Why NCDMB, MoPR Should Transition Project 100 Into Sectoral Working Group – Beneficiaries

The beneficiaries of Project 100 have urged the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) to transition the programme into a sectoral working group to enhance its impact and ensure its long-term sustainability within the oil and gas industry. Platforms Africa reports that these beneficiaries who are staff of companies were equipped with advanced skills to scale up their firms as leading Nigerian oil and gas servicing companies, enabling them to deliver world-class projects and foster regional collaboration with counterparts in Ghana and across West Africa. They have, therefore, called…

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Witness To CJID And Genuine Resilience With Developmental Strides, By Tunde Akanni, PhD

At the height of the activities to mark the tenth anniversary of the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development, CJID, the truism of the reward for hard work being more work was unmistakable. It was an auspicious time to showcase the organisation’s efforts on development of Artificial Intelligence , AI tools. Thus, some four gangling, promising young men were called forward to formally present the AI, tools which were the outcome of months of the work CJID had mobilised them to do as teams of techies, journos and analysts. The…

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Shell’s Ex-Country Chair, Mutiu Sunmonu, Delivers UNILAG Alumni Association’s 55th Anniversary Lecture

Former Country Chair of Shell Petroleum Development Company, Mr. Mutiu Sunmonu will be the guest speaker at a public lecture marking the 55th anniversary of the University of Lagos Alumni Association. Platforms Africa reports that a statement by Funmi Falobi, National Publicity Secretary, read that the anniversary lecture is slated for Tuesday, December 3, at the J. F. Ade-Ajayi Hall, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos at 11am. Mr. Sunmonu, who is Chairman of Julius Berger Plc, will speak on the topic “Nation Building in a Deregulated Economy: A Clarion Call…

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