AWE to empower 120 women with entrepreneurial skills

AWE to empower 120 women with entrepreneurial skills

The US Mission launched its fifth edition of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs in Nigeria, in partnership with Ascend Studios to empower 120 women in business. In a statement, it disclosed that AWE would provide 120 women entrepreneurs with the knowledge, network, and access needed to launch and scale successful businesses. According to the statement, the participants were selected from over 3,000 applicants from all regions of Nigeria, and already […]

September 8, 2023 21

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China president absent as G20 gathers in India

G20 leaders began to descend on New Delhi Friday, hoping to make progress on trade, climate and a host of other global problems despite the Chinese and Russian presidents skipping the summit. The G20 was conceived in the throes of the 2008 financial crisis as a way of managing the global economy. But as presidential and prime ministerial jets began landing in the Indian capital, the pointed absence of China’s […]

September 8, 2023 16

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YouTube begins verifying videos by UK doctors over health misinformation

YouTube has launched a verification system for UK-based doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to help Britons dodge medical misinformation online. UK-based users accounted for more than two billion video views of clips on health conditions in 2021. YouTube added a new seal of approval to accounts run by licensed doctors, nurses, psychologists, and other health practitioners or organisations who have passed stringent verification checks to fight misinformation. YouTube head […]

September 8, 2023 16

BUSINESS

Solid minerals earnings hit N814bn in 15 years – NEITI

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, on Monday, announced that Nigeria’s earnings from the solid minerals sector between 2007 and 2021, a period of 15 years, was N814.6bn. NEITI made this public in its latest 2021 industry report of the solid minerals sector, which was unveiled to stakeholders and lawmakers in Abuja. In the report, the agency also stated that Nigeria N193.6bn from the solid minerals sector in 2021. The […]

September 5, 2023 14

BUSINESS

Subsidy pains: Labour vows to ground economy, begins strike

The Nigeria Labour Congress has vowed to ground the economy as it says the stage is set for a two-day nationwide warning strike in response to the severe economic hardships plaguing the nation on the aftermath of subsidy removal by the Federal Government. This move has garnered widespread support from key stakeholders, including the banking sector, civil society organisations, and workers’ unions, as they unite to address the growing economic […]

September 5, 2023 15

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G-2O Summit: Woo foreign investors, OPS tells Tinubu

Member groups of the Organised Private Sector of Nigeria have told President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to seize the occasion of the G-20 Summit holding in India to woo foreign investors to the country. This came as leaders from the Group of 20 (G-20) economies meets in India’s capital this week to find solutions to some of the world’s pressing problems. The OPS, in separate interviews, said the president must take […]

September 5, 2023 12

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Suspend planned two-day warning strike, FG begs Labour

The Federal Government has appealed to the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress to shelve its planned two-day warning strike slated to commence on Tuesday. The appeal was made on Monday by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, in Abuja. He identified the reverse of the gains already made by FG, among others as the reason for the appeal while promising to attend to the contending issues raised […]

September 4, 2023 11

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Gabon’s new leader vows ‘free’ elections, amnesty for dissenters

Gabon’s coup leader, General Brice Oligui Nguema, vowed, after being sworn in as interim president on Monday, to restore civilian rule through “free, transparent and credible elections” after a transition and amnesty prisoners of conscience. In a speech after taking the oath of office, Nguema said the elections would be the stepping stone to “handing power back to the civilians,” although he did not give a timeline. Nguema said he […]

September 4, 2023 15

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BREAKING: Ogun LG boss regains freedom from DSS custody

The suspended Chairman of Ijebu East Local Government Area of Ogun State, Hon Wale Adedayo, detained since last Friday by the Department of State Security Services has regained his freedom. Adedayo, who spoke with our correspondent in Abeokuta shortly after he was released, disclosed that he was summoned by the DSS based on a petition written against him that he was making inciting comments that could jeopardize public peace. The […]

September 4, 2023 10

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