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  • OKPEKPE ORGANISERS RECOUNT IAAF SEMINAR BENEFITS

    Organisers of the Okpekpe international 10km road race have said they are now better equipped to stage a benchmark edition on May 7 when the fourth edition of the race holds in Okpekpe near Auchi in Edo State.

    The organisers were among other IAAF label race organisers,athletes and IAAF president,Sebastian Coe and his team who gathered at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff last Friday for the first IAAF Road Running Seminar.

    Held on the eve of the IAAF/Cardiff University World Half Marathon Championships, the seminar was declared opened by Coe who harped on the need to make road running more visible,popular and appealing.

    “We need to road test and  to innovate to encourage more people to take up our sport.We have to be realistic: road running is the way that we connect in our sport,’he said at the seminar.

    The Nigerian delegation was led by Mike Itemuagbor, owner of Pamodzi Sports Marketing, a leader in sports marketing , sponsorship, hospitality  and rights acquisition business in Nigeria. Others in the four-man Nigerian delegation include president of Athletic Federation of Nigeria, Solomon  Ogba, General Manager of Supersports Nigeria, Felix Awogu and Zakari Amodu, the race director.

    ‘The seminar deliberated on issues including but not limited to the values and benefits of road running as well as several key topics within road running,’said Dare Esan,spokesman for the race.

    “Apart from the huge benefits its label status has conferred on it,the seminar has opened up Okpekpe not only as a sporting destination but also one for real  tourism. Many of the other race organisers were at the Okpekpe stand and wanted to know more about the town and about Nigeria,’said Esan who believes many of the participants at the seminar now have a better picture of and positive opinion of Okpekpe and Nigeria.

    Esan is confident the direct beneficiary of the seminar is the race proper as organsers are determined to make the fourth edition of the race serve as a benchmark for subsequent editions.

    The Okpekpe international 10km road race is the only IAAF labelled road race in West Africa for 2016,one of only two in Africa this year and one of just three in the continent in 2015.

  • CIBN holds seminar on economic inclusion

    CIBN holds seminar on economic inclusion

    The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) has concluded arrangements to organise the third Annual Seminar on Gender Economic Inclusion to address key issues that will make them economically active and relevant in the financial services industry.

    The seminar is scheduled for Tuesday, December 1, in Lagos is part of the public enlightenment programmes organised by the institute to uplift the lives of Nigerian women in the banking and financial services industry and it is expected to attract women working in the banks and other financial institutions and those who left active service.

    Participants will brainstorm on key sub-themes such as “An overview of Gender Structure in the Nigerian Financial Services Industry”; Financial Inclusion: A Veritable Tool for Achieving Gender Equality and Women. Economic Empowerment; and “The Imperative of Change in the Financial Services Sector: X-raying the Gender Dimension.

  • Students organise seminar

    De-green clique in conjunction with the Association of Distance Learning Students, University of Lagos will hold its maiden seminar with the theme: “Nigeria beyond Oil: What Prospect for the Next Generation?” on November 14, 2015.

    The seminar, which will take place at the Environmental Science Hall of the university, will have notable speakers such as  Martin Onovo, Bolaji Ogunseye and Boniface  Anienbonam.

     

  • Photo: Ambode attends seminar for 2015 hajj pilgrims

    Photo: Ambode attends seminar for 2015 hajj pilgrims

    L-R: Hon Dr Abdul Hakeem Abdullateef, Lagos State Hamirl-Hajj; Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, Lagos State Governor; Dr Yaqub Bashorun, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Lagos State; Mrs Ebunola Oladimeji, Permanent secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Alhaji Bashir Braimah, Director, Home Affairs and Alhaji Muneer Bankole, Managing Director, Medview Airline during a one-day Seminar for the Lagos State 2015 intending Hajj Pilgrims held in Lagos on Monday.
    L-R: Hon Dr Abdul Hakeem Abdullateef, Lagos State Hamirl-Hajj; Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, Lagos State Governor; Dr Yaqub Bashorun, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Lagos State; Mrs Ebunola Oladimeji, Permanent secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Alhaji Bashir Braimah, Director, Home Affairs and Alhaji Muneer Bankole, Managing Director, Medview Airline during a one-day Seminar for the Lagos State 2015 intending Hajj Pilgrims held in Lagos on Monday.
    Cross section of Lagos 2015 intending Hajj Pilgrims during a one-day seminar organised by Lagos State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board on Monday
    Cross section of Lagos 2015 intending Hajj Pilgrims during a one-day seminar organised by Lagos State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board on Monday

  • Ikeja NBA holds seminar

    The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Ikeja Branch will  hold a seminar on May 5 and 6.

