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  • Terragon wins employer of the year award

    Terragon, Africa’s leading data and marketing technology firm, has emerged winner of the Future of Workplace “Employer of the Year 2018” awards .

    The Future of Workplace Awards is an initiative of HR Summit and Expo West Africa, which recognises the outstanding achievements of individuals, departments, teams and organisations that have contributed to the growth and development of the West African HR Industry.

    Terragon was also nominated in the Best Employee Engagement Programme and Best Graduate Recruitment Programme award categories.

    Speaking on the award, its Founder and CEO, Elo Umeh, said: “As an organisation, we take conscious steps to ensure that our  Talent Management Processes reflect and cater to the needs of 100 per cent millennial workforce. In the last few years, we have taken strategic steps to ensure we attract the right talent, and we remain committed to engaging, motivating and retaining them to do absolutely great work, while ensuring that their individualities and unique competences are respected.”

    Head of Talent & Office Resources, Fadekemi Fowowe, said through the years, the frim has been very intentional about hiring young people and giving them the liberty to create and define greatness.

    She said: “Our Graduate Recruitment Programme, for instance, is by far the most impactful, practical and life-changing programme that I know of. Similarly, with undergraduates, we do not only train them, but also give them an opportunity to start earning while they’re still in school.

    “As a testament in the company’s base in the Obafemi Awolowo University campus, Ile-Ife, Osun State, where its undergraduate trainees work from, our undergraduate trainees also participate in the development of the company’s innovative solutions.”

  • Lawyer wins IBA human rights award

    Human rights lawyer, Mr. Adeola Austin Oyinlade, has won this year’s International Bar Association (IBA) Award for Outstanding Contribution by a Legal Practitioner to Human Rights.

    The prestigious award was presented to him at the IBA Conference in Rome, Italy.

    Oyinlade emerged winner ahead of other finalists from many countries.

    Each year, the IBA presents the award to an outstanding lawyer in human rights law.

    The IBA has a membership of over 80,000 individual lawyers and 195 bar associations and law societies worldwide.

    Oyinlade has distinguished himself through his courageous stand for human rights and his pro-bono legal services to the poor in Nigeria.

    As a lawyer advocating equitable, just and fair society over the years, he has taken his human rights empowerment further by simplifying human rights laws and safeguards to the understanding of ordinary people on the street in English and major local languages including Pidgin, Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba spoken by over 100 million people in Nigeria.

    The IBA award winner pioneered human rights empowerment via mobile technology when he created ‘Know Your Rights Nigeria’ app for millions of android, iPhone and web users in Nigeria.

    The app and the web version of his work simplify all human rights laws in force with safeguards in English, Pidgin, Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba languages alongside platforms where users engage him and his team of over 50 lawyers daily for free legal support on human rights issues.

    The lawyer and UN Peace Ambassador also created platforms on the app where users report abuse anonymously, get safeguards on what steps to take in the face of assaults, and get connected to security forces for help, thereby pioneering the first ever human rights empowerment innovation with mere push of buttons in the palms in English and major local languages in the era of mobile technological advancement.

    Since the human right lawyer unveiled the app and web version for human rights empowerment, it has proved very effective for its free access, speedy dissemination of human rights information and free legal advisory with over 200,000 people as beneficiaries.

    Earlier this year, the U.S Consul General John Bray had commended Oyinlade and the work he has done “to strengthen respect and support for the protection of human rights in Nigeria”.

    At the continental level, through advocacy, the Nigerian human rights and international law expert has also proffered solutions to human rights issues in Africa.

    These include the South Sudan political crisis, the Central African Republic crisis, the Congo Democratic Republic armed conflict, and the Libyan peace talks, among others, with relative impact.

    He worked as a resource person to the African Union Commission on the implementation of African Youth Charters and delivered papers on how AU member states can reform local laws for the implementation of the charter.

    At the presentation of the award at Roma Convention Center La Nuvola, the conference venue on October 12, the IBA stated the prestigious award was for outstanding contribution by a Legal Practitioner to Human Rights in which Mr. Oyinlade came top among lawyers across the world.

    The IBA Human Rights Award honoree, while giving his remark, thanked the global lawyers’ body for the award and said such recognition is a charge to do more.

    “Recognition of this magnitude brings more responsibilities. Since the task that follows such responsibilities will give birth to deliverables and outcomes that will shape the world for better, I am happier and fully ready to carry on.

    “As it appears to me, we are not short of preachers against human rights abuse or short of preaching against serial violations of human rights. We are only short of compliance with the rule of law.

    “As the world is commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights this year, we all have more work to do to make the world fair and just.

    “The world is looking up to us (lawyers) to consistently use our legal expertise as a tool of social engineering and problem-solving.

    “I believe and hope that we shall continue to apply our knowledge of law as a glue that holds the society together,” he said.

