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Daily Archives: August 20, 2014

Is using nano silver to treat Ebola victims misguided?

  Recently, it was reported that Ebola victims within Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos will get Nano Silver in order to treat the disease. The news arrives hot around the heels of the World Health Organization’s decision in order to sanction [...]

August 20, 2014 Business, Economy, Health issues

Help-Portrait Tutorial visits Nigeria

Help-Portrait Tutorial. Nigeria. from Sasha on Vimeo.   Help-Portrait is the community of photographers joining together throughout the world to make use of their photography abilities to offer back to their local community. It all started over a cup of [...]

August 20, 2014 General, Video

Nigeria’s Small Businesses Drive Economic Growth in 2014

  Small Scale Enterprises (SSEs) currently have played and strive to perform substantial roles within the growth, development as well as industrialisation of numerous economies around the world. In Nigeria, the SSEs have got carried out below expectation because of [...]

August 20, 2014 Video

SAP to put in $500 million in Africa by 2020

SAP joins the enterprise rush to make use of Africa’s double-digit development momentum, launching Tuesday it intends to put in as much as $500 million in the continent by 2020. The venture by the German enterprise software giant comes on [...]

August 20, 2014 Business, Economy

Western Union, First Bank start outbound service in Nigeria

The Western Union Company, an innovator in worldwide payment services, has declared the launch of the outbound remittance service throughout Nigeria. Since the Western Union Money Transfer service was launched in Nigeria in 1995, consumers in the country have only [...]

August 20, 2014 Business, Economy

Eko Disco targets on 20% yearly generation growth to 1000mw within 2020

Eko Electricity Distribution Company (Eko Disco) has started work on an agenda to develop generation by 20 % every year to 1,000 megawatts (MW) for the electricity networks in 2020. The company would, however, give supply to only those customers [...]

August 20, 2014 Business, Economy

Fashola turns over 31 new classrooms in two schools

Despite of the morning rain, Mr Babatunde Fashola, Lagos State governor, on Tuesday, officially presented 2 new schools built by the state government within the Iju-Ishaga as well as Ifako-Ijaiye part of the state, stating it is an additional step [...]

August 20, 2014 Education, General

Sari Iganmu and Gaskiya College roads will commence on September

The renovation of Sari Iganmu as well as Gaskiya College Roads in Apapa-Iganmu Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State will begin next month. Contract for the reconstruction of the two roads was awarded earlier in the year. The  [...]

August 20, 2014 Business, Economy

Federal Government to make Devt Finance Institution

To aid industrial development within the nation, the Federal Government stated it will set up wholesale Development Finance Institution (DFI) to offer long-term finances for industrial improvement. Also, the board of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved the [...]

August 20, 2014 Business, Economy

6 Nigerians quarantined in Germany, Vietnam

Six Nigerians were quarantined in Germany as well as Vietnam because of suspicion of having Ebola virus. One Nigerian in Germany, two at Vietnam’s international airport on arrival and three students have confined to their abode for the next 21 [...]

August 20, 2014 Business, Economy

PenCom grants police PFA final approval to manage pension

The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has given the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) Pensions Limited, a Pension Fund Administrator, total approval to function and manage pensions of more than 300, 000 officers as well as men. PenCom Head, Surveillance Department, YakubuDatti [...]

August 20, 2014 Business, Economy

5000 Lagos slum residents displaced by fire

There was wailing as well as gnashing of teeth while fire displaced no fewer than 5,000 inhabitants of Oko Baba, a slum within Ebute Meta, Lagos Mainland. The Monday night inferno gutted over 1,500 shanties. The Lagos State Emergency Management [...]

August 20, 2014 Economy, General

Ebola curfew declared by Liberia president

The president of Liberia has declared a curfew as well as ordered security forces to quarantine a slum place to no less than 50,000 people as the West African nation fought to end the spread of Ebola. The measures came [...]

August 20, 2014 Health issues