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Lightbox Session: Effective Communication in a PR Crisis

@adedoyinjaiyesimi is the Chief Communications Consultant at The Comms Avenue, a capacity building and networking platform for communications professionals, with over 600 communications professionals from Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe, the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada.

Adedoyin will be walking us through industry standards of handling a PR Crisis in ways that are not detrimental to the business. This also involves people trying to manage damaging PR to their personal brands.

Join us on Thursday, 8 pm, to learn how to effectively handle a PR Crisis.

Download the app for iOS or Android to join the Lightbox session.

Herconomy Co-operative!

Have you joined the waiting list for the AGS Herconomy Co-operative society?

If you know all about the AGS Savings challenge, where over 500 tribers were able to save over N100 million naira, then it’s time to join again!

Te AGS Herconomy Cooperative will be an in house saving opportunity for women to save towards their individual and communal goals.

Join the waiting list here.

Local Stories

Tourism operators call for bail out fund from FG

The Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN) has called on the Federal Government to assist business owners in the tourism industry with funds to reduce the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more…

VAT collection row: No going back on bill, Lagos insists, Adamawa backs Wike

The Akwa Ibom and Adamawa state governments on Tuesday aligned themselves with the move by the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, to stop the Federal Government from collecting Value Added Tax. Read more…

FG not owing doctors, nurses, others salaries – Minister

The Federal Government is not owing doctors or other health workers in Nigeria monthly salary. Read more…

1 million Nigerians receive Moderna first shot in over a month – NPHCDA

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA revealed that over 1 million Nigerians have received their first shot of the Moderna vaccine, read more…

Trade: FG, Saudi Arabia to set up Business Council to promote trade

The Federal Government and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced they have agreed to launch a Business Council between both nations to boost bilateral trade and commerce. Read more…

Tomato Jos awarded N494 million grant by USAID-funded West Africa Trade & Investment Hub

Tomato Jos, a private equity-backed, social enterprise agric company has been awarded a N494 million grant by the USAID-funded West Africa Trade & Investment Hub (Trade Hub), read more…

International Stories

Denmark tells some migrants to work for benefits

Some migrants in Denmark will now be required to work 37 hours a week in order to receive welfare benefits. Read more…

Spanish bishop quit for love for erotic writer

When Spanish bishop Xavier Novell resigned last month, the Roman Catholic Church cited strictly personal reasons without going into detail. Read more…

Britney Spears' father formally files to end conservatorship

Britney Spears' father has filed papers in a Los Angeles court to end the 13-year conservatorship that saw him overseeing her life and finances. Read more…

Paris attacks 2015: Historic trial of 20 suspects to open in France

The shooting and bombing assault by Islamist State (IS) group extremists was the worst post-World War Two atrocity in France. Read more…

Tech Issues

PayPal to buy up Japanese firm Paidy for $2.7bn

US online payment giant PayPal is set to buy the online Japanese credit specialist Paidy for $2.7 billion, the US company said in a statement Tuesday, a new sign of the development of the “buy now pay later” sector. Read more…

Business

Bitcoin drops 18%, El Salvador makes crypto legal tender

Crypto markets experienced a momentary tumble on Tuesday that resulted in some of the most popular digital-assets registering double-digit losses, until staging a mini recovery. Read more…

Nigeria spends N601.51 billion on importation of vehicles in H1 2021

Nigeria spent a total of N601.51 billion on the importation of motor vehicles in the first half of the year. Read more…

369,100 investors lose everything as crypto market dips by over $200 billion

As bitcoin prices plunged below $43,000, $3.5 billion in liquidation took place, dropping the market value from $2.3 trillion to $2.1 trillion at the time of writing. Read more…

Naira gains further at official market as crypto investors lose $299 billion in one day

The exchange rate between the naira and the US dollar closed at N410.67/$1 indicating a further appreciation at the official Investors and Exporters window. Read more…

Access Bank gains N5 billion from digital lending in the first six months of 2021

Access Bank’s digital lending revenue has increased from N1 billion in the first half of 2019 to N5 billion in the first half of 2021, read more…

GDP growth pointer to Nigeria’s resilience -Olawepo-Hashim

A former presidential candidate of the Peoples Trust in the 2019 elections, Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has described the latest growth figures released by the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics as cheery news. Read more…

Toyota plans to spend $13.5 billion to develop electric vehicle batteries

In a bid to take a lead in the key automotive technology, Toyota Motor Corp plans to spend more than $13.5 billion by 2030 to develop batteries and its battery supply system over the next decade. Reuters reported. Read more…

Amazon pays £492m in UK tax as sales surge to £20.6bn

Online shopping giant Amazon has said it is "proud" of its contribution to the UK economy, as it reveals its latest financial results. Read more…

Metro

Rotimi and wife Vanessa Mdee are expecting their 1st child together

Rotimi proposed to Vanessa in 2020. Read more…

Kylie Jenner confirms 2nd pregnancy

The model is expecting her second child with her music star partner, Travis Scott. Read more…

AGS Quote of the Day

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

Mahatma Gandhi