Oko, Otitoju, Wang win 2024 Nigeria Prize for science with carbon capture, fuel production - ITREALMS

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The Advisory Board of the Nigeria Prize for Science has named a project anchored by the trio of Eni Oko, Olajide Otitoju, and Meihong Wang as the winners of the 2024 edition of the Prize, reports ITREALMS.

This, the board, chaired by the former Minister of Science and Technology, Prof. Barth Nnaji, disclosed, would significantly reshape Nigeria’s energy future.

Investors must capture 2019 opportunities - ITREALMS

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The UBS Global Wealth Management's Chief Investment Office (CIO) has said that investors will need to weather more volatility in order to capture opportunities in 2019, reports ITREALMS.

According to the Year Ahead report from UBS, the world's leading wealth manager, global economic growth will decelerate next year to 3.6 per cent from 3.8 per cent in 2018, and company earnings will grow at a slower rate. However, a 2019 recession still looks unlikely, and the price of many financial assets has already moved to reflect uncertain prospects.

UBS Global Wealth Management's Chief Investment Office (CIO) enters the year with an overweight position in global equities. However, as the market cycle matures, investors should diversify and hedge their portfolios to guard against volatility as well as political and other risks. They should also take advantage of growth in fields like sustainable and impact investing, and pockets of value where financial asset prices are excessively low.

Mark Haefele, Chief Investment Officer at UBS Global Wealth Management, says: "Investors should retain positions in global equities but plan for market volatility. A slight slowdown in economic and earnings growth doesn't mean no growth, and the recent sell-off has left a number of assets more attractively valued, but investors must also take into account the tense geopolitical environment as well as monetary policy tightening."

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National ID: NIMC targets 28m capture by December

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The National IdentityManagement Commission (NIMC) is targeting to capture some 28 million Nigerians in its data base before December 31, this year, reports ITRealms.

Revealing this to ITRealms in Lagos, the Director-General and Chief Enrollment Officer (CEO) of NIMC, Engr. Aliyu Abubakar Aziz, said they have currently captured 18.5 million as at the last count.

According to him, efforts are ongoing to ensure this mile stone is achieved within the specified time.

He pointed out that as at 2015, some 7 million Nigerians were captured in the National Identity Management System and as at December 2016, NIMC has registered and captured 14 million people.

Till date, the DG told ITRealms, NIMC has established enrollment centers in 809 locations, 556 Local Government Areas (LGAs) across 36 states of the federation.

Equally, the Director-General said, this is in addition to some 215 special centers nationwide.

NIMC under his watch, he said, has been envisioned to provide sustainable world class identity management solutions, to enhance governance and service delivery in Nigeria by 2019.

Aziz, further warned that Nigerians who are yet to register and obtain the National Identification Number (NIN) issued by the Commission, may suffer the risk of being branded as a non-Nigerian citizen in the next few years.

He advised Nigerians that yet to get registered or captured in the NIMC database to quickly ensure they do so as soon as possible.

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Pix: D-G NIMC, Mr. Aziz with media consultant, Mr. Mkpe Abang at a press conference recently in Lagos.