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Admin I Sunday, August 02, 2026 LAGOS, Nigeria – Workplace mentor and career development expert Margaret Omovbude has called on professionals to embrace continuous learning, emotional intelligence and adaptability as critical skills for succeeding in an increasingly technology-driven workplace. She made the call at the maiden edition of the Corporate Power Room Conference held in Lagos, where industry leaders and workplace experts gathered to provide practical strategies for career advancement, leadership development and navigating the future of work. The conference, which brought together professionals from diverse sectors, featured sessions on workplace influence, career reinvention, salary negotiation, organizational effectiveness,…
Admin I Sunday, August 02, 2026 LAGOS, Nigeria – Africa has been declared the next frontier for global travel, discovery and international exchange, as the World Public Summit Africa calls attention to the continent’s growing role as a destination for tourism, investment, diplomacy, culture and innovation. Bringing together global leaders, policymakers, entrepreneurs and thought leaders in Addis Ababa, the Summit highlighted Africa’s vast potential to become a global meeting place where people, ideas and opportunities converge. With its extraordinary landscapes, rich cultural heritage, youthful population and expanding connectivity, Africa is poised to redefine its place in the…
By abiodun KOMOLAFE I Sunday, August 02, 2026 IJEBU-JESA, Osun – As Adlai Stevenson Jr. famously observed, “A hungry man is not a free man.” This truth conveniently haunts our troubled polity, where politicians tend to demand absolute electoral loyalty while offering nothing in return. But, again, can a hungry populace give their best while fending for themselves in a vacuum, and can one harvest where nothing was sown? True national planning implies a genuine devolution of power to the grassroots. In practice, these initiatives should start at the ward level, drawing directly from the expertise of local development…
Admin I Saturday, August 01, 2026 LAGOS, Nigeria – Stanbic IBTC recently celebrated 30 years of providing custody services in Nigeria with a Closing Gong ceremony at The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX). The milestone reflects the institution’s longstanding contribution to investor confidence and the continued development of Nigeria’s capital market. In his opening remarks, Jude Chiemeka, Chief Executive Officer, NGX, welcomed Stanbic IBTC to The Exchange and commended its three decades of custody services. He highlighted NGX’s continued investment in technology, which he said has enabled over 2.6 million active retail investors to trade on the platform. “Technology continues…
Titus Eleweke, Editor, South East AWKA, Anambra – Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH),Amaku Awka,said it is unfortunate when anyone, particularly a professional, chooses to mislead the public by making false claims about an institution. It is even more troubling when such misinformation is directed at an institution whose leadership is making significant strides in transforming its operations and service delivery. This became evident when a former staff member of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH), Amaku, Awka, Dr. Charles Kenechukwu, who now resides in Canada, appeared on a social media podcast and made several allegations about…
Admin I Saturday, August 01, 2026 ABUJA, Nigeria – The Publisher of First Daily, Dr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, has expressed profound appreciation to distinguished guests, speakers, panelists, partners, sponsors and participants for their immense contributions to the success of the media organisation’s Sixth Anniversary Public Lecture and National Dialogue on Security. The landmark event, held on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja, brought together senior government officials, security chiefs, political leaders, legal practitioners, academics, diplomats, civil society organisations and captains of industry to deliberate on practical and sustainable solutions to Nigeria’s security challenges. Iworiso-Markson in…
Puts Judiciary, INEC on notice Admin I Saturday, August 01, 2026 ABUJA, Nigeria – The National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF), is calling on President Bola Tinubu not to seek reelection in 2027 but instead, like a statesman with an eye on history and posterity, earnestly commit the rest of his tenure to restructuring Nigeria and giving her a new constitution. The organisation also said the demand for a new constitution for Nigeria before the 2027 elections should be jointly spearheaded forthwith by the ethnic nationalities under the socio-cultural groups and other relevant interest groups. These were some…
UEFA declare ‘NO CONFIDENCE’ in FIFA supremo Infantino after dodgy $20bn World Cup sell-off scheme collapses in chaos By SCM SPORT REPORTING DESK FOOTBALL’S governing bodies are in total meltdown after UEFA sensationally declared they have LOST CONFIDENCE in FIFA chief Gianni Infantino. In an explosive Saturday morning statement, European football’s hierarchy launched an all-out assault on the Swiss-Italian boss, despite FIFA making a frantic late-night U-turn on plans to sell off World Cup rights to private equity firms. The 56-year-old FIFA head had been trying to push through a secret $20billion (£15.6bn) scheme to sell…
BY SCM SPORT REPORTER DISGRACED former FIFA supremo Sepp Blatter has launched an explosive attack on successor Gianni Infantino — accusing him of trying to sell football’s “soul” to private equity money men. The 88-year-old Swiss ex-boss ripped into current FIFA chiefs over controversial plans to open up international football tournaments and commercial rights to outside investors. In a blistering message aimed straight at Infantino, Blatter warned that turning the world governing body into a corporate cash-cow risks destroying the sport forever. ’FIFA IS NOT A HEDGE FUND’ Blatter declared: “FIFA is not a private equity fund. ”It is…
By SCM Sports Business Desk ZURICH — Facing an unprecedented revolt from European and South American football leaders, player unions, and member federations, FIFA has abruptly shelved its ambitious and highly controversial plan to sell a private equity stake in its commercial operations. In a statement released by FIFA President Gianni Infantino, global football’s governing body acknowledged that the proposed initiative—dubbed FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE)—had sowed deep divisions across the international game, rendering the project untenable. “The FIFA Forward Enterprise project was intended to provide a basis for further strengthening our FIFA Member Associations and our sport…