BETevents unveil Be Your Own Boss campaign at grand launch

Events Management practice is set to be taken a notch higher with the launch of Babylayo’s Exquisite Touch (BETevents) going by the promises of a world class events management services delivery. And to underscore its commitment to changing the face of the industry, Chief Executive Officer of the outfit has unveiled a self empowerment campaign tagged “Team Be Your Own Boss.”

According to the Chief Executive of BETevents, Tolulope Adetiran, the need to add elegance to events through consultancy, event planning and Event-day coordination necessitated the coming on board of the new outfit adding that the company will also initiate laudable youth empowerment scheme alongside.

Regulatory Effectiveness: How Nigeria and other African Countries can learn from the EU on Tobacco Regulation

The fight against tobacco consumption which commenced decades in some jurisdictions and became a global phenomenon, is taking a different dimension and approach. Unfortunately, over the years in Africa, we have become a symbolic laggard. However, we can take centre stage and lead the policy reforms that will show that we have indeed learnt from the mistakes and experiences of the advanced countries and continents who decades ago “cracked the whip” harder on tobacco usage and in the process created more harm than perceptive good.

Adidas Congratulates Super Eagles At Formal Launch In Nigeria

As part of its strategic growth plan into Nigeria, leading sports and lifestyle brand and Super Eagles technical sponsor, adidas has formally launched its operations and also celebrated its one year anniversary in Nigeria this past Saturday, minutes before the country qualified for her fifth World Cup appearance coming up in Brazil next year.

Speaking at the event, Senior Business Development Manager, adidas, South Africa, Astruds Meintjes explained that the brand has enjoyed unrivalled success in the country due to its strategic partnership with the Super Eagles.

The 3rd Marketing World Awards

From Left, General Manager Consumer Marketing MTN Nigeria, Kola Oyeyemi, Managing Director 141 Worldwide, Bunmi Oke, Executive Director PZ, Yomi Fatunroti, Chief Executive Office Scanad, Rufai Ladipo, Chief Marketing Officer MTN Nigeria, Larry Annetts and Chairman Troyka Holding, Biodun Shobanjo as he receives the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ at the 3rd Marketing World Awards held at Intercontinental Hotel Victoria Island Lagos on Friday 8th November 2013

NEPAD Business Group Nigeria Cassava Investment Forum (NCIF)

 R-L: British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATNF), General Manager, Abimbola Okoya, Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Director General, Dr. Nteranya E. Sangiga and FADAMA Coordinator, Delta State, Tony Abanum at the 1st NEPAD Business Group Nigeria  Cassava Investment Forum (NCIF) held in Abuja today.

Adidas Celebrates One Year in Nigeria

....Prepares To Launch Two New Stores

Over a year ago, adidas, the global sports brand, through a Strategic Retail Partnership with Mopheth Sport Nigeria Ltd, opened its first two stores in Nigeria. The exciting first year saw the two stores run a plethora of campaigns that not only presented the public with authentic adidas product but also offered great competitions such as a consumer opportunity to win tickets to watch a Chelsea game in the UK.

It’s Official: Webster University to Open Accra, Ghana Campus January 14, 2014

.....Campus degrees will include Business, Communications, and International Relations

Webster University’s new Accra, Ghana campus has been approved by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) in the United States, clearing the final hurdle to offer dually accredited degrees for it graduates, it was announced today.

Student recruitment and enrollmentwill begin immediately, and classes will start Jan. 14, 2014.

The approval by the HLC will ensure Webster University graduates in Ghana to hold degrees that will be recognized in both Ghana and the U.S., making it easier for them to seek work in either county or pursue additional studies in either country. Earlier this year, Ghana’s Ministry of Education gave approval for the programs that will be offered at the Accra campus.

MyAsho.com, MyAshomarket.com re-launch in grand style

 

Style aficionados now have less to worry about keeping their wardrobe stocked with unique pieces of wares and accessories that make them stand out at different occasion with the launch of MyAsho.com and MyAshomarket.com, a twin online fashion store. The re-launch which held at 56 Wells Street, London W1, saw the emergence of two sites. 
The even showcased the unique and beautiful pieces available on the two websites. 

Inappropriate Call for no Tobacco Investment

The recent call by the group National Coalition Against Tobacco, asking Governor Fashola to reject the Tobacco Company’s investment in the State appears misguided and inappropriate. Whilst many perfectly understand the need to regulate the tobacco sector, it is also well known and accepted that tobacco is a legal industry and hence asking them not to interact with government and its agencies is mischievous and does not in any way affect the drive to reduce tobacco consumption. Clearly after several years of concerted efforts by different NGOs, globally, to stop tobacco consumption, it appears that the strategy applied has had minimal effect and needs to be changed. Many hard line activists continue to aggressively attack the industry and hoodwink several governments to legislate the tobacco industry out of existence, ensuring that governments lose tax incomes as criminals’ smuggling activities continue to fill the void that stringent regulation creates.

African Brands adapting to Global Standard

.....By Celine DeCarlo, CNN International

One of the most cherished parts of a career with an international news channel is the time spent travelling. While visits to different countries are often frustratingly short, after a while you get an acute sense of how a place is developing.  As the years go by and one revisits such destinations again, certain changes catch your eye, and you find yourself mentally tallying the signs that a country has advanced.  Advancements such as a sleek new airport terminal or a pedestrian walkway where the unmade road use to be, the steady electricity power during a stay at a hotel and the new store at a junction where once a fruit stall stood.  Also noted are the numbers of tablets being used in meetings and the appearance of the latest smartphones in people’s hands.

