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Lagos, Nigeria: Five winners emerged in the grand finale of the 2023 edition of Sterling’s Agriculture Summit Africa. This year’s edition, which featured a pitch competition called AgroPitch, saw Green Republic Farms Limited crowned the top agroprenuer, walking away with five million naira in grants and an agribusiness entrepreneurship training program from the Lagos Business School. This year’s summit was sponsored by Sterling Bank, Leadway Assurance, Thrive Agric and Noor Takaful,Green Republic Farms Limited, a youth and women-led enterprise emerged the overall winner and got N5 million cash prize, and a scholarship to attend the Agribusiness Management Programme of the…

Onipara of Ipara, Oba Taiwo and Olori Olufolake Taiwo with some indigenes of Ipara RemoThe wife of Onipara of Ipara Remo, Olori Olufolake Taiwo will be hosting children in the town and it’s environs to a feast in the spirit of the season of Christmas.Olori Taiwo disclosed that she believed that children today are leaders of tomorrow, saying the time to start preparing them for leadership is now. “This is the reason my foundation has put together the programme, tagged “Day Out with King and Olori Taiwo to provide an avenue and a day for them to learn and dance…

Lagos, Nigeria: November 15, 2023 – Five lucky Nigerians at the weekend hit a fortune when they emerged Millionaires in the ongoing Polaris Bank Save & Win Promo.The live quarterly draw of the ongoing Polaris ‘Save & Win’ promo which took place at the Bank’s headquarters Annex, Alausa Ikeja at the weekend in Lagos, further underscored Polaris Bank’s dedication to fairness in all its promotions and activities.The development is in line with the Bank’s commitment to rewarding its loyal customers across the nation.The winners emerged through a draw exercise which was witnessed by its representatives and relevant Agencies of government;…

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun on Wednesday described the passing of former Finance Minister, Dr. Onaolapo Soleye as a great loss to Ogun State and Nigeria at large. Dr. Soleye was a former minister of finance between 1984-1985 during the military regime of General Muhammadu Buhari. He served for twenty (20) months as Minister of Finance. At a time, he also served as Commissioner for Finance and Industry in Ogun State. His death was announced in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, on Wednesday by his family.Prince Abiodun, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Lekan Adeniran, said Dr.…

Stanbic IBTC Bank Limited, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings, hosted a webinar focused on facilitating seamless payment experience for business owners through the enhanced Enterprise Online (EOL) payment platform. The webinar themed “Simplifying Payments for Businesses”, unveiled EOL 2.0, an upgraded solution created to facilitate smooth payment experience and improve human resources (HR) services for business owners through a partnership with Bento Africa. The partnership offers business owners a streamlined payroll and comprehensive HR services experience through a Bento redirect solution integrated into the EOL platform. This collaboration is a proactive approach to managing financial and HR operations designed…

Shareholders of Sterling Financial Holdings Company Plc have commended the board and management of the company for its performance in its operations and earnings, and the diversification of the group’s business lines since completing the transition to a holding company structure. This commendation was shared at the recently held statutory meeting in Lagos. The hybrid statutory meeting, which was held with online and physical attendance, saw the unanimous passing of the singular motion of the day; the adoption of the statutory report for the meeting, presented by the shareholders of the holding company. Addressing the shareholders of the company, Chairman…

The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has said that his administration is investing massively in infrastructure in the Gateway State in order to provide better living standards for the citizenry and create enabling environment for investment and future development of the state.The resolve of Governor Abiodun on infrastructural development, according to the Special Adviser on Media and Strategy, Mr Kayode Akinmade, in a chat with newsmen on Monday in Abeokuta, was not only on roads but also includes provision of housing, security infrastructure, water, among others, knowing full well that the provision of infrastructure is critical for socio-economic development…

Ogun State Governor and Prince Dapo Abiodun has described the resounding victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi State as the affirmation of the confidence Nigerians have in the ability of the ruling party to extricate Nigeria from the current economic woes.The APC governorship candidate, Usman Ododo emerged winner of the Kogi governorship election with 446,237 votes to beat Murtala Ajaka of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), who polled 259,052 votes to come second.The win followed the earlier one in Imo State, where Governor Hope Uzodinma, also of the APC was declared the winner…

[Lagos, Nigeria] – The Lagos Business School Sustainability Centre led the convening of the 2023 Chief Executive Forum on Sustainability Business themed ‘Leveraging ESG Governance and Priorities in the Insurance Sector.’ It is a high-level knowledge sharing platform for business leaders to learn and deliberate on sector-specific sustainability issues, and this year’s spotlight was on the insurance services sector. The event took place on Thursday, November 2, 2023, at the prestigious Lagos Oriental Hotel in Victoria Island, Lagos.In his opening remarks the Dean, Lagos Business School, Prof Chris Ogbechie, welcomed the C-suites and laid out the forum road map and…

Ogun State Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun has said the state owned Agro-Cargo International Airport is destined to be a game changer in the nation’s aviation sector.Prince Abiodun said that because of the facilities in place at the airport, which begin operations before the end of the year, many companies have approached the state to relocate there, paving the way for the airport to be a commercial success in the aviation industry.The governor spoke in a chat with newsmen at the weekend.According to him, with the longest runway, the biggest apron and control tower, the cargo airport is destined to be…