Day: July 23, 2020

Tears, Tributes as Tolulope Arotile, Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot, buried + PHOTOS

Precious Ibekwe

  Amidst tears and tributes, the coprse of Tolulope Arotile, first ever female combat helicopter pilot in Nigeria’s history, has been buried.   Tolulope, a graduate of Mathematics, became the first female to pilot a combat helicopter in Africa’s most populous country just at the age of 23 year-old. Her remains, Platforms Africa reports, were committed to mother earth at the Military Cemetery in Abuja, administrative capital of Nigeria, with full Military honours. The remains were lowered into the grave at exactly 11.05 am. The Nigerian Military led by the…

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Why we decorated Nigerian distributor – Schneider Electric

Precious Ibekwe

  As part of its periodic appraisal and reward for outstanding activities of its distributors nationwide, Schneider Electric has decorated Alhaji Bola Azeez, the chief executive officer of Bolamark Engineering Limited. Alhaji Azeez, on behalf of his company, received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his long-standing partnership with the energy management firm, Schneider Electric. Though Schneider Electric stands out globally in its service delivery on providing energy and automation digital solutions, its management affirms the rightful place of distributors with the right culture and push for excellence as a key…

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FCMB Customers lose millions, tongue-lash Bank over 4-day network glitch

Damilola Olonade

  The First City Monument Bank (FCMB) with headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria, has been taken to the cleaners by its customers who were enraged by the four days’ crash in network suffered by the bank. The customers who took to the micro blogging site, Twitter, to express their anger, alleged that they lost millions of naira due to alleged “insensitivity of the bank shown through its network issue.” They cried out over the lender’s persisting network issues. A National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member who is a customer of the…

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Bill Gates opens up as poll says 28% Americans believe COVID-19 vaccines, microchips’ implant conspiracy

Tim Bauer

  28% of American adults believed potential vaccine to be used for Covid-19 is to implant microchips in billions, a poll from Yahoo News/YouGov survey has said. American Billionaire Bill Gates, whose foundation has donated millions to coronavirus vaccine and treatment research, has however, denied the conspiracy theories which accused him of wanting to use coronavirus vaccines to implant microchips in billions of people to monitor their movements. Though a known survey has not been conducted on this in Africa, millions of people in the continent too hold this view. A…

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Africa oil producing nations Explore Regional Integration Post Covid-19

Efe Wellington

  Africa’s oil producing countries can develop their technological capacities and capabilities by learning from Nigeria if regional integration is embraced as a survival strategy post COVID-19, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has said. The Director of Monitoring and Evaluation, NCDMB, Tunde Adelana, stated this, according to a statement, during a Webinar hosted by Majorwaves Energy Report recently, with the theme; “Optimising Local Content through Regional Integration in a post COVID-19 Africa.” He said that local content in the Nigerian oil and gas industry is not about…

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End imminent for Nigeria states’ legislature, Judiciary fund starving as autonomy bill records progress

Precious Ibekwe

The age-long dependence of legislature and Judiciary in 36 states across Nigeria, Africa’s biggest economy, on Executive for funding is moving closer to an end. A Bill to grant financial autonomy to State Houses of Assembly and State Judiciaries across 36 states in Nigeria has passed second reading in the country’s House of Representatives. The Bill entitled: “AN ACT TO ALTER SECTION 121(3) OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA 1999( AS AMENDED) TO REFLECT THE AUTHORITY OF PERSON MANDATED TO EFFECT PAYMENT AND RECEIVE FUNDING FOR THE…

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Schneider Electric surges CSR investments by €11,760, rewards loyalty

Damola Oyede

  Schneider Electric (SE) has, through its Foundation, trusted €11,760.00 with LEAP Africa to combat the economic hardship facing rural and disadvantaged communities Nigeria during the Coronavirus pandemic. The company, which announced this also noted that it decorated a long-standing distributor as a mark of reward for loyalty. The funds will focus on the basic needs, specifically meals for underprivileged children and communities in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The initiative, known as Tomorrow Rising Fund, gave Schneider Electric staff the opportunity to donate to the noble cause to help…

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