By Queensland Fashion Lagos, Nigeria.
Yesterday was fun filled day for Tiwatope Savage – Balogun popularly known as Tiwa Savage, as she celebrated her birthday with friends in London.The talented artist turned 37 yesterday the 5th of February. We wish her long life and prosperity! The music star has released and dropped tremendous singles that has made waves. She is signed into Don Jazzy record label Mavin records.
Below are some of her birthday pictures she shared.
By Queensland Fashion Lagos, Nigeria.
These are gowns that are high at the back and low in the front. They come in different varieties. The trendy gowns are designed to show off your lovely legs and shoes. It is perfect for many occasion. They are simple, comfortable and elegant!
By Afolabi Adetunji Lagos, Nigeria.
Cameroon football team also known as the Indomitable Lions secured the AFCON in style with a dramatic and stunning second half comeback against Egypt. The host Gabon and one of the favourites to win the title Ivory Coast could not make it out of the group stages. Before half time Cameroon were a goal down to Egypt and after the first half it seemed as if Egypt would emerge as the champion having been predicted by many football lovers and Pundits that they would win the African Cup of Nations. But after the second half reverse was the case.
Cameroon since the beginning of the tournament were not seen as favourites because of thier slow and lacklustre performances especially in the group stages but eventually proved many football analyst,experts and critics wrong by going all the way to the final and showed great tenacity. They were a goal down but did not panic. They had the will power to secure the African Cup of Nations which was lastly won in 2002. An African Cup of Nations title drought for more than a decade. This victory marks Cameroon’s fifth AFCON title.
The final was a fierce battle between the competition’s two most decorated sides. And cameroon at the moment are just two trophies behind Egypt.
Arsenal star Mohamed Elneny had put his side (Egypt) in front in the first half, but goals from Nicolas Nkoulou and Aboubakar took away from the Egyptians the chance of securing eighth AFCON title.
For the Cameroonians what a way to secure thier fifth AFCON title beating African Cup of Nations most decorated team.
By Scroll reporter Lagos, Nigeria.
An unusual fire has destroyed and caused serious havoc at the Chude Girls Model Secondary School, Sapele, Delta state.
The Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has also said facilities at public secondary schools must be upgraded to meet current trend in the education sector.
According to the governor, public institutions should have facilities that will make learning environment to be in tune with modern trend, noting that with what he saw at the model school, there was the need for emergency situation to be declared in the education sector
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Governor Okowa while thanking God that no life was lost in the inferno that razed the hostel of the institution, assured staff and students of the school that his administration has taken steps to ameliorate the effect of the fire on them.
“I sympathize with the young ones who lost their belongings in the fire, we will try to replace what you have lost,” he said, adding, “this fire incident may be a blessing in disguise as I have inspected facilities here, I can assure you that this school will not be like this by next year.”
He reiterated, “we will carry out construction work in the school systematically, so as not to affect academic work.”
Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education in the state, Chiedu Ebie informed the Governor that 95 students were in the hostel when the fire incident happened, disclosing, “two classrooms have been converted to hostels in the interim.”
The Principal of the school,A. O. Omniabors thanked Governor Okowa for his timely intervention, stating that philanthropists have come to the aid of the students since Friday night when the fire incident happened.
CENGSSUD Launches Corporate Sustainability Masterclass for Private Sector & Others.
In the fulfillment of our mandate towards creating sustainable solutions and advancing a practical and workable path to sustainable world and future, we are proud to announce the launch of a new advanced specialized career path, “Corporate Sustainability Masterclass”. The program is organized by Centre for Global Solutions and Sustainable development (CENGSSUD), which will be held at LCCI Conference and Exhibition Centre, Alausa, Ikeja Lagos. From 5th -6th, April 2017.
Corporate Sustainability has now become a core requirement for business across industries and sectors. Companies that strategically innovate and integrate sustainability into core operations will be minimizing negative impacts and maximizing positive impacts on people, planet and also be the market leaders of tomorrow. Corporate Sustainability if well integrated into business strategies, will help companies create competitive advantage, shareholders value, work more effectively, reduce costs, maximize profit, conserve resources, mitigate environmental harm, build customers loyalty, build investors’ confidence, enhance image reputation & brand recognition, attract millennia employees’ thereby increasing productivity etc.
To maintain these high standards, organizations need personnel with solid sustainability and environmental management training – and that’s exactly what this new program offers.”
The Corporate Sustainability Masterclass is therefore essential for “Green Team” members, Company’s Directors, HODs, Company Managers, CSR Practitioners, Public Relations Managers, Marketing Managers, Human Resources Managers, Employees, and Workers who are responsible for: Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Affairs, Environmental Affairs, Supply Chain/Logistics, Health & Safety, Governance & Risk Management, Marketing/Communications/PR, also from cross-industries, NGOs, Governments, International organizations, Civil Society and academics interested in Sustainability and CSRs, as well as individuals who wish to advance into such positions.
