Zainab Bala of Nigeria and Bernadette Vivuya of Congo have emerged winners of the 2021 Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling.
Zainab Bala, a broadcast reporter who exposed pernicious child neglect in Nigeria, and Bernadette Vivuya, a multimedia journalist who uncovered child labor in mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo, emerged winners of the award after a distinguished panel of judges selected the winners from among 130 applicants.
Ecobank Nigeria, First City Monument Bank Limited (FCMB) and Union Bank have won the Starsight Sustainability Award 2020, which recognises business enterprises for their efforts in renewable energy and energy efficiency.
The award was presented on April 6th, 2021 in Lagos, by renewable energy provider Starsight Energy, which targets corporate clients that have installed solar systems in at least 100 of their branches.
A selection criterion far exceeded by Ecobank Nigeria, where Starsight Energy has deployed solar systems in 150 branches across the West African country, with an installed solar and hybrid capacity of 11 megawatts (MW).
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Zenith Bank Plc has emerged as the Best Bank in Nigeria in the Global Finance Magazine’s Best Banks Awards 2021, retaining the award for a second consecutive year.
The bank was among other banks from 35 countries in Africa recognised as the prestigious US magazine, Global Finance announced its 28th Annual Best Bank Awards Winners in Africa.
Shining Star Group Of Schools, Abuja has emerged the first place winner of the 2021 EducationUSA Annual Martin Luther King Performing Arts Contest.
The school beat over 50 others in a competition organized annually by the EducationUSA to mark the Black History Month.
This year, contesting schools were tasked to use drama or poetry to represent the major content of Martin Luther King’s speech.
Fatima Akinola has graduated with a 4.0/4.0 GPA from her Masters degree in Mathematics at the Marshall University, USA [2020/2021].
The achievement is the first of its kind by any female student in the 42 years history of the University.
This compilation by PositiveNaija aims to provide a reliable guide on Nigerian apps (mobile applications) for investing in stocks, treasury bills and other financial products in Nigeria.
Stock: A stock (also known as equity) is a security that represents the ownership of a fraction of a corporation. This entitles the owner of the stock to a proportion of the corporation’s assets and profits equal to how much stock they own. Units of stock are called “shares”.
Bond: A bond is a fixed income instrument that represents a loan made by an investor to a borrower (typically corporate or governmental).
Treasury Bills: Treasury bills are tax-free, low risk, short term debt instruments that are issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for government budget deficit.
Apps with user ratings less than 3.0 (assessed alongside with user feedback shared on the app store) are not included in this compilation. Apps that have not been updated for a long time are also not included. In instances where user ratings and feedback are unavailable on the app store, we encourage extra vigilance by (prospective) users.
This compilation by PositiveNaija aims to provide a reliable guide on Nigerian apps (mobile applications) for accessing emergency services in Nigeria.
Apps with user ratings less than 3.0 (assessed alongside with user feedback shared on the app store) are not included in this compilation. Apps that have not been updated for a long time are also not included. In instances where user ratings and feedback are unavailable on the app store, we encourage extra vigilance by (prospective) users.
