Author: Nationalmonitor

•   In addition to schools, parents and guardians can now also register their wards for the competition. •   Over N40m worth of scholarships up for grabs.   Interswitch, Africa’s leading technology company focused on creating solutions that enable individuals and communities prosper, has opened nationwide registration for the eighth edition of InterswitchSPAK, its flagship National Science Competition where senior secondary school students across Nigeria are invited to apply and demonstrate their academic excellence on a national stage. Designed to empower young minds in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) areas, InterswitchSPAK identifies, nurtures, and rewards students while equipping them with the…

OGUNCCIMA President, Lion Niyi Oshiyemi; Representative of Ogun State governor and Commissioner for Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Emmanuel Adebola Sofela; Commissioner for Education, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu and the Permanent Secretary, Ogun State Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Engr. Kehinde Akintomide holding packs of Dangote Sugar, Rice and Salt when they visited the Dangote Group stand at the ongoing Trade Fair in Abeokuta. Ogun State Government has lauded the roles being played by the Pan-Africa conglomerate, Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) as a strategic partner in the industrial and economic development of the state through investments. The state governor, Dapo…

The Ogun State Government has announced plans to deliver a 900-capacity, Artificial Intelligence-enabled digital learning complex at Remo Secondary School, Sagamu, in a move aimed at strengthening technology-based education across the state. Governor Dapo Abiodun disclosed activities marking the institution’s 80th anniversary, noting that the proposed facility represents a deliberate investment in modern learning infrastructure designed to prepare students for a rapidly evolving, knowledge-driven global economy. He explained that the digital classroom project complements ongoing smart-education initiatives within the school, which already features a functional resource centre and a state-of-the-art robotics laboratory established to nurture innovation, problem-solving skills, and digital…

In a bold demonstration of its people-first corporate culture, Adron Homes and Properties has rewarded 15 exceptional staff members with an all-expenses-paid vacation and luxury shopping experience in Qatar. The initiative forms part of the company’s ongoing commitment to appreciating employees whose dedication, innovation, and consistent performance continue to drive the organisation’s growth and success. The staff, drawn from various departments across the company, embarked on the exclusive trip as a token of recognition for their outstanding contributions toward strengthening Adron Homes’ operational excellence and customer satisfaction culture. The experience combines relaxation, cultural exploration, and premium retail opportunities offering beneficiaries…

The Corprenership Challenge in Lagos. Unity Bank Plc has announced winners in the 27th edition of its flagship Entrepreneurship Development Initiative, also known as Corpreneurship Challenge, following the conclusion of Business Pitch at the Batch C, Stream 2 edition of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation programme held across 10 states of the federation. A cross section of corpreneurship challenge contestants. Notably, Corps Members who graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), The Polytechnic, Ibadan, amongst several tertiary institutions, emerged from the latest round of the Corpreneurship Challenge business pitch. Participants pitched business ideas across diverse sectors such…

L-R: President of Burundi, Évariste Ndayishimiye, welcomes Africa’s wealthiest man, Aliko Dangote, to Gitega as former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo looks on during a business meeting where Dangote Industries Limited and the Government of Burundi signed strategic agreements on Monday. Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, paid a brief but strategically significant visit to Burundi, where he explored new investment opportunities and cemented plans to expand the Dangote Group’s presence across the continent. The visit included high‑level talks with President Evariste Ndayishimiye at the presidential palace. Accompanied by former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, Dangote described the mission as both diplomatic and…

Interswitch, leading African technology company focused on creating solutions that enable individuals and communities prosper, through its health-tech subsidiary, Interswitch eClat, has taken a major step in advancing Nigeria’s public-sector health digitisation agenda following the conclusion of a high-level stakeholders’ engagement with the Abia State Government. The engagement took place ahead of the phased deployment of eClinic, Interswitch eClat’s Electronic Medical Records (EMR) platform, across public health facilities in the state. The engagement, convened by the Abia State Ministry of Health in collaboration with Interswitch, and held at the State’s Ministry of Health in Umuahia, brought together senior government officials, health…

A group photo during the presentation of cheque to management of the school at the event. In what many described as an inspiring and life-changing event, the Dr. Cairo Ojougboh Foundation has strengthened its focus on driving initiative that enhances government’s efforts for educational development in Nigeria. A group photo of the Ojougbohs with the beneficiary students at the event. The Foundation was established in honour of the late medical doctor and member of the House of Representatives, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh. L-R: Son of the late Dr, Cairo Ojougboh, Mr. Nkem Ojougboh; Chairperson, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh Foundation, Mrs. Bose Ojougboh and another son, Mr. Orieka Ojougboh, during the event in Agbor, Delta State recently.…

The Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has accepted to be the Royal Father of the Day at the New Telegraph Awards Night/ Dinner holding at the Grand Ballroom of the Oriental Hotels, Lagos this Friday. That is as veteran Elder journalist and former Governor of Ogun State, Aremo Olusegun Osoba, has also accepted to be the Chairman of the event. The New Telegraph Awards Night/Dinner is a high octane event, where governors, captains of industry, banking and financial institutions and executives as well as public, private sector players and sports personalities would be…

BY KAYODE ODUNARO Over the weekend, precisely on Saturday, February 7, the race towards the governorship seat of Ogun State in 2027 got a push with a radio declaration to contest for the position of governor by no less a figure than Senator Iyabo Obasanjo, the first daughter/child of former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. Not a few were surprised by the announcement coming shortly after her expression of the opposite sentiment to a news channel in Remo, Ogun State. The denial then, followed some bill board advertising suggestive she is back from a seeming self-imposed political sabbatical. In the ensuing…