    Organised by the Continuous Legal Education Committee, the event, which  has as theme: Sustaining the tempo of cutting edge professionalism, will hold at the  Adetiloye Hall of Archbishop Vining Memorial Cathederal  Church, Ikeja.

    Chairman of the committee, Mr. Victor Okpara, said no fewer than 30 justices of the Federal Court of Appeal, Federal and Lagos High Courts and senior members of the bar are expected to attend.

  • L.I.F.E Initiative holds seminar in Lagos Island schools

    L.I.F.E Initiative holds seminar in Lagos Island schools

    A new book, Power Teens’ Success Habits was given to pupils across Lagos Island, who featured in a seminar organised by L.I.F.E initiative, a non-government organisation(NGO), which focuses on making youths rediscover themselves through motivational talks.

    The yearly seminar tagged: ‘Leading with Impact (LWI) particularly targets senior secondary school pupils. The venue was Dolphin Senior High School.

    Some of the schools in attendance included,School Hall, Dolphin Senior High School; Okesuna Senior High School; Boys Senior Academy; Girls Senior Academy; and Ebute-Elefun Senior High School.

    Others were: Epetedo Senior High School; King Ado Senior High School; Isale Eko Senior Grammar School, as well as Eko Akete Senior Grammar School, among others.

    Founded by Obafemi George in 2000, L.I.F.E Initiative via the LWI, has impacted thousands of youths.

    “L.I.F.E Initiative is acronym for Leadership, Inspiration, Family and Entrepreneurship Initiative,” said the founder Obafemi George. “We are thinking along and have heard about what it means to help youths to develop a career that is personally and socially beneficial. We seek to infuse into the youth a self-belief system that gives them inner will to weather the unknown world that awaits them before and after school by inspiring them.”

    George gave the rationale behind the ‘Read to Lead’ which is the theme of this year’s LWI seminar.

    “Knowledge is not limited to what is taught in school, this seminar spoke on creating leaders out of readers. With discipline and following success principles, the sky is a starting point. The book -Power Teens’ Success Habits, was distributed at the seminar.  It teaches students success principles, and answers teens’ questions in its work book,” he added.

    Explaining why he complemented the seminar with free books to participants, George lamented that the burgeoning failures among secondary students in major examinations would continue except something is urgently done to arrest the declining reading culture.

    “Did you know that 31.28 per cent representing 529,429 students only, passed with five credits in WAEC in 2014? A decline from the 36.57 per cent recorded in 2013 and 38.81 per cent in 2012, all very poor and worrisome figures. It is one of two things, either students’ have lost the zeal to read, or they need to focus on what makes them champions by concentrating simply on what lies within them,” he said.

    Copies of the book, according to him, can be obtained at the UNILAG Bookshop, Laterna Ventures, Oko Awo V.1 and Glendora Bookshop at Ikeja City Mall.

  • Seminar on religion

    The seminar, which holds at the Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies (CPSS), will be chaired by the Acting. Director,  Dr. Mahfouz Adedimeji.

    Highlights of the seminar will include the inauguration of IFRA research fellows and professional interactions with European Union (EU) election observers who are coming with Moyet to the university.

  • Journalists hold seminar on Consumer Day

    To commemorate the World Consumer Right Day, Brand Journalists’ Association of Nigeria (BJAN) is today joining rest of the world to mark this year’s Consumer Day titled: “Healthy diet”.

    The association developed its theme to underscore  the “implication of unhealthy diet to national development”.

    Holding at the White House Hotels, Ikeja GRA, the association is using the event to also honour individuals, who contributed to the nation’s marketing communication industry and consumer empowerment last year.

    The Director-General, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Dr. Joseph Odumodu will deliver the keynote address.

    Those who will discuss the paper include Director-General, NAFDAC, Dr. Paul Orhii; Director-General Consumer Protection Council, Mrs. Dupe Atoki; Publisher, BusinessDay Newspaper, Mr. Frank Aigbogun; Managing Executive UAC Restaurants, Mr. Mark Hedderwick and CEO, Purples Consult/President, Consumer Advocacy Foundation of Nigeria (CAFON), Mrs. Sola Salako.

