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BOOSTING SMES GROWTH THROUGH FIRSTSME ACCOUNT

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First Bank of Nigeria Limited created FirstSME Account to add to its SME product family in support of small and medium scale business owners by sustaining and expanding their business. AMAKA IFEAKANDU looks at what the facility offers and how SMEs owners can key in to boost their businesses. There is no doubt that Small and Medium scale Enterprises (SMEs) are essential for rapid and sustained economic growth and development of any nation, including Nigeria, Africa and other growing countries of the world. First Bank of Nigeria Limited, the nation’s…

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One killed, 100 Baptist Church worshippers kidnapped in Kaduna

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Bandits reportedly had a field day on Sunday killing one and kidnapping over 100 Baptist Church worshippers in Kaduna. Chairman of Kaduna chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Joseph Hayab, said, yesterday, that the security situation kept deteriorating, against the state government’s claims that it was on top of the situation. According to Hayab, the insecurity in the state came to a climax on Sunday, when bandits stormed Emmanuel Baptist Church during service, killed one and abducted over 100 worshippers, while others sustained severe injuries. Hayab said:…

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Ogun Governor threatens to ban unvaccinated residents from Jan 1

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Dapo Abiodun, Ogun State Governor, yesterday, threatened to bar residents of the state who are yet to be vaccinated against COVID-19 from gaining access to government offices, schools, markets and public transportation services. Governor Dapo Abiodun, who gave the warning during the flag- off of COVID-19 mass vaccination campaign in Abeokuta, the state capital, gave residents of the state a 60-day ultimatum to get vaccinated. He said that the 60 days window would allow unvaccinated residents to take their jabs as part of moves to flatten the curve of the…

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NCDC records 90 additional cases of COVID-19, two deaths

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says Nigeria’s COVID-19 infections continues to rise as 90 additional cases were registered with two deaths on Monday. The NCDC disclosed this in its daily COVID-19 report on Tuesday morning. The 90 additional cases reported on Monday indicate an increase from the 74 cases reported in the country the previous day. The public health agency noted that with the new fatalities recorded, the death toll from the virus in the country now stood at 2,898. The agency also revealed that the total infection from…

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10 dead, scores trapped as 21-storey building collapses in Ikoyi Lagos

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A 21-storey building which collapsed on Monday afternoon on Gerard Road, Ikoyi area of Lagos State, has left no fewer than 10 persons dead. Many people were still trapped in the rubble as at this morning (Tuesday), including the Managing Director, Fourscore Heights Limited, Mr Femi Osibona, who owned the building, and some of his clients and engineers. It was gathered that the building crumbled around 2pm when workers were on the site. One of the workers who survived the incident, Gabriel Bassey, said that about 50 persons were still…

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Gunmen invade UniAbuja, Professor, others abducted

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Unspecified number of persons including a professor of Economics in the University of Abuja, his two children, were reportedly abducted by gunmen in the early hours of Tuesday. The lecturer,whose name was given as Prof. Joseph Obansa,was taken away among others when the gunmen reportedly invaded the institