How we lifted 22,000 people out of poverty — Abiodun
By James Ogunnaike ABEOKUTA—GOVERNOR Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, yesterday, said his administration has given economic empowerment to no fewer than 22,000 residents of the state. Abiodun noted that the Agricultural and Multipurpose Credit Agency, OSAMCA, has disbursed over N850 million to the beneficiaries across Ogun to further create employment opportunities and generate wealth for […]
Fidelity Bank to help entrepreneurs explore US Market
Fidelity Bank to help entrepreneurs explore US Market
Igbo communities wage war against cultism, say it is destroying the society
By Anayo Okoli, Vincent Ujumadu, Ebele Orakpo, Dennis Agbo, Chimaobi Nwaiwu, Nwabueze Okonkwo, Ugochukwu Alaribe, Chinedu Adonu, Chinonso Alozie, Steve Oko & Emmanuel Iheaka ENUGU–Cultism is one of the problems threatening the peace of the society, especially in many communities and schools in the South-East region. It serves as an incubator for criminal activities and […]
Halting bandits’ threat to all modes of transport in Kaduna
Halting bandits’ threat to all modes of transport in Kaduna
2023: Abia North stakeholders reject PDP’s zoning arrangement
2023: Abia North stakeholders reject PDP’s zoning arrangement
CBN bars credit guarantee companies from accepting deposits
By Elizabeth Adegbesan The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has barred Credit Guarantee Companies (CGCs) from accepting deposits among other things. The apex bank disclosed this yesterday in its guidelines for regulation and supervision of CGCs in Nigeria. According to CBN, its efforts to stimulate lending to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) facilitated the […]
Time for religion to give back
By Sunny Ikhioya RIGHT from the beginning of history, religion has always played a prominent role in the development of man, whether for good or bad. It is the “belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods”. It has undergone so many battles with science and the free […]
LASEPA’s ban on single-use plastic commendable
RECENTLY, when the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, officially banned single-use plastic among its staff members, it was probably following the footsteps of the 400-staff members of the United Nations Climate Secretariat in Bonn, Germany, who chose to endure the heat instead of enjoying the ozone-depleting, energy-guzzling comfort of air-conditioners. At Bonn, it was […]
Why Access Bank is going Holdco — Wigwe
By Peter Egwuatu The Chief Executive Officer of Access Bank Plc, Dr. Herbert Wigwe, has explained that the need to reposition the bank for global relevance informed its change to holding company structure. This comes at the backdrop of the shareholders’ approval of the change in the Board of Directors in furtherance to the completion […]
Terrorists invade Gidan rail station, bomb rail track in fresh attack
Just in: Terrorists invade Gidan rail station, bomb rail track in fresh attack
Appointment of sole administrator, alien to NDDC Act —Mulade
By Festus Ahon ASABA—A Niger Delta environment and peace advocate, Chief Sheriff Mulade, has said that the appointment of a sole administrator to run the affairs of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, was alien and a contravention of the enabling laws establishing the commission. Mulade, who was reacting to a Federal Court Judgment in Yenagoa, […]
