Pfizer Nigeria Wins 2020 Great Place to Work Award

Contrary to reports by some online media that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, under the leadership of Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr Mele Kyari, is conducting secret recruitment without board approval, this medium reliably gathered that it’s false. The report claimed that about 35 people were recruited secretly into the NNPC Limited and are either undergoing medical examinations or writing entrance exams. But checks showed that there is no such recruitment exercise going on at the national oil company. Following its transition into a limited company governed by the Companies and Allied Matters Act, NNPC Limited has established

By Adedapo Adesanya President Bola Tinubu has appointed Mrs Bisoye Coker-Odusote as the acting Director-General/CEO of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), a role that he will later transition into full-time and serve in for the next four years. In a statement from Mr Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, on Tuesday, the President directed the current occupier of the seat, Mr Aliyu Abubakr Aziz, to embark on a 90-day pre-retirement leave, with effect from Thursday, August 24, 2023. It was revealed that this leave would lead to his eventual retirement from service on

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The salaries of employees of Mediacraft Associates Limited, a leading Nigerian full-service Public Relations and Integrated Brand Communications Consultancy firm, have been increased by 15 and 25 per cent. This was confirmed by a statement from the organisation as it celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. It was disclosed that the gesture was to reward the efforts of the workers toward the growth of the company and to cushion the current hardships in the country due to the removal of petroleum subsidy. According to the chief executive of Mediacraft Associates, Mr John Ehiguese, the salary increase had

By Nkem Ndem Nigerians generally have love for blackberry phones and accessories, but it’s time to face facts. The BlackBerry is on its last legs and now is the best time to ditch it and move on. Aside from the fact that BlackBerry smartphone sales have been disappointing, and the company has announced that it’s essentially up for sale, there are certain reasons users should discard their devices now. Jumia Travel, Africa’s No.1 online hotel booking portal shares 5 reasons Nigerians should ditch their blackberry phones this December. The Facebook app cannot be accessed on Blackberry What is life without

By Adedapo Adesanya  The global manufacturing output growth slowed down by 1.2 percent in the third quarter of 2019, a report by the United Nations Industrial Organisation (UNIDO) has revealed. According to the report, the slow development was caused by rising tensions over international trade between major economies of the world as production declined in major industrialised countries including Germany, Japan, and the United States. Business Post gathered that in industrialised countries, manufacturing output fell by 0.7 percent, compared to the same quarter in the previous year, with the production of general machinery, electrical goods and automobiles the sectors mainly

By Dipo Olowookere Vice-Chancellor of the University of Maiduguri (UniMaid), Prof Ibrahim Njodi, has described the July 25, 2017 attack on a team of specialists in search of commercial hydrocarbon deposits in the Chad Basin by suspected Boko Haram terrorists as an act of God. The VC made this comment over the weekend in Maiduguri, Borno State, while receiving a delegation from the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) led by Engr Saidu Mohammed, Chief Operating Officer in charge of gas and power unit of the agency. Mr Njodi said

By Adedapo Adesanya The losses recorded on Tuesday at the NASD Over-the-Counter (OTC) Securities Exchange were overturned at the midweek session when the market closed 0.98 percent higher. This was mainly impacted by the positive performance of a milk production company, FrieslandCampina Wamco Plc, which added N5 to its share price to settle at N120 per unit, closing as the market’s only gainer. This helped the market capitalisation to rise by N4.88 billion to close at N501.87 billion, higher than N496.76 billion quoted on Tuesday, while the NASD Unlisted Security Index (NSI) rose by 6.8 points to settle at 698.56

By Dipo Olowookere President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the postponement of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting for this week scheduled for today. The shifting of the meeting comprising ministers and some key officials of government was announced in a statement issued on Tuesday night in Abuja by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu. According to Mr Shehu, the FEC meeting, which was supposed to take place on Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at the State House, would no longer hold because the new Ministers, who were sworn-in last Wednesday, are still

By Ahmed Rahma The sum of N2 billion is to be invested in food production in Kwara State through a programme to be anchored by a department at the Kwara State University. The fund is to be contributed by the state government and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), a platform of the African Union (AU) aimed to advance economic growth on the continent. Speaking at the launch of a 10-year Agricultural Transformation Plan last Friday in Ilorin, the Governor of Kwara State, Mr AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, disclosed that this initiative would make the north-central state of the federation an

By Adedapo Adesanya Banks in Nigeria saw an increase of N20.97 million in the total amount expended on adverts in the traditional media for the month of October 2019. Data from P+ Measurement showed that the lenders spent N697.5 million to advertise their products and services to customers last month, higher than the N676.5 million used for the same purposes in September 2019. In the infographics made available to Business Post, it was disclosed that N697.5 million was used to place a total of 8,783 adverts on television, radio and print media platforms in the period under review. In the

By Adedapo Adesanya South Africa’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) plunged by 51 per cent in the second quarter of 2020 reflecting the immense damage done by the COVID-19 lockdown on Africa’s second-largest economy. The contraction further pushed South Africa deeper into recession, marking the fourth consecutive quarter that the country’s GDP will be in the negative territory. The GDP slid by 2 per cent for the first quarter of 2020 following a drop of 1.4 per cent in the last quarter of 2019 and 0.6 per cent decline in Q3 2019. In a breakdown, manufacturing contracted by 74.9 per cent