    Oyinlade called on lawyers to take the leading role in expanding the frontiers of human rights.

    He is the first Nigerian lawyer to have won the IBA award for outstanding contribution by a legal practitioner to human rights.

    He is the second from Africa after George Bizos from South Africa who was recommended by many personalities.

  • FBNQuest wins EMEA awards

    FBNQuest Merchant Bank, FBNQuest Asset Management and FBNQuest Securities, all members of the FBNHoldings Group, have emerged winners in several categories at the EMEA Finance 2018 Awards . They were named as the “Best Local Investment Bank”, “Best Asset Manager in Nigeria”, “Best Asset Manager, Pan-Africa” and “Best Broker in Nigeria”. The recognition affirms FBNQuest’s strong performance as a leading Investment Bank, Broker, and Asset Manager.

    FBNQuest Merchant Bank was awarded best investment bank for its leading role in key transactions across various sectors, such as Nigerian Breweries’ N11.08 billion Series 13-15 Commercial Papers; the FGN’s N00 bilionn Inaugural Sovereign Sukuk; Dufil Prima Foods’ N10 bIllion Series 1 Bond; the Divestment of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON’s) 100 per cent Shareholding in Keystone Bank Limited; and Notore Chemical Industries Plc’s Listing by Introduction on the Main Board of the Nigeria Stock Exchange, to name a few.

  • Fidson Healthcare wins best practice award

    Fidson Healthcare Plc has been declared the winner of the 2018 Frost & Sullivan – Best Practice Award for Competitive Strategy Innovation and Leadership. The Frost & Sullivan Award is a global award that has been in existence for the past 15 years and it brings together top business leaders and innovators to celebrate their successes.

    The award, which was held recently in Cape Town, South Africa, recognised Fidson’s definitive competitive strategy, innovation and strong leadership in the area of pharmaceutical production and distribution in Nigeria.

    According to Frost & Sullivan, at the forefront of Fidson’s innovation and competitive strategy is the N7.5 billion state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Sango Ota, Ogun State, the largest manufacturing facility in West Africa, designed to double the company’s production capacity, enabling it to grow sales volume and meet the rising demand for drugs in Nigeria and broader West African region.

    Beyond boosting the local economy and creating more than 300 jobs for skilled and unskilled Nigerians, the new Fidson plant is consolidating the company’s extensive manufacturing capabilities, increasing revenue growth, facilitating expansion into a new product category, and ultimately reinforcing the company’s firm position in the Nigerian pharmaceuticals market.

    Frost & Sullivan noted in its statement that the significant competitive advantage of the new Fidson’s factory is already evident after only one full calendar year in operation; when the company experienced revenue growth from N7.6 billion in 2016 to N14 billion in 2017.

    Chairman, Frost & Sullivan, David Frigstad noted that to achieve excellence in competitive strategy has never been an easy task, and it has been made even more difficult by today’s competitive intensity, customer volatility, and economic uncertainty.

    “Within this context, your (Fidson’s) receipt of this award signifies an even greater accomplishment,” Frigstad said.

    Receiving the award, Head, Business Development and Strategy, Mr Oshoke Ayebae commended Frost & Sullivan for recognizing Fidson’s contribution through its innovation and leadership in the Nigerian pharma industry.

    “Since inception in 1995, Fidson has relentlessly pursued its goal of becoming a leading player in the Nigerian pharmaceutical landscape and has built an innovative organizational framework that has helped gain dominance in the industry. We have built a structure of Innovation and Excellence around our system, process and people,” Ayebae said.

    He also noted that the award is a credible indication that the company is taking steps in the right direction assuring that the company will leave no stone unturned in ensuring that its operations are in compliance with the best practice globally

    “We, therefore, believe that this award will go a long way to boost our corporate reputation and also validate our commitment to deliver excellent quality healthcare solutions to Nigerians,” Ayebae said.

  • CSCS wins award

    The Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) Plc has won the award for its Outstanding Contribution to the Capital Markets in Nigeria.

    The award organisers, London-based Capital Finance International (CFI.co), a print journal and online resource reporting on business, economics and finance, the CSCS, having fulfilled all the CFI.co’s award selection requirements, and based on the initial nomination and voting by CFI.co readers, contributors, subscribers, visitors all over the world to their website, was shortlisted. The awards judging panel, also, having gone through the rigorous exercise, reviewed and declared CSCS as the winner of the prestigious award of Outstanding Contribution to the Capital Markets in Nigeria 2018.

    CSCS Managing Director, Mr. Haruna Jalo -Waziri said the award was a confirmation and testimony of the company’s consistent hard work, investment in technology and customer focus.