    According to the association Chairman, Mr. Goddie Ofose, the decision to join the rest of the world in celebrating consumers is to deepen discussions on issues affecting consumers with particular focus on the plight of consumers in Nigeria.

    Those to be honoured include President, Nigerian Guild of Editors, Mr. Femi Adesina (Media); President, Experiential Marketers Association of Nigeria, Mr Kayode Olagesin (Brand Activation); MD, Noah’s Ark Advertising, Mr Lanre Adisa, (Advertising) and MD, XLR8 Limited, Mr Callistus Okoruwa, (Public Relations/Communications) among others.

    Others are Director-General, Consumer Protection Council, Mrs Dupe Atoki (Regulator); President, Media Independent Practitioners Association of Nigeria, Mr Tolu Ogunkoya (Media Independent);

    Commercial Director, Proma-sidor Limited, Mr. Kachi Onubogu, (Corporate) and Chairman, Marketing and Media.

  • Journalists hold seminar on Consumer Day

    Journalists hold seminar on Consumer Day

    TO commemorate the World Consumer Right Day, Brand Journalists’ Association of Nigeria (BJAN) has concluded plans to join the rest of the world to mark this year’s Consumer Day titled: “Healthy diet”.

    However, the association has developed its theme and adapted it to the local industry. It is “implication of unhealthy diet to national development”.

    The event, scheduled for March 13, at White House Hotels, Ikeja GRA  will be used to honour individuals, who have contributed to the nation’s marketing communication industry and consumer empowerment last year.

    The Director-General, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Dr. Joseph Odumodu will deliver the keynote address. Those who will discuss the paper include Director-General, NAFDAC, Dr. Paul Orhii; Director-General Consumer Protection Council, Mrs. Dupe Atoki; Publisher, BusinessDay Newspaper, Mr. Frank Aigbogun; Managing Executive UAC Restaurants, Mr. Mark Hedderwick and CEO, Purples Consult/President, Consumer Advocacy Foundation of Nigeria (CAFON), Mrs. Sola Salako.

    According to the association Chairman, Mr. Goddie Ofose, the decision to join the rest of the world in celebrating consumers is to deepen discussions on issues affecting consumers with particular focus on the plight of consumers in Nigeria.

    Those to be honoured include President, Nigerian Guild of Editors, Mr. Femi Adesina (Media); President, Experiential Marketers Association of Nigeria, Mr Kayode Olagesin (Brand Activation); MD, Noah’s Ark Advertising, Mr Lanre Adisa, (Advertising) and MD, XLR8 Limited, Mr Callistus Okoruwa, (Public Relations/Communications) among others.

    Others are Director-General, Consumer Protection Council, Mrs Dupe Atoki (Regulator); President, Media Independent Practitioners Association of Nigeria, Mr Tolu Ogunkoya (Media Independent);

    Commercial Director, Proma-sidor Limited, Mr. Kachi Onubogu, (Corporate) and Chairman, Marketing and Media.

  • Seminar for new teachers

    The Federal Polytechnic Offa (FEDPOFFA), has organised a one-day seminar for newly employed lecturers at the main campus of the institution.

    Chairman, Organising Committee of the programme, Mr. S.A. Adeyemo, Dean, School of General Studies said the orientation is to enlighten the new lecturers about their duties; ways to establish good relationships with students and colleagues, as well as ways to develop themselves for high productivity and career advancement.

    Adeyemo thanked the Rector, Dr. Mufutau Olatinwo, for supporting the programme.

    Deputy Rector (Administration), Dr. Ayodele Olaosebikan, spoke on the ‘Ethical Behavior in Workplace’, while the Deputy Rector (Academics), Dr. A.D. Okonta, spoke on ‘Lines of Communication and Staff Discipline in the Polytechnic’.

    The Polytechnic Librarian, Dr. Femi Quadri, spoke on the importance of publication for career development and admonished the new lecturers to focus on research and publish to boost their efficiency and productivity.

     

     

    However, he advised them not to publish in inadequate and useless journals but ensure that their publications are well researched, original, thematic, readable and void of errors.