The WBG YPP is a starting point for an exciting career at the World Bank Group. Young Professionals are recruited from around the world with various academic and professional backgrounds relevant to the World Bank, IFCandMIGA. We are looking for applicants who demonstrate a passion for international development, a graduate degree, relevant professional experience, and the potential… Continue reading Young Professionals Program (WBG YPP)
Month: May 2020
Maikantu Baru-Former NNPC group director is dead
Maikanti Baru, the former group managing director of the NNPC, has died. Mr Baru died late Friday night in yet undisclosed location and of undisclosed ailments. He was 60. His death was announced early Saturday morning by the current head of the state-owned energy conglomerate, Mele Kyari. Guy “My brother, my friend and my mentor,… Continue reading Maikantu Baru-Former NNPC group director is dead
Miscarriages and Rhesus Factor Incompatibility in Marriage
ASIDE KNOWING YOUR GENOTYPE BEFORE MARRIAGE THERE’S NEED FOR A WOMAN TO KNOW HER RHESUS FACTOR – RHESUS FACTOR INCOMPATIBILITY IS A LEADING CAUSE OF MISCARRIAGE! NOT ALWAYS YOUR VILLAGE PEOPLE! PLEASE TAKE TIME TO READ THIS:Rhesus Factor is an antigen that exists on the surface of red blood cells in most people (about85% of… Continue reading Miscarriages and Rhesus Factor Incompatibility in Marriage
Foreign direct investment dropped to $214.25m in Q1 – NBS
Foreign direct investment into the country dropped to $214.25m in the first quarter of 2020 from $257.25m in the fourth quarter of 2019. he National Bureau of Statistics disclosed this in its report on ‘Nigerian capital importation’ for the first quarter of 2020 on Tuesday. According to the NBS, the FDI which stood at $247.37m… Continue reading Foreign direct investment dropped to $214.25m in Q1 – NBS
Training pitfalls: why so much leadership development doesn’t work
Frequently when it comes to leadership and management development, the skills that are described as ‘hard’ are the ones that are the easiest to teach. So many leadership development programmes focus on these ‘hard’ skills, in their content – for example, the models and theories that offer explanations and insights into how people and organisations work. This… Continue reading Training pitfalls: why so much leadership development doesn’t work
Tough times call for Transformation in Leadership management
Leaders need first to adapt organisational culture to new needs and then embody this new culture, writes Roger Delves How does leadership development need to change in the light of the turbulent and fast-changing economic, political and social environment organisations find themselves having to operate in? This was the questions global management network EFMD explored in… Continue reading Tough times call for Transformation in Leadership management