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The Chinese government has asked Nigeria to buy into some of its policies that began some 40 years ago to enable it develop sustainably. According to the Vice Director-General, Press Bureau, State Council Information Office, Beijing, Xi Yanchun, this could be achieved through integration and mutual understanding between both nations. Speaking in Beijing, she noted that if her country with a population of 1.3 billion people could continue to enjoy stability and economic development through effective policies, Nigeria with a lesser figure of 198 million people should equally be able to move forward if it adopts some of the policies that have made the Chinese tick. Yanchun stressed that stability remains the magic wand that would enable every nation develop through placing the interest of the people first as well as carrying them along in the scheme of things. Publicity of government activities and updating the citizens with positive reports in the true sense of the word, according to...

Mondelez International Foundations has allocated $50million to address nutrition education, active play, provide fresh foods to at-risk children and their families. Speaking at the launch of the Foundation’s healthy lifestyle project in Nigeria, Yesufu said, Cadbury Nigeria has joined nine other countries in the Mondelez International family in this initiative to promote healthy lifestyles and address obesity. “The Foundation is focused on three pillars namely: investing in community programmes that promote active, healthy lifestyles to help improve the lives of children and their families around the world; providing humanitarian aid through cash and product when disaster strikes; and inspiring our colleagues to contribute their time and talent to charitable causes. These community partnerships are transforming the lives of more than a million children in 14 nations spanning five continents,” he added. The post $50m staked to promote child nutrition, healthy lifestyle in Nigeria ...

The new Country Director for Great Place To Work Nigeria, an affiliate of Peoples Productivity Solutions (PPS) Africa, the parent company of Great Place to Work UK, Dr. Gonzalo Shoobridge, has pledged the company’s commitment to partnering with Nigerian companies on global best practices. Great Place to Work is a global research, consulting and training firm, which helps organisations identify, create and sustain great workplaces through the development of high trust workplace cultures. Speaking at the fifth award ceremony of Great Place to Work Nigeria, recently in Lagos, Shoobridge said: “We are bringing best practices here so we can share them with Nigerian organisations that want to become best work places.” According to him, the objective was to have best workplaces in Nigeria, “because if we improve the workplace, we are going to improve the society as a whole.” Shoobridge, who brings over 20 years experience in diverse international business development and human resource co...