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Zenith Bank named 2013 Bank of the Year

27 December 2013, by Oscar Chirino

The Banker magazine, a publication of Financial Times of London, has named Zenith Bank this year’s Bank of the Year in Nigeria. The award ceremony, which was attended by leading personalities and institutions in business and finance from around the world, held at the Intercontinental Park Lane Hotel in London.

It celebrates the achievements of the world’s leading financial institutions. Nominees for the award were judged by their ability to deliver shareholder returns and gain strategic advantage in market visibility and positioning.

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How Modular Power Generation Can Solve Electricity Challenge

19 December 2013, by Oscar Chirino

As a way to tackle the power supply challenge in the country, the federal government has been advised to pay more attention to modular power generation.

Modular power generation is a system where electricity is generated using available renewable energy source and distributed within a particular community or supplied to a home or an office complex without tying it to grid. An energy expert, Philemon Adjekuko, who gave the advice while speaking exclusively with LEADERSHIP in Abuja, also urged the government to encourage citizens to engage in modular power generation to serve their homes and feed their excess generation to the national grid.

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ASUU’s Political Game And Nigeria’s University Education

10 December 2013, by Oscar Chirino

For the average Nigerian, it is always easy for the opposition political class to mislead him, saying that government has done nothing to improve his living condition. It is the same story for the average Nigerian non- governmental organisation, NGO. They thrive on criticising government, no matter how noble government’s actions are.

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Telecoms Operators Can Contribute More To Cashless Transactions

5 December 2013, by Oscar Chirino

Mr Matthew Willsher, acting chief executive and chief commercial officer of Etisalat Nigeria speaks to CHIMA AKWAJA on how the network is going the extra mile to address subscribers needs, quality of services, rewards systems for high value customers and plans for the next five years of operation

As the year winds down, what are your plans for 2014? First, you have to get the basics right in terms of people being able to make calls, send texts and so on. We track our quality of service everyday. We make sure things like call connections, call drops and availability of base stations are not ignored because they are the foundations. Some of the things we are looking forward to, next year, include playing a deeper role in the e-commerce space. I think there are lots of opportunities for telecoms operators to contribute to cashless transactions. I think we can do a lot there.

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Telecom Subscribers Lose N730bn To Poor Quality Of Service

4 December 2013, by Oscar Chirino

At the risk of a charge of undue glorification, particularly by his opponents and traducers, I dare say that the Sokoto State governor, Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, is one of the best performing among his peers, a fact that is little known to many outside the state.

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FG pumps N10bn into cassava bread programme

3 December 2013, by Oscar Chirino

The Federal Government says it will invest about N10 billion to strengthen various organs that will scale up the supply of cassava flour. The Minister of Agriculture, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Addis Ababa on Sunday. Adesina said that the scaling up of cassava supply would ensure a gradual replacement of wheat flour in bread by 50 per cent within the next three to five years.

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Why Do ICT Projects Fail?

2 December 2013, by Oscar Chirino

According to a study conducted by the Standish group in 2009, only 32 % of all Information and Communication Technology (ICT) projects were successful. They were delivered on time, on budget and with required features and function. 44% were challenged with being late, over budget and with fewer features. 24% failed and were cancelled prior to completion or delivered without being used.

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FG Buys 70,000 Software Support For Permanent Voters Card

29 November 2013, by Oscar Chirino

Information minister, Mr. Labaran Maku, who hinted this, said the approval which was given at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday followed a memo presented by President Goodluck Jonathan himself, following the need to acquire160,000 Smart Card Readers in order to authenticate the permanent voter card at the polling units during the 2015 general elections.

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Futa Students win 2013 Federal Ministry of Education Software Competition

28 November 2013, by Oscar Chirino

Three Students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA, have emerged winners of the 2nd Annual Software competition organized by the Federal Ministry of Education in conjunction with Microsoft Nigeria, Huawei and the British Council.

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When Aba Products Came To Abuja

27 November 2013, by Oscar Chirino

The euphoria over the moderate success of a historic Made In Aba trade fair held in Abuja is still in the air but will soon give way to sober reflections on how to address issues emanating from that fair. Key among the issues will be how to bridge the chasm between policy making and implementation with respect to growing that multibillion naira industry in Aba.

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