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By Bolaji Israel The Chief Executive Officer of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Dr Adesola Adeduntan, has restated the strategic importance of small and medium enterprises SMEs to the growth and development of the national economy. Adeduntan said the path to the growth of Nigerian economy lies in growing the SME sector, and that informed why First Bank has deliberately provided robust support platforms for the critical SME sector. Speaking during the plenary session at the 8th Ehingbeti/Lagos Economic Summit on Tuesday, 16 February 2021, the First Bank CEO said, “The path to the growth of Nigerian economy is by growing the…

Fans of the WWE can gear up for the latest Pay-Per-View event, ‘Elimination Chamber’ from the WWE Thunderdome in St Petersburg, Florida. SuperSport will air the event live to DStv customers on the morning of Monday 22 February at 1am live on SuperSport Grandstand (DStv Channel 201), SuperSport Variety 3 (DStv Channel 208) and WWE Channel 128, with a prime-time repeat later the same day at 6pm on SuperSport Variety 3 and WWE Channel 128. While GOtv viewers can catch the Elimination Chamber on Wednesday 24 February at 3:15pm on SuperSport Select 1 (GOtv Channel 33). Drew McIntyre is facing an uphill climb to remain the WWE Champion going into WrestleMania 37. Shane McMahon and Adam…

Ogun State Government has identified economic crisis which has affected the whole nation, and by extension affected the Internally Generated Revenues of the State as one of the factors delaying the conduct of local government election in the State. Other factors, according to the government, included the security challenges across the country, a share of which the state has had in recent part, and shopping for credible candidates to man the State Independent Electoral Commission. Pastor Remmy Hassan, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor Dapo Abiodun on public communications, said this during an exclusive interview with newsmen. The SSA…

The Minister of Information, Mr Lai Mohammed has said that no ransom was paid for the release of the abducted Kankara schoolboys in Katsina State and the Dapchi schoolgirls in Yobe State. He said this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Saturday while explaining some of the government’s strategies to curb the rate of abductions in the country. “All these stories about ransom, are conspiracy theories,” the minister said. His comments come days after another abduction of students in Kagara, Niger State, was executed. Read Also: Gunmen Attack School, Abduct Students, Others In Niger Reacting to the incident, the minister who had on…

The Gombe State Government has said it was yet to announce the New Mai Tangle; calling on the people to exercise patience for the process to be completed. This was as the Tangle people insisted the State Government name their preferred candidate for the title after conducting an election in the 9 districts in the area. The State Government noted that the appointment of the new Tangle shall be in accordance with the new chieftaincy law amended by the State Assembly in 2020. On Friday, a group of women blocked the major highway in Biliri Local Government Area bordering Gombe,…

Football fans are scheduled to get a bouquet of exciting matches as GOtv brings all the live actions of Premier League, Serie A and La Liga matches this season. All matches scheduled for 19-22 February will be shown live on SuperSport. Premier League matches scheduled for this weekend will see Southampton face Chelsea on Saturday afternoon at 1:30pm live on SS Football (channel 31). After sharing the spoils with Brighton on the road, Aston Villa will be looking to return to winning ways in the Premier League when they take on Leicester City on Sunday afternoon at 3pm, live on SS Football…

By Adeyemi Phillips The Lagos State Government’s Economic talk shop is underway in this season of the second wave of the world’s deadliest public health crisis in hundred years. My body cringed as i watched proceedings of the opening ceremony on television. It was obvious that the Lagos State Government is not leading by example in the war against the Covid- 19 global pandemic. How can one explain the fact that a government which has been arresting citizens in night clubs, locking up event centres, putting limitations on private parties and religious gatherings, instituted a dawn to dawn curfew, would…

Olam, an agribusiness and food conglomerate, has taken a bold step to raise the level of agricultural productivity in Nigeria. At the National Wheat Farmers Field Day held in Kano recently, the agribusiness conglomerate revealed that over 30,000 farmers have been trained and equipped through a joint effort of one of its strategic business units – Crown Flour Mill (CFM), Flour Miller’s Association of Nigeria (FMAN) and the Federal Government; in a bid to deepen the national agricultural extension scheme, especially in the wheat segment. Mr. Ashish Pande, Managing Director, Crown Flour Mill Limited, shared that as a member of…

Dr. Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi Founding Director Women Advocates Research and Documentation Center (WARDC) said that “Economic empowerment for 100 women to lift women from poverty, 400 women affected by conflict were empowered to demand accountability Project goal and to improve access to justice for women and girls in Yobe and Borno states. Legal actors are trained on women’s rights, and support the adoption of gender laws.” He revealed this in a welcome address at GAAT Hotel, Damaturu during a two days capacity building to strengthen Women’s access to Justice, making rights a reality for conflict affected women in Yobe and Borno…

The House of Representatives has directed an investigation into the legality of the operations of private equity firm, Alta Semper Capital UK (a.k.a Idi Holdings), as a part owner of popular retail pharmacy chain, HealthPlus, in Nigeria. This came following a petition made by Oladimeji Ekengba and presented by Rep. Benjamin Kalu, which challenged the waiver granted by the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) to Alta Semper Capital purportedly permitting the private equity firm to co-own and operate the retail pharmacy, HealthPlus in Nigeria. The petition argued that according to Section 2(2) of the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria Act, P.17,…