Participants will learn essential business strategies, including how to: improving energy efficiency using the latest techniques, tools and technology, applying sustainability principles, frameworks and tools for business, develop a strategic plan for sustainability, leverage sustainability for favourable financing and stability, align corporate social responsibility with sustainability goals, achieve greater innovation and bottom-line results, and also reporting on sustainability activities.
The Masterclass will be delivered by 7 powerful, distinguished and experienced Faculty from cross-sector industries. The Faculty members include:
Professor Olanrewaju Olaniyan, who is a Professor of Economics & the Director, Centre for Sustainable Development, University of Ibadan, he will be delivering on the Economic sustainability and how business can succeed in the face of new economic challenges like recession, inflation, rising poverty level, high exchange rates etc.
The second Faculty is Mrs. Onyeche Tifase, the MD/CEO, Siemens Nigeria. Siemens today attains the No.1 spot as the most sustainable Company in the world, 2017, according to Corporate Knights results for the 2017 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World index. In view of this laudable and outstanding achievement by Siemens towards playing the leading role in sustainability practice in the world, we now confirm the participation of the MD/CEO of Siemens Nigeria, who will be sharing robust perspectives on the magical sustainability approach by Siemens, what is Siemens doing differently, creating business case for other businesses in Nigeria, Change management towards sustainability etc.
Onyeche Tifase is an experienced Engineering Professional with extensive experience in the power, engineering, and consulting industries. She graduated with a BEng (Hons) in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from the University of Nottingham and completed her Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cambridge.
The third Faculty is Dr. Olajumoke Akiode, the Executive Director, Centre for Ethics and Sustainable Development, She holds a Doctorate Degree in Applied Ethic from the University of Lagos. She will be delivering on Business Ethics, Code of Conducts and Responsible business. The 10 principles of the UN Global Compact are all resting on Ethics and the concept “Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility” have their roots in Ethics, so having one of the best brains in Ethics is a win-win situation for all.
The fourth Faculty is Mr. Anthony Akpan who is the President, Pan African Vision for the Environment (PAVE), a foremost environmentalist with over 15 years’ experience working on water governance, Climate change, Clean & renewable Energy, environmental sustainability, Stakeholder Engagement, etc. He will deliver on Environmental Sustainability and other related modules.
The fifth faculty is Abosede George-Ogan, she is the Director, Strategy, Funding and Stakeholder Management. Lagos State Employment Trust Fund, she is an expert of Sustainability/CSR, a trainer, consultant and an emerging tri-sector leader with over 12 years’ experience, she has lead the CSR department in Bank PHP, First Bank and more recently Samsung. She will deliver on: Adopting a CRS strategy that has a 360-degree impact on improving the social, environment and economic sustainability.
The sixth is Adiya Atuluku, a Management & Sustainability Consultant, Assistant Manager, Strategy & Operations, Deloitte West Africa. She is the co-author of a sustainability e-book titled: A Guide to Business Sustainability in Nigeria and also the Author of another publication: Snapshot to Business Sustainability in Nigeria. She will deliver on: Sustainability integration and related global guidelines and standards.
The seventh & Last Faculty is Debo Adeniyi, the Executive Director/ Sustainability Leader, Centre for Global Solutions and Sustainable Development, and also the MD/CEO, Debscom Technolgy Ltd. He has extensive experience and expertise working on Corporate Sustainability, Responsible Business, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), International Law, Diplomacy, International Development, Foreign Policy, Policy Development and Analysis, International peace & Security, Global Governance, International Human rights, etc. He will be delivering on Current Global and Local Legislation for Sustainability; Sustainability reporting based on GRI, and also private sector policies etc. He holds a master’s degree in International Law and Diplomacy, from the University of Lagos.
Registration is now open for the Corporate Sustainability Masterclass. Upon completion of this 2-day program, participants will receive a framed certificate from the CENGSSUD Sustainability Centre.
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For more information and to register for the Masterclass please visit www.cengssud.org/sustainability
Also click below to download the Brochure for the Masterclass program: https://cengssud.org/sustainability/corporate-sustainability-brochure1.pdf
About CENGSSUD
Centre for Global Solutions and Sustainable Development (CENGSSUD) is a multi-focused/dimensional Think-Tank and not-for-profit making organisation with the primary objective of promoting sustainable development and contributes to advancing practical and workable solutions to sustainable development issues through research, policy development/analysis, advocacy, capacity development, and partnerships.
We engage in a global business consultancy with a special focus on sustainability and corporate responsibility. We use expert insight and a simplified approach to sustainability to deliver growth and long-term value for business and society.
