Author: Ifetayo Adeniyi

Stress Management Revolutions Summit & Awards 2024, Join the Movement Are you tired of feeling overwhelmed and stressed? Do you want to learn effective ways to manage stress and improve your mental health? Look no further! The Global Youth Mental Health Awareness (GYMHA) Incorporated, Australia, is thrilled to invite you to the 5th annual Stress Management Revolutions Summit & Awards 2024. This free online event, taking place on September 20-21, 2024, promises to be an enlightening and engaging experience. With over 40 speakers and panelists from diverse industries, you’ll gain valuable insights into recognizing and managing stress, fostering healthy habits,…

Oscar Award: NOSC added new committee members, Ali Nuhu, Blessing Egbe, Others Oscars Awards The 97th edition of the Oscars awards is slated for March 2nd, 2025. The Nigeria Oscars Selection Committee, NOSC, has announced five additional new members ahead of the 97th edition of the annual award. NOSC, in a statement by its leader, Stephanie Linus, announced the Managing Director of the Nigerian Film Corporation, Ali Nuhu; film producer, Blessing Egbe; popular journalist and film critic Victor Akande; Group Chief Executive Officer of Filmhouse Cinemas, Kene Okwuosa and actress, Ijeoma Agu, as its new members. The committee stated that…

Pyrates Confraternity, an association for justice and betterment of Nigeria – Soyinka … not a blood-thirsty secret cult but an association founded to push for justice and advance the betterment of the country Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, on Friday, described corruption as a deadly cankerworm that lays great nations in ruins and puts the people at a great disadvantage. Soyinka stated that without attitudinal change and the readiness of everyone to begin to do the right thing, winning the war against the mounting corruption challenge in the country would remain an impossible task. The world-renowned scholar disclosed this at…

Artificial intelligence: Nigeria plans to equip 70% of youths with skills AI is poised to add $2.9 trillion to Africa’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 2030, and the Nigerian AI market is projected to hit $434.4 million by 2026. Nigeria wants to equip 70 percent of its young workforce (aged 16 – 35 years) with Artificial Intelligence (AI) related skills and knowledge to reduce unemployment by five percentage points. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria’s unemployment rate was 5 percent in the third quarter of 2023, with the formal sector accounting for only 7.7 percent of employment opportunities.…

Dr. Ukpai Hosts Maiden DAM Global Summit In Halifax As part of the malaria awareness creation, African culture and tourism assets like drumming and other heritage assets would be on on display to promote inbound tourism to Africa. Plans are on for the maiden edition of the Drum Against Malaria (DAM) Global Summit in Halifax, Canada. The summit, a three-day programme, is scheduled to hold from April 25 to 27, 2025. The highpoint of the summit will be on April 25, the World Malaria Day. Organisers of the summit hope to use the opportunity to create awareness on the menace…

Economy: Money supply goes higher 56% to N100trn in June Money supply (M3), which is a broad measure of the total amount of money in an economy, has surpassed N100 trillion, reaching an all-time high for the country. Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) shows that M3 rose to a record N101.34 trillion in June 2024, represents a 56.15 percent increase to N64.90 trillion recorded in the corresponding period of June 2023. When the money supply increases, it can lead to higher inflation. As more money chases the same amount of goods and services, prices tend to rise.…

Trump agrees to Debate Kamala Harris September 4         Trump and Harris Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said late Friday he had agreed with Fox News to debate Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris on September 4. “I have agreed with FoxNews to debate Kamala Harris on Wednesday, September 4th,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, but it was not immediately clear if Harris had agreed to the debate.

Man Of The People, Crusader For Women Empowerment – Uduaghan Praises Ibori James Onanefe Ibori The Alema of Warri, Chief Emmanuel Oritsejolomi Uduaghan, on Friday lauded the leadership qualities of the former governor of Delta State, Chief James Onanefe Ibori. ‘’As a governor, you never deviated from set goals. You exhibited the sterling qualities of a strong leader, brought optimism to the Niger Delta Region, provided effective leadership in Delta, established a culture of openness, checks and balances and gave dissenting voices full hearing’’ He also lauded his commitment to the unity of Nigeria. ’As a bridge builder who constantly…

SAHCO Emerges Winner of British Airways’ Punctuality Award According to Uansohia, SAHCO has also won the British Airways’ bronze award for achieving its punctuality target of 96 per cent for the second quarter of 2024 at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja station. Skyway Aviation Handling Company PLC (SAHCO) has been awarded the Punctuality Award by British Airways for its outstanding regularity and safety performance. The ground handling company was recognised with the award for its performance at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos Station in quarters one and two of 2024. A statement by Vanessa Uansohia, Head, Corporate…

Financial Pressure: How To Stay On Top Of Situations With the cost of commodities skyrocketing each passing day, owing to unrelenting inflation, survival has become a colossal task for the populace regardless of the social class. The situation is really worrisome such that even the affluent are also lamenting as some of them are finding it tough to sustain their flamboyant lifestyles and businesses. The depreciating value of Naira especially when compared with foreign currencies like the dollar, Pounds and Euros has not helped the situation either but has worsened the purchasing power of the masses the more since it…