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BusinessDay’s BAFI Awards recognised achievements in a number of separate categories, each of which was worth its weight in gold. However, it could be argued that in this year of COVID-19, any recognition that took into account and was informed by the awardee’s COVID-related activities was probably the most significant of the awards/categories.

But last month, he became even more visible when he ministered at the National Young Adult and Youth Affairs Virtual Convention 2020. The theme was: “The Bright and Morning Star.” Although he didn’t have to mount the pulpit of the Arena, the new massive auditorium of the church, because the convention was virtual, many people around the world saw him preach from Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital.

After arresting Wadume, the policemen were heading out when the same soldiers, who had earlier joked with them, pursued their vehicle and opened fire on it along Ibi-Jalingo Road, Taraba State. At least five people were killed in the attack, including the civilians. The dead included Inspector Mark Ediale, 36; Sergeant Dahiru Musa, 40; Owolabi Babajide, 24; Farouk Bashir, 30; and Usman Danazumi, 44.

The Social Contract Principle, the sociological foundation of relationship between the government and the governed demands that while the citizens relinquish their authority via collective mandate to form the government, government should on the other hand effectively cater for the needs and aspirations of the people. This symbiotic, bi-lateral relationship forms the bedrock of the demand and supply trajectory in which government is on the supply side while citizens are on the demand side.

As the banking sector continues to find newer ways of engaging and providing customer centric services to bridge the current level of unbanked and under banked population to achieve Nigeria’s 2020 financial inclusion target, the fallout of the recently held FirstBank Fintech Summit 3.0. is that technology is the growth to financial institution in Africa.

In many parts of the world, including Nigeria, women often face the barriers of discrimination and persistent gender inequalities which deny them access to key positions in the corporate world as well as access to finance or the formal economy. Women make up almost half of the world’s working-age population of nearly five billion people. But only about 50 per cent of those women participate in the labour force, compared with 80 per cent of men, according to a report by the International Monetary Fund.

No one can stress the fact that “good nutrition” is paramount for the well-being of every child; hence, medical personnel advice that children should be given breast milk uninterrupted for six months as the first 1,000 days of a child’s life gives an opportunity for preventing undernutrition.

It’s about that time of the year again when women in Lagos State converge under the auspices of the Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials for the annual National Women’s Conference. For the past 19 years, COWLSO, which is a community-based gender organisation established principally to complement the effort of the Lagos State Government in bringing about exponential development and growth at the grassroots, has been consistent in hosting the conference each year.