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Debo Adeniyi
Executive Director,
CENGSSUD
0803 394 7904 | [email protected]
By Scroll reporter Lagos, Nigeria.
Roseline chukwuma, Chaz B’s widow said she has forgiven the blogger who defamed her in a story title “Chaz B’s Widow in Sizzling Affair with Nollywood Actor, Daniel K.” The blogger with the link https://kemiashefonlovehaven.blogspot.com.ng/2016/10/retraction.html had begged Chaz’s B’s widow admitting that the story was untrue. The blogger said she regretted her unprofessional conduct.
In a retraction the blogger said “We hereby acknowledge a report posted on this blog on July 3, 2016 which reported a sizzling romance between Mrs. Roseline Chinyere Chukuma, the widow of the late famous broadcaster Chaz B, and Nollywood fast-rising star, Daniel Kanayo Daniel popularly known as DKD, that the well circulated story was an error, misleading and untrue.
This blog later discovered that it was misinformed as our sources’ claims could not be substantiated when it became necessary. Our mistake was a blind trust in the sources; and this we regret. Consequent upon the facts available as counter-claims provided by Mrs. Chukuma, we now realise the following:
• That Chaz B’s widow (Mrs. Chukuma) and Daniel Kanayo Daniel, DKD, have NEVER met. Therefore, the issue of visits to her house or seen together in public places could not have been true.
• That both of them were in Lagos during Valentine and not in Ghana as wrongly reported.
• That Mrs. Chukuma and her daughter, Monalisa, traveled for holiday in Ghana February 16, 2016, two days after Valentine.
• That the aspect concerning her in-laws and financial matters as earlier reported in the story could neither be confirmed nor substantiated as well.
In the light of aforementioned, her lawyer, Festus Keyamo Chambers wrote to us asking for a retraction, disclaimer and unreserved apology for the embarrassment and negative comments the story had brought on the public image of her client. Likewise, Mrs. Chukuma also petitioned the Police Area ‘M’ Command, Idimu, Lagos, against us over the same matter.
Consequent upon apparent inappropriateness of our unprofessional conduct and lapses in the publication of the story, we therefore tender UNRESERVED APOLOGY to all those mentioned in the story; in particular, Mrs Roseline Chinyere Chukuma, Chaz B’s widow.
For all the moral, psychological, emotional, health and financial losses Mrs. Chukuma might have suffered as a result of the story, we are indeed very sorry as we regret every inconvenience it has brought upon her relationships, business and image. This apology equally extends to the little Monalisa for being projected in the scandalous story innocently.
We wish to formally dissociate this blog from the story henceforth. This DISCLAIMER serves as a notice that anyone that further spreads, quotes or makes references to the story does so at his/her own risk. We are no longer responsible for the story henceforth. Bloggers, journalists and public please take note.”
By Tayo Joseph Lagos, Nigeria.
Anxiety over the true position of President Muhammadu Buhari’s health heightened following the extension of his leave. Buhari was expected to return to Nigeria this week. Rather than returning, the President extended his leave. There are mixed reactions over the extension. While some supported the President, others condemned the extension.
Kunle Ajibola an accountant said if the President is not fit to come back, there is need for the extension so that he can fully recover before coming back ” There is no point for him to come back hastily, and travel out again.”
Paul Ikechukwu, a businessman told Scroll Report that the President should come back and continue treatment in Nigeria.” The government said there will be no medical tourism for government officials.The country is suffering from it.
Cameroon have been one of the surprise packages of the 2017 edition, shrugging off the absence of several major stars to power past some of the tournament’s strongest teams in their path to the final. The Indomitable Lions will see the match against Egypt as a chance for revenge: they were beaten 1-0 by the Pharaohs in the final of the 2008 Afcon in Ghana and could claim a fifth continental crown (and a first since 2002) on Sunday night.
Egypt, meanwhile, have shown themselves as giants of African football in their path to the final, topping their group ahead of Ghana, beating North African rivals Morocco for the first time in over three decades in the quarterfinal, and then overcoming a powerful Burkina Faso on penalties in the semi. The Pharaohs haven’t necessarily dominated their matches, but a resilient defense (just one goal conceded in Gabon), breathtaking pace on the counter attack and a canny nous at set pieces has helped them look the archetypal ‘tournament’ team at this Afcon.
One thing is certain, about this finals, on Monday 6 February, African continent would have a new champion. If the champion would emerge from Central Africa or North Africa is what only time would tell.
By Adenike Ladipo Lagos, Nigeria.
I got up today and I remembered a lot of my yesterdays, and I just looked up and began to wonder how far I have come. When I consider many women in a similar conditions who are still struggling with life. Each new day had its special package and I started healing from the inside, many considered me brave, but I always say to them, it’s not about being brave; rather it is more of harnessing the strength from within with the one without.