BATNF honours with double SERAs Award

 
(From the right) Head of Project, British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATNF), Mr. Abayomi Oyewole being presented with an award of most outstanding CSR practitioner by the CEO, BrandWorld Newspapers, Clara Okoro, during the 7th annual SERA Awards held on Saturday September 21, 2013 at the Muson Center, Lagos.

CNN Profiles Princess Offiong Ejindu on African Voices

  ...as she talks about her life, love of fashion, and plans to empower the  African youths
 

This week, Nigerian-born, Offiong Ekanem Ejindu, popularly known as Princess Fifi, a Nigerian descendent of royalty, who studied in America and became a pioneer in the field of architecture, will feature on African Voices, CNN International’s weekly half-hour programme highlighting Africa's most engaging personalities.

The Other Side Of Anti-Tobacco Campaign: A Good Distraction From Terrible Realities

When people suddenly emerge apostles of anti-this and anti-that, we often assume they must be altruistic in intention. We do take it for granted that they must mean well simply because they appear to be speaking well. However, in most cases such people are not being driven by any altruistic motive. At a closer look, the ulterior motive which is their primary motivation becomes obvious. Children and women are common motifs in their campaigns but in the long run it becomes clear that they (the campaigners) just use them (children and women) as a means to the end the campaigners seek to achieve, not the very end. Those on whose behalf they claim to fight more often than not do end up being the very victims of the campaigns. Hence, the need to examine the ugly significations of anti-tobacco campaign woven around children right to a good future.

Smuggling and the Tobacco Industry: Learnings from Canada

The debate on the desirability of stricter tobacco control laws is on, as the Tobacco Control Bill (TCB) reaches the public hearing stage at the House of Representatives. Both the pros and the antis have been advancing their arguments based on the facts available to each group and most times, these arguments are prejudiced.

There is one underlining fact that is incontrovertible; tobacco consumption has grave health implications on users. In reaching a conclusion that is of utmost benefit to the people, the legislators must be dispassionate in looking at the pros and cons of the bill and be able to fashion out a balanced and evidence-based law.

Need for Informed Regulation: The Tobacco Industry Example

Emeka Anichebe

Business regulation has been on for a long time. Since colonial times, government has regulated business. The need for more responsive and effective business regulation was one of the reasons for the fight for independence in the US. As the U.S. economy became more industrialized and the United States grew to be a world power in the nineteenth century, the federal government passed business laws that favored social reforms over the interests of big business.

Between civil advocacy, the government and corporate organizations

-Chidozie Chukwuemeka

Dividends refer to the portion of profit stakeholders (shareholders) get from an enterprise for their stakes (shares) in the business. With continuous evolution, everything, including state – the nation state has acquired the status of enterprise.

So, such things as dividends of democracy have become commonplace. What do people particularly ordinary citizens get for their stakes in the state? That is their dividend from the state enterprise because they hold shares in the state. It is an inalienable right. And where it is not given or partially given or in any way denied, the people put their feet down in demand for what they know is their right.

Picture from GE Amsterdam Supplier Fair

 

 L-R: Seun Faluyi, Managing Director, Global Oceon; David Kirubi, Sourcing Manager, GE Africa; Lazarus Angbazo, President & CEO, GE Nigeria, Vincent Ebuh Jnr, Business Development, Global Oceon and Tassie Stanford, Managing Director/CEO, Tilone at the GE Supplier Fair held in Amsterdam recently.

300,000 Young Nigerians Break World Record With Close Up Teeth Brushing Challenge

L-R: Vice President, Association of Private Dental Practitioners of Nigeria, Azuara Ifeanyi David; President, Nigeria Dental Association, Olojede Olurotimi; Brand Building Director, Unilever Nigeria Plc, David Arome Okeme, and Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Public Health, Dr Yewande Adeshina, during the Closeup Sponsored World Record Teeth brushing challenge at Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere on July 4

Over 300,000 young Nigerians gathered at the Teslim Balogun stadium  in Lagos, as well as other locations around the state, to participate in the World Record breaking Teeth brushing challenge. The challenge sponsored by leading oral care brand, Close Up toothpaste, in partnership with Lagos State government, Nigerian Dental Association (NDA), HEIT Solutions, Vas2Net & Core Media, saw various school students take part in brushing their teeth at the same time at different locations.

Speaking before the kick-off, Executive Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, said that the challenge was a representation of how people ought to take care of their bodies, with oral care being a priority.

Close Up set to break World Record with Teeth Brushing Challenge … 300,000 Nigerian to brush teeth at the same time

Leading oral care brand, Close Up toothpaste, has reiterated its commitment to promoting a healthy oral care culture. This came against the backdrop of the World Record breaking Teeth brushing challenge slated to hold on July 4^th in partnership with Lagos State government, Nigerian Dental Association (NDA), HEIT Solutions, Vas2Net & Core Media. 

Judges Urged to Join Lagos Court of Arbitration Membership Programme

Executive Secretary/CEO of Lagos Court of Arbitration (LCA), Megha Joshi; ADR Training Consultant, Olusola Adegbonmire and Honorable Chief Justice High Court of Lagos State, Chief Justice Ayotunde Phillips at 2^ndJudges’ Training in Lagos State by LCA at Epe Resort and Spa in Lagos

The Lagos Court of Arbitration (LCA) has urged the legal practitioners in Lagos State to take advantage of the promotional membership rate and join the LCA membership programme which has been developed to focus interest on knowledge and educate individuals interested in commercial arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR).

This assertion was made by the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the Lagos Court of Arbitration, Ms Megha Joshi, during the second edition of Judges’ training in Lagos. According to Joshi, the benefits of LCA membership are numerous, in line with the growth of the institution.”As a new and emerging arbitration centre, we have adopted best practice methods with guidance from established arbitration centres across the world, to ensure we begin operations at internationally recognised standards of excellence.’