    “The award is a call to service to continue to deliver excellent services to all the markets we serve. This achievement is shaped by the strength of the foundations we have set. It is as a result of consistent hard work, investment in technology and being customer focused. The foundation of any great organisation such as ours is deeply rooted in technology and sterling services. For us at CSCS, customer service is not a department or unit, it is an attitude,” Jalo-Waziri said.

    He said the company began this year by setting a three-year strategic plan-2018 to 2020, focusing on five strategic pillars of enhanced technology, process optimisation, customer satisfaction, partnership through strategic alliances, and revenue growth.

    “Staying focused on these strategic pillars has started yielding enviable results and more to come,” Jalo-Waziri said.

    According to CFI.co judging panel, CSCS continues to respond efficiently and faithfully to the needs of the securities and commodities market and has a proud record of providing sterling services to the capital markets in Nigeria.

    The panel also noted that CSCS looks to the best international models when planning its business, but insists on incorporating in its plan, features that respond to the specific needs of the Nigerian market.

    “CSCS takes its corporate governance responsibilities very seriously and constantly seeks out ways to improve. CSCS, a most innovative company, is very keen to harness technological developments in support of the services it offers. This is a very well-financed and managed firm that is moving from strength-to-strength,” the panel stated.

    Every year, CFI.co seeks out individuals and organisations that contribute significantly to the convergence of economies and truly add value to all stakeholders.

  • Undergraduate wins Skye Bank’s N5m promo prize

    A 26-year-old undergraduate, Damilola

    Rachel Ajayi has emerged the overall winner of N5 million star prize in the just-concluded Skye Bank Ref ‘n’ Win Promo.

    The ‘Ref n Win’ promo was a youth-focused initiative designed to reward Skye Bank’s account holders who were mainly undergraduates across the country. During the course of the campaign, students who referred their friends to open accounts earned commission on accounts opened and qualified for prizes ranging from N25,000, N50,000. They also stood a chance to partake in the grand draw to win star price value of N5million.

    Miss Ajayi, a resident of Kwara state, who runs her account with the Skye Bank Unilorin branch learnt about the promo through the campus Ref n Win promo flyer, and went all out to canvass for account opening with friends, assuring them that they stood a chance to win big in the promo.

    At the prize and cheque presentation ceremony in Ilorin on Wednesday, the Office Technology and Management (OTM) student of Federal Polytechnic Offa winner, could not hide her joy over the news of her winning; noting that “although it was not easy, but with determination and the help of God I was able to convince most students especially my friends in Unilorin to open an account with Skye bank”.

    Fielding questions from the media on how she received the news of her winning, Damilola said: “A call came through from Skye Bank head office in Lagos informing me that I had won a brand new car in the “Ref ‘n’ Win” promo. On hearing this, I was more than overjoyed to say the least. But you know as a student, I don’t have money to maintain the car so Skye Bank accepted to convert the car to its cash equivalent and I’m really happy.”

    On how she was able to convince other students to open account with Skye Bank, the lucky winner who intends to invest the money ‘so that it will keep increasing’ disclosed she told her prospects: “If you open account today, you stand a chance to win.” According to her, “when I speak to 10 people, I make sure that 5 of them refer at least 3 other people and I give them my account number to use as referral code.”

    The ecstatic Damilola showered so much praises on the Bank. “The stress I passed through to emerge winner was not easy but the reward far outweighs it. Truly Skye Bank is a unique bank. They are changing lives. See, my life has been changed. I am now a millionaire,” said she.

    On his part, Prof. Lanre Tajudeen Ajibade, Dean of Student Affairs, who represented the Vice Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Prof. Sulaiman Abdulkareem, appreciated Skye Bank for keeping faith with their promise and empowering the winner of the promo. “Although before now, I did not have a business relationship with Skye Bank, but with this gesture from the bank, I will open an account today,” he affirmed.

    According to the bank’s Regional Head, South West I, Ibadan, Mr. Abimbola Akorede, “the bank was at various locations in the nation’s tertiary institutions. The objective was to empower Nigerian youths while also deepening financial inclusion in line with the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) mandate.”

     

  • Onitsha branch wins Eastern Bar Unity Cup

    Onitsha branch  of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), last weekend at Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu, won the finals of the maiden edition of the Chief Arthur Obi Okafor (SAN) Eastern Bar Forum (EBF) Unity Cup.

    Onitsha branch of the NBA defeated Abakaliki branch of the NBA by four goals to two in a penalty shoot-out after a goaless draw in full time.

    In the Third Place match, NBA Port Harcourt branch defeated NBA Umuahia branch by two goals to nothing.

