Day: November 8, 2020

FIRSTBANK HOSTS SME WEBINAR, ENLIGHTENS ENTREPRENEURS ON WAYS TO REBUILD THEIR BUSINESS

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First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider, will host an SME webinar themed “Rebuilding your Business” by 10am on Tuesday, 10 November 2020 via Zoom meetings. The event is organised in collaboration with FBN Insurance Brokers and FBN Quest with its discussants including: Tunde Owolabi, Group Executive, Retail Banking (Lagos & West), FirstBank; Olumide Ibidapo, MD/CEO FBNInsurance Brokers and Ijeoma Agboti, Managing Director, FBNQuest Funds. As a brand committed to putting its stakeholders first, the SME Webinar is designed to empower the participants and…

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US election: Joe Biden promises unity in victory speech

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America’s presidential election winner, Joe Biden has said it is “time to heal” the US in his first speech as president-elect, vowing not to divide but to unify the country. “Let’s give each other a chance,” he said at an event in Delaware addressing those who did not vote for him. Biden defeated incumbent President Donald Trump following a cliff-hanger vote count after Tuesday’s election. President Trump has yet to concede and has not spoken publicly since his defeat was announced while he was playing golf. The result makes Mr…

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Zamfara LG commission chairman slumps, dies after attending wedding

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Dr. Malami Aliyu Yandoto slumped and died after attending the wedding ceremony of the daughter of a former governor, Ahmed Sani in Sokoto. Until his death, Dr. Yandoto was the chairman, Zamfara State Local Governments Service Commission. According to reports, he was one of the guests at the wedding ceremony that took place at Yarima’s residence in Sokoto on Saturday and immediately after the wedding, the guests were invited to Sokoto Government House for a luncheon. The deceased who was in company of other guests left for the Government House…

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100 AK-47 rifles looted in Lagos police stations during EndSARS protests– Force committee

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About 100 AK-47 rifles and 2,600 pieces of ammunition are missing as a result of attacks on police formations in Lagos State by hoodlums who hijacked protests. This was made known by the Inspector-General of Police Committee on EndSARS Protest Damage Assessment. The committee stated that 37 police formations were attacked during the widespread violence in the state while 367 vehicles, including 10 Armoured Personnel Carrier, saloon cars and Hilux vans were burnt. The Chairman of the 10-man committee, CP Yaro Abutu, who disclosed this on Saturday, said the team…

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#EndSARS: Lagos Panel boycotted by youth representatives

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Retired Justice Doris Okuwobi, chairman of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry, has adjourned sitting to November 14 due to the inability to form quorum due to the absence of two youth representatives at the panel in protest of their bank accounts that were frozen by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). She stated that the adjournment is important because the youths who are also members of the #EndSARS protest are key members of the panel. Reason for the boycot, according to sources has to do with the Central…

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