Sixth annual Influential Leaders initiative recognizes 25 outstanding business school graduates for contributions to society TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — AACSB International (AACSB)—the world’s largest business education alliance—announces today its 2021 Class of Influential Leaders, a group of 25 business school alumni whose inspiring work serves as a model for the next generation of business leaders. Building […]
Day: February 16, 2021
Lithium Werks Elects Jack Perkowski to Board of Directors as a Non-Executive Director
AUSTIN, Texas and ENSCHEDE, The Netherlands, Feb. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lithium Werks BV is proud to announce the election of Jack Perkowski as a non-executive director to the Lithium Werks Board of Directors. Perkowski joins founders T. Joseph Fisher, III and Christian R. Ringvold as directors of the company. Perkowski brings a wealth […]
NAPTIP To Establish West Africa Regional Training Academy In Nasarawa
The Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons NAPTIP, has disclosed plans to establish a regional training academy for the entire West Africa in Nasarawa State. Director-General of NAPTIP, Mrs. Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, made this known when she led her team on a courtesy call to the state governor, Engineer Abdullahi […]
History is made: Nigerian Okonjo-Iweala appointed as next Director-General
GENEVA— WTO members made history Monday when the General Council agreed by consensus to select Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria as the organization’s seventh Director-General. When she takes office on March 1, Dr Okonjo-Iweala will become the first woman and the first African to be chosen as Director-General. Her term, renewable, will expire on Aug […]
Technology and supermarket chains can help strengthen southern Africa’s food systems
Agriculture and agro-processing value chains have been under pressure during the COVID-19 pandemic. This has been particularly marked where they remain underdeveloped, as is the case in South Africa and the rest of the region. Regulatory responses to the pandemic disrupted agriculture and agro-processing activities. For example, agro-processing systems have been slowed down by […]
COVID-19 2nd wave: Edo records 103 new cases, 3 deaths
BENIN CITY – Edo State has, in the last 72 hours, recorded 103 new cases and three more deaths from coronavirus (COVID-19), as the government intensifies enforcement of compulsory use of facemasks and other guidelines to contain the second wave of the pandemic. The State COVID-19 Incident Manager, Dr. Andrew Obi, disclosed this on […]
Obaseki collects data to build social register of poor, vulnerable citizens in Edo
BENIN CITY – The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has commenced a data collection exercise to gather relevant and reliable data to build a social register of poor, physically disadvantaged and other vulnerable persons in the state. Permanent Secretary, Edo State Ministry of Social Development and Gender Issues, Mrs. Dorcas Idehen said the […]
COVID-19: Edo taskforce seals up Cold Stone, Domino Pizza for flouting guidelines
BENIN CITY – The Edo State Government Taskforce on Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Tuesday sealed off Domino Pizza and Cold Stone Creamery in Benin City for flouting guidelines emplaced by the government to check the spread of the second wave of the pandemic. The taskforce led by Mrs. Aiebojie Winifred, a representative of the World Health […]
Obaseki congratulates Okonjo-Iweala on emergence as first female, African DG of WTO
BENIN CITY – The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has congratulated former Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonji-Iweala on her emergence as the first African and first female Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The WTO confirmed her emergence on Monday after the last contender and South Korean Trade Minister, Yoo Myung-hee, announced her […]
NCC Cautions Nigerians Against False Recruitment
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC has warned Nigerians against false advertisements being circulated online soliciting applications for a purported recruitment exercise by the Commission for 2021/2022. NCC said it was necessary to draw the attention of the general public, especially job hunters to it so that they wouldn’t be defrauded. In a statement jointly signed […]