ACTING President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has reiterated Federal Government’s plan to support small businesses, noting that inauguration of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Clinics is to facilitate easy interactions between small businesses and regulatory agencies.

OUR last discussion on this topic was centered on use of stocks and shares as security for a business loan. We noted that stocks/ shares are basically financial assets that could be valued and determined to match with the value of the loan you are seeking in a bank.

South Africa Foot-ball Federation (SAFA) says Bafana Bafana new coach, Stuart Baxter, will announce his squad on Thursday May 25 ahead of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Nigeria.

STRONG indications emerged, yesterday, that crisis looms between the Presidency and the Senate over Presidency’s appointment of a new Director-General for the National Lottery Commission, Adolphus Ekpe, without sending the name to the Senate for screening and subsequent confirmation.

EFFURUN— GOVERNOR Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, yesterday, declared that most of the kidnappings in the state were carried out by Hausa/Fulani inviduals in connivance with some locals.

Respected former NFA Chairman and former Military Governor of Kano and Benue states, Brig. Gen Dominic Obukadata Oneya, has hailed the South South Congress of the NFF and Governor Godwin Obaseki over its plans to host NFF President, Melvin Amaju Pinnick this weekend.

ACCESS Bank has extended its Womenpreneur Business Workshop to Kaduna State in a bid to empower more female entrepreneurs across Nigeria.

Nepotism is a huge monster that lays the eggs which hatch into so many types of corruption

ORGANISED Labour has decried the rate of de-industrialisation in Nigerian economy, lamenting that the manufacturing continues to decline faced with the challenge of inadequate power supply, high cost of credit, inadequate foreign exchange supply and depreciating value of the naira.

The National Assembly must wake up to its responsibilities. At best, the budget rollover to which they subject us annually is simply a corruption-stimulus

Like a gathering of giraffes, they tend always to attract too many tall egos, that end up neck-sizing as they compete for the skies. And no matter how long-necked or short-necked they come, in events like that, every giraffe is bound to meet its match, or even its better

Months after leaving Greek giants Olympiacos to Tiajin Tedah in the Chinese Super League, Super Eagles striker, Brown Ideye has not stopped defending his decision to dump Europe for the far east.

CHAIRMAN, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Mrs. Ibikun Awosika has challenged entrepreneurs to invest in businesses that can be competitive both nationally and globally.

Super Eagles and Tianjin Teda captain Mikel Obi has stated that his team will get it right in front of goal soon after the strikers failed to score in their first two games of the Chinese Super League.

IT is the responsibility of government to provide employment and security for the people, among other things. However, since government cannot provide full employment for the people, what it does is to provide the enabling environment for non-state actors to bridge the gap. These non-state actors include small and medium scale enterprises, among others.