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First Ever Solar PPA

Federal government-owned public liability, the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET), has signed the country’s first ever solar power purchase agreement (PPA) with more than ten project developers, totalling 975MW of utility-scale solar

Odunayo Adekuoroye Wins Madrid 2016 Wrestling Grand Prix

Commonwealth Games Wrestling gold medalist, Odunayo Adekuoroye wins bronze medal at the World Wrestling Grand Prix held in Madrid, Spain.

2016 Asian Banker Retail Services West African Awards

First Bank of Nigeria Limited has won “The Best Retail Bank in Nigeria Award” for the fifth time; the “Mobile Payment Product of the Year award” and the “Credit Card Product of the Year award” in the 2016 Asian Banker Retail Services West African Awards which took place in Lagos.

Organized by the Asian Banker magazine, the awards programme is renowned for its rigorous and transparent process in selecting outstanding financial institutions in retail banking. It is to recognize competition and innovation in one of the fastest growing and fierce markets with fierce competition.

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Euromoney 2016 Awards

Access Bank wins ‘Africa’s Best Bank Transformation’ in the Euromoney 2016 Awards for Excellence

Wazobia Tricycle

An indigenous Nigerian company based in Benue State has designed, engineered and manufactured a new brand of keke (tricycle) dubbed the Wazobia Tricycle. The tricycle was produced by Chinatown & Benue Valley Vehicle Manufacturing Co, with a unit of the multi-purpose tricycle to cost 250,000 Naira.

Professor Emily Alemika

Professor Emily Alemika of the Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Jos (UNIJOS), is the first female law professor to have come out of the entire Kogi State

GSK Inventor Award

The Managing Director, Neimeth International Pharmaceuticals Plc, Dr Ebere Igboko Ekpunnobi has won the GSK Inventor Award for two patent applications covering her inventions related to discovering of compounds potentially useful for the treatment of a rare disease