Thisday Newspaper News Today Saturday 23rd May 2020
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Life Beer Unveils New Campaign
Nigerian Breweries Plc, makers of Life Continental Lager beer, has launched a new campaign for the beer brand in the country, Ndu ka, which connotes, Life Is Important. The new campaign, which heralds the launch of Life Continental beer’s new look executed by popular music duo of Flavour and Phyno recently, during their live talk-show, …
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School Feeding Programme: LSUBEB Pledges Transparency, Targets 37,459 Households
Funmi Ogundare The Chairman, Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Wahab Alawiye-King has expressed the board’s readiness to ensure transparency and accountability in the distribution of food, as it targets 37,459 households in the state, as part of the Home-Grown School Feeding Programme of the federal government. The programme seeks to provide food for …
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NGO Applauds FG for Giving Palliatives to IDPs
Uchechukwu Nnaike The Founder and Chief Executive of a non-governmental organisation, OGE PEP Empowerment Initiative, Ms. Pepsie Adiukwu, has commended the federal government for responding to the plight of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in the country. According to her, sequel to the outcry on the need to cushion the effect of the Coronavirus pandemic …
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Bridge Introduces Online Homeschooling Platform
Funmi Ogundare Bridge International Academies (Bridge) has introduced an online remote learning platform, Bridge@Home which enables pupils to learn from resources shared via social media platforms and downloaded from its website while at home. The platform, which provides daily reading practice, learning guides and activity sheets for all classes for parents and caregivers, will ensure …
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Greensprings Student, Others for 2020 Yale Young African Scholars Programme
Uchechukwu Nnaike After a competitive application process, a Year 10 student of Greensprings School, Zanita Akinkugbe, has been accepted as one of the scholars of this year’s Yale Young African Scholars (YYAS) programme. The programme is an initiative of Yale University in the USA; applications were received from thousands of students across Africa, and only …
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Standard Chartered Nigeria Contributes N185m for COVID-19 Emergency Relief
Rebecca Ejifoma Standard Chartered Nigeria has contributed 185m naira to Red Cross programmes for communities impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. In a press release it issued Tuesday, it noted that the donation was part of Standard Chartered PLC’s $5m pledge to support emergency relief activities by the Red Cross that provide urgent medical support across …
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An African Perspective on the Impact of COVID-19 and the Response to It
By Gregory Kronsten This week, we are going to share some of the observations made on a webinar organized by the Royal African Society on ‘African Economies after COVID-19’. The external panelists were: Donald Kaberuka, an envoy for the African Union (AU) and the previous president of the African Development Bank; Nanjana Nyabola, a political …
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Visa’s Fast Track Program Propels Growth of the Fintech Industry Worldwide
Fintechs are a central part of the global payments ecosystem, and amidst COVID-19 have launched further into the spotlight, reporting sizable upticks in the usage of their apps , as more people manage their money from their personal devices. Visa (NYSE: V), today, is proud to announce its continued support of the global Fintech …
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Lagos Discharges 9 Additional COVID-19 Patients
Martins Ifijeh The Lagos State Government has discharged nine additional COVID-19 patients from the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, bringing to 632 the total number of successfully treated persons in the state. Announcing this Tuesday, the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said the patients include two females and seven males. He said: “The patients …
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Buhari Sacks TCN Managing Director, Announces Replacement
Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday sacked the Managing Director of the Transition Company of Nigeria (TCN), Mr Usman Mohammed, and appointed Sule Ahmed Abdulaziz, an engineer, as acting managing director. A statement by the Minister of Power, Mr Sale Mamman, signed by his Special Adviser, Media and Communications, Aaron Artimas, however, did …
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