The federal government has disbursed N15.183 billion interest-free loans to over 300,000 beneficiaries across the country under the Government Empowerment and Enterprise Programme (GEEP).

Federal government is to commence payment of entitlement worth N22.6billion to all former staff of the defunct national carrier, Nigeria Airways, from Monday next week.

EXPERTS have shown direct links between efficient health system governance and promising health workers outputs, which ultimately have positive effects on overall health outcomes. However access to poor investments in research and development, quality drugs, distrust, dissensions and recurring conflicts among different professional groups in the health sector are some issues that have conspired to ensure that poor health outcomes still persist throughout the country.

THE journey of life and rise to stardom is always determined by many factors. While some made it to the top because they were born with the silver spoon, others were not, but were able to make it by a dint of hard work and dedication. Which class does Chief Andrew Ndidi Nwadike belong to?  How did he handle his challenges of birth and poor upbringing to become  a deputy governor of Central Bank of Nigeria? These and other issues are what the octogenerian put down in his autobiography entitled: From Grass to Grace.

OWERRI—The Apostolic Administrator of Ahiara Catholic Diocese, Most Rev. Dr. Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, has expressed worry that despite repeated promises of government, Nigerians remain “deeply wounded and degraded by unemployment and poverty”.

IN the words of Hillary Clinton, former First Lady of the United States and its former Secretary of State, and now a strong voice in US politics, ‘it takes a village.’ If it takes a village to bring up a child, you may wonder, how many persons or villages it would take to ‘bring up’ a nation.

The Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators, NICARB, has warned that spurious resort to judicial intervention by parties to arbitration proceedings could hurt economic growth.

ADO-EKITI—THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Akure Zone, yesterday, called on the Federal Government to set up a panel of inquiry to probe the alleged illegal recruitments of staff and other corruption-related issues at the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State.

ADO-EKITI—THE Ekiti State governor-elect, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, said yesterday, that Governor Ayodele Fayose was free to attend his inauguration slated for October 16, 2018, if he wishes.

Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator, Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo has called on the people of the Niger Delta to shun unnecessary criticisms and work for the success of the Amnesty Programmes.

Abuja—In a deadly battle, yesterday, between Boko Haram terrorists and troops prosecuting war against insurgency, seven soldiers were killed and 16 others wounded, while preventing the terrorists from taking Matele in northern Borno, as the troops killed 76 terrorists.

We have come to the second section of this discussion on Wema Bank’s SME-focused credit facility. As a catch up on what was discussed in the first section which came in four parts, the key information was that the bank has special offers or services for small businesses.

The Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce (NACC) and Footprint to Africa  stated that they are set to advance economic cooperation between Nigeria and the United States through promotion of business and services that improve trade relations and prosperity of both nations.

Twenty Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have received N6million boost from Life Continental Lager Beer development initiative tagged, Life Progress Booster.

FINALLY, when the skies fell on Skye Bank there was hardly a whimper of surprise. Most stakeholders in the banking industry had seen it coming for long. If there is any surprise at all, it is the length of time it had taken the regulators to wield the big axe on the sick bank.