    In a chat with The Nation, EBF Sports Committee Chairman, Mr.Steve Onyechi Ononye, said: “This tournament is the brain child and first project of Chief Arthur Obi-Okafor (SAN), whose passion for the unity, cohesion, welfare and progress of the Bar is unprecedented and cuts across all divides. In as much as this tournament has yielded good fruits, the tree would be further watered and tended by the planter to yield even much better fruits on a larger scale and to benefit the entire Nigerian Bar Association. I pray that all Nigerian lawyers encourage him to make this tournament NBA  national project

  • Dana Air wins award

    Dana Air has emerged the Best Customer Friendly Domestic airline in 2018 at a summit and award ceremony organised by the Association of Foreign Airlines and Representatives in Nigeria (AFARN) in Lagos.

    Dana Air also pledged to support one of the recipients of the Integrity award who appealed for support at the event, as part of the airline’s strong commitment towards the well-being of Nigerians and encouraging honesty and integrity among not just aviation workers but Nigerians in general.

    Dana Air’s Media and Communications Manager, Kingsley Ezenwa, while receiving the award on behalf of the airline said: “Every frequent flyer in Nigeria knows that Dana Air is the best in terms of on-time departures, customer service and in-flight service, but I want to seize this opportunity to correct a wrong perception. Dana Air is owned by a Nigerian, born in Jos and had his primary and secondary education in Ibadan before proceeding to the UK for his higher education.’’

    Speaking further to newsmen, Ezenwa  said, with a customer service department that works 24/7 and multiplicity of booking options available to our guests, capped with a reward programme that guarantees both flight-related and non-flight related benefits and rewards, we sure deserve the award.”

    ‘”And on behalf of the Management of Dana Air and our ever-committed and professional staff, we wish to thank AFARN for this award. We dedicate the award to our loyal guests who continue to fly the smartest way despite the recent efforts of some enemies of consistency and exceptional service.’’

  • Lancelot Imasuen’s ‘Lovebirds’ wins Best Comedy at TAFF

    NOLLYWOOD producer Lancelot Imasuen’s movie, ‘Lovebirds’, has won ‘Best Comedy Film’ at the just concluded The African Film Festival (TAFF), held at Dallas, Texas.

    Sharing the good news on Instagram and showing off the plaque, Imasuen wrote, “I am proud to be bringing this prestigious award Trophy to Nigeria since we couldn’t bring the World Cup. I hope this suffice for now. Courtesy the movie Lovebirds, Best comedy film at The African Film Festival Dallas TX.”

    The movie which, according to the producer, is not just to entertain people, but also to draw the attention of the Nigerian society to the next generation, addresses the issue of culture conflict. Imasuen said the movie was occasioned by the fact that second generation in diaspora are becoming adults.

    Others, who won awards at the event, created to raise awareness and provides educative references to African culture through film included Frank Donga and IK Ogbonna while Nigerians spotted at the award included Emem Isong, Uche Jombo,  Chisom Oz-lee and Yollande K among others.

  • Davido wins Best International Act at the 2018 bet awards

    On Sunday, BET Networks recognized an exceptional lineup of artists, entertainers, cultural provocateurs and inspiring humanitarians across over 19 categories at the 18th Annual BET Awards. The ceremony, hosted by Academy and Grammy-award winner, Jamie Foxx, aired live from the Microsoft Theater at L.A. LIVE.

    This year’s broadcast celebrates 18 years of impactful performances from the hottest names in the business and appearances from entertainment’s most talked-about players. More than ever, the BET Awards continues to tackle and support culturally and socially relevant narratives and conversations, setting the standard for one of the most intently unconventional, news-provoking and talked-about broadcasts.

    Nigerian musician Davido, won the award for “Best International Act” beating fellow nominees Tiwa Savage, Booba(France), Cassper Nyovest (South Africa),Dadju (France), Distruction Boyz (South Africa), Fally Ipupa (DR Congo), J Hus (UK), Niska (France), Stefflon Don (UK) and Stormzy(UK). During his acceptance speech, Davido sent his condolences to D’banj and also urged American artistes to collaborate with their counterparts in Africa.

    “And as I go on, I wanna talk about Africa. My continent

    has been so blessed to influence many cultures,” he said.

    “Come to Africa, eat the food, wear the clothes. Get ready for me, let’s collaborate. My album drops this year. J. Cole. Yo Quay, I’m waiting on that verse Quay.”

    Nicki Minaj took over the BET stage with a fierce version of her current single, “Chun Li.” She later re-appeared alongside 2 Chainz and Big Sean as featured artists onYG’s performance of “Big Bank.”

    Meek Mill delivered a powerful performance of his first new song since being released from prison, “Stay Woke,” addressing the abhorrent inequalities in the criminal justice system, and included vivid imagery of police violence and mass incarceration.

    Presenters included the entertainment industry’s top black actors, artists, and entrepreneurs including Michael B. Jordan, Kevin Hart, T.I., L.L. Cool J, Bobby Brown, Tyra Banks, Tyler Perry and Questlove.