The period before my husband’s burial was the most uncertain time of my life, though just a week interval, yet it seemed like forever, lots of things were going on in mind, questions on what would become of me and my children, I was so eaten up by fear, yet I appear calm on the outside, I kept on asking how I was to conduct myself, I lost appetite completely., My thought,was how can I eat food when my husband laid lifeless somewhere, that scared me so much, words failed me to express what my feeling was. As the day progressed, I became more apprehensive of the event that was about to unfold, how do you prepare for a burial? I was nervous, then I flashed back, I remembered when we were preparing for our wedding. I was so nervous then too, only this time around it was preparation to bid him final goodbye, at this point I paused and tears stated rolling down again, you mean I will never see him again, I will not have someone to call me “woman” as he used to. I can still remember then, he will call me, “woman am on my way, make vegetable with cold eba down for me” those were his words and I will scold him “Mr Ladipo, your English get as e be”.He was a good friend, I miss him every day, though we had our own moments of disagreement, every marriage does, yet it remain fresh in my memory, he does not go to sleep with anger, he solved every issue before bedtime.
The day of the burial came with so much apprehension, I was shaking from the inside,. How do I go on from this point, I saw faces, some gloomy, some smiling with words of hope and assurance, so many promises I got, yet I was careful not to cling to them. I looked down at the grave side, stared at my husband’s coffin amid tears all I could mutter was “why did you leave us…” I raised my head and reached out for my children, it dawned on me at that point; the journey to loneliness had just just begun., A new chapter of life just opened for me.
As the tradition required, I was to stay in confinement for a period of 41days I was called by my in-laws that I just have to follow and keep the tradition, but in all honesty, I was more than willing to go through with it, how do I show my husband respect even in his death, and it turned out to be a spiritual journey.
The period of 41 days of confinement, mourning as a widow was a process, a learning process, learning to take charge, a period of self-rediscovery, I learnt courage, I learnt to push stress down inside and chew it up, I learnt to control my temperament –anger, grow spiritually, became independent, my emotion was tamed and put in check.
In all honesty, I still made my blunders, I stumbled here and there, this many a times made me remember that I am still human and the role of perfection could only be left to the Amighty!
(To be continued next week )
Scroll reporter Lagos, Nigeria.
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has restated the state government’s commitment to providing the enabling environment for would be and existing investors in the state, saying that the country will develop better with sincerity of purpose.
The governor stated this on Thursday during a two and half hours tour of a 24,000 Acres Agricultural firm, Globus Resources Limited, a subsidiary of Triton Group, at Gambari village, Oluyole local government area, Ibadan.
Governor Ajimobi, who went round the different sections of the company, said that his administration will continue to tap into the potentials in the agricultural sector, adding that the company, Globus Resources, exemplifies the value chain vision the state has for agriculture.
“Oyo state is the largest producer of poultry products in the country and with the coming on board of Globus Resources, we might soon be the largest in West Africa. Our investment drive to the state is yielding more results and we are happy that investors see Oyo State as an investment destination of choice especially in the area of agriculture..
“We will continue to provide the enabling environment for existing and would be investors. We are interested in Poultry, Aquaculture and Agriculture of Globus Resources and we will support the company to continue to grow. We will be sincere and objective in our dealings with our partners because if we are sincere, the country will develop.
Governor Ajimobi explained that the government will explore how to amplify what the company is doing for the purpose of employment generation, wealth creation and development of the state, promising that his administration will work with the company to make it a good example of Public Private Partnership.
The governor charged the company to engage more citizens of the state, assuring that the state government will consider all their genuine requests to the benefit of the citizens and the development of the state. He also promised to see to the security challenges of the invasion of Fulani herdsmen.
He felicitated with the members of the Gambari village for their luck in having the farm sited in their village, saying that in five years, the company would have grown to the advantage of the citizens more.
In his welcome remarks, the Chief Operating Officer of Globus Resources Limited, Raji Samtani appreciated governor Ajimobi for his vision to develop the state, saying that the company is appreciative of the opportunity given to be part of the success story of Oyo State.
Samtani said, “we got possession of this land in July 2015 and our first production was in December of the same year. We currently target 500,000 birds, 15,000 cashew trees and 5,000 metric tonnes of fish per annum, adding that the company is targeting 15 million birds, 50,000 cashew trees and 60,000 metric tonnes of fish in the next five years.
He stressed that the current expansion going on in the company will create jobs for 3,000 employees as against the present 450 on its payroll, pledging that the company will have a training Centre for youths to become successful fish and poultry farmers.
In his own address, the village head of Seriki Village, Gambari, Sikiru Adeyinka expressed the appreciation of the community to the Oyo State government for giving permission to site the company in their locality.
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