Nigerian lender, Unity Bank Plc has doled out N10 million business grant to 30 corps members who emerged the winners of the eighth edition of its flagship Entrepreneurship Development Initiative, known as Corpreneurship Challenge. The winners emerged after a business pitch that took place across 10 states – Rivers, Delta, Sokoto, Edo, Abuja, Akwa-Ibom, Osun, Kano, Bayelsa, and Enugu recently. ...

‘Heaven and Earth will pass away but none of the word of God shall go unfulfilled’, no matter how long, what God has said will always come to pass. Nigerians were shocked yesterday to read about the attack on President Muhammadu Buhari’s convoy that saw two security operatives badly injured on their way to the president’s hometown in Daura, Katsina ...

Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele, popularly known as Jenifa has emerged as the deputy governorship candidate for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State.   Report had it that Funke Akindele emerged as the PDP deputy governorship candidate to Alhaji Abdulaziz Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor on Wednesday.     The Nollywood actress shrugged off stiff competition from other ...

The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore, has said over 600 of the inmates fled the prisons when it came under attack late Tuesday night. Belgore stated that those behind the attack were Boko Haram terrorists who came specifically for their members held in the custody. He, however, said about 300 had been recaptured, while 300 ...

The National Population Commission (NPC) has disclosed that a total of one million Nigerians would be recruited by the federal government for the conduct of the 2023 national census. The federal government’s agency also assured that a reliable technological innovation had been advanced by the NPC for the conduct of the exercise to prevent politicians and interested elites from hijacking ...

The management of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, has introduced a new rule compelling patients to pay N1,000 daily each as electricity bill. In an internal memo, the hospital management claimed the new charge on patients was introduced because of the hikes in electricity tariff and cost of diesel. The memo titled, ‘Approval for the ...

Rabiu Kwankwaso, former Kano State governor, has explained why he cannot be a running mate to a former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, in the forthcoming presidential election. Both men are in the race to become the next president when President Muhammadu Buhari completes his second term in office in May 2023. While Kwankwaso is the presidential candidate of ...

The Socio-Economic Rights Accountability Project and other education rights groups, such as the Reform Education Nigeria and Education Rights Campaign, have knocked the regime of the President Muhammadu Buhari, over the prolonged shutdown of academic activities in the nation’s tertiary institutions. The strike declared by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) entered its 140th day on Monday (today), while ...

Peter Nwaoboshi, senator representing Delta north district, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for money laundering.   The senator was convicted by the Lagos division of the appeal court on Friday.   The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned Nwaoboshi and his two firms – Golden Touch Construction Project Ltd and Suiming Electrical Ltd — in 2018 ...

…The loan scheme covers female-owned or partnered SMEs in various sectors of the economy Launched in 2016, FirstGem has been impactful in driving financial inclusion, influencing women’s empowerment through gender-advancement programmes like savings culture, financial literacy, wealth management and building an investment portfolio. In furtherance of its role in promoting female entrepreneurship across the country, Nigeria’s premier banking institution and ...