Year: 2021

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Applications To The Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme Closes March 31

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy dedicated to empowering African entrepreneurs, will close applications for the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme on its TEFConnect digital platform (www.tefconnect.com) on March 31. This year’s intervention prioritises the economic recovery of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) and young African entrepreneurs, following the Covid-19 disruption to economic…

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Stanbic IBTC Expands Services With Life Insurance Subsidiary

  Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, a member of Standard Bank Group, has introduced an insurance subsidiary – Stanbic IBTC Insurance, thereby adding to its ever-growing bouquet of financial services available to the public. The addition of the insurance subsidiary followed regulatory approvals as well as the issuance of a license from the National Insurance Commission…

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Covid-19: Astrazeneca Vaccine Safe, Sanwo-Olu Reassures Lagosians

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday reassured Lagos State residents that the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is safe. The Governor stated that he did not feel any side effects as claimed by some persons. Governor Sanwo-Olu, who received the AstraZeneca vaccine alongside his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat; Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi,…

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Sanwo-Olu Approves 21-Year Jail Term For Cultists, Signs Anti-Cultism Bill Into Law

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has signed the bill for the Prohibition of Unlawful Societies and Cultism of 2021 into law, approving 21-year jail term for convicted cultists in the State. The State’s House of Assembly, in February, passed the anti-cultism bill, which also stipulates 15-year jail term for anyone found guilty of abetting…

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FG Congratulates Burna Boy, Wizkid Over Grammy Awards

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has congratulated music stars Burna Boy and Whizkid over their Grammy Award victories. The Nigerian music stars, Burna Boy and Wizkid, on Sunday night, won their first-ever Grammy Awards. Burna Boy, real name Damini Ogulu, a nominee for a second consecutive year bagged the much-coveted Grammy…

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Housing: Ogun to Begin Estates for Low, Middle Income Earners in Ota, Ilaro, Sagamu, Ijebu Ode

The Ogun State Government says it has earmarked large portions of land in Ota, Ilaro, Sagamu and Ijebu Ode to host housing estates for middle and low income earners in the state. Disclosing this at the weekend, the State Commissioner for Housing, Jagunmolu Omoniyi Akande, explained that the decision to embark on the housing projects…

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U.N Lauds Dangote Women, Harps on Gender Roles for Global Economic Recovery

The United Nations has underlined the need for governments all over the world to put women and girls at the centre of their efforts to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging the world, as the panacea for economic recovery. This call was made by the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) and Chair of…

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Sterling Bank Honoured With Special Recognition Award For Tourism Support

Sterling Bank Plc has been honoured with the Special Recognition Award for Tourism Support at the 2021 edition of the Nigeria Tourism Awards, also known as The Balearica Awards. The Nigeria Tourism Awards recognise and celebrate exemplary and outstanding individuals and organisations in the country’s tourism sector. Presenting the award to the Bank, Efetobo byAwhana,…

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Supreme Court Upholds Ex- Plateau Gov Dariye’s 10-year Sentence

The Supreme Court on Friday, March 12, 2021, upheld the 10 years prison term imposed on former Plateau Governor, who was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for fraud. It would be recalled that the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on November 16, 2018 affirmed the ruling of the Federal Capital Territory…

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FG Assures Nigerians of Astrazeneca Vaccine Safety

The Federal Government has assured its citizens that there is no cause for fear regarding the batch of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine delivered to the country recently. The government insists that Nigeria did not receive any dose from the batch of vaccines in contention, adding that all side effects reported so far in Nigeria had been mild.…

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