

CLI College Partners Indian University to Host Virtual Symposium for Business Professionals

In a bid to foster conversations on the development of Fintech in Africa and Asia, leading private career college, Career Learning International (CLI) Nigeria, has partnered Christ University India, to host a webinar on the theme, “The growth of Fintech in emerging economies; A study of India and Nigeria.”  The webinar will hold on March […]

Tiger Beer Unveils 5 Ambassadors

World acclaimed beer, Tiger Lager has unveiled 5 ambassadors as it launches the #LiveUncaged campaign. In a private event held at 1, Thompson Avenue, Ikoyi, on Friday, March 18 2022, celebrities, journalists and friends of the brand gathered to witness the reveal of the faces for the #LiveUncaged experience as the Tiger brand launches into […]

ID Africa Opens Registration For NECLive9 As Conference Returns As Hybrid Event

ID Africa, organisers of the Nigerian Entertainment Conference (NECLive), has opened registration for the ninth edition of the annual entertainment conference, which holds on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, in Lagos, Nigeria. The leading communications and strategic advisory company announced that registration begins on Monday, March 14, 2022, on nec.ng, as the conference returns in-person for […]

Why I Want To Govern Oyo – Abisoye Fagade

The Founder and Managing Director of Sodium Group of companies, Abisoye Fagade, has announced his intention to join the gubernatorial race for Oyo State in 2023. The announcement was made during a speech at an event hosted by Friends of Fagade Abisoye recently in Lagos, Nigeria. Read his speech below: All my life I’ve been surrounded […]

Abisoye Fagade, Sodium Group MD, Declares Gubernatorial Aspirations, Launches Foundation

Founder and Managing Director of Sodium Group of companies, Abisoye Fagade, recently announced his intentions to join the gubernatorial race for Oyo State in 2023. This announcement was made at his birthday event, where he also officially launched his foundation – the OSMD Network.  An astute and well respected businessman, Abisoye stated his commitment to […]

Abisoye Fagade Celebrates Birthday In Grand Style

Friends, colleagues, partners, and family members gathered to celebrate Abisoye Fagade as he marked his birthday party on Wednesday, March 8, 2022. The star-studded event was organised by Friends of Fagade Abisoye, and held at the prestigious Civic Center, Victoria Island, Lagos. The event was well attended by Nigerian political heavyweights who showed up to […]

MTN Group Re-affirms its Commitment to Nigeria

MTN Group this week committed to support a bi-national conference for businesses operating in South Africa and Nigeria during the first visit to its South African headquarters of the chairman of MTN Nigeria, the Group’s biggest operating company.   The commitment was made to Nigerian High Commissioner to South Africa H.E. Muhammed Haruna Manta when […]

MTN Partners with NIDCOM to Offer 5000 Ukraine Returnees Humanitarian Aid

MTN, in partnership with the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), has offered 5000 evacuated returnees displaced by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war more humanitarian aid to ease their premature return to the country. “1,199 have been evacuated so far from Ukraine,” NIDCOM announced in a Twitter post on March 11, 2022. “Returnees are also getting a […]

The Pandemic Undid The Global Strides Made Towards Gender Equality. By Joanna Baidu

Over the past decades, the movement to dismantle organised bias against women in workplaces, politics, academia, fast-tracking of economic opportunities and access to healthcare has been gaining ground. While society remains unequal, these gains were unequivocally meritorious and resulted from the tenacity of women driving it. However, in just over two years, Covid-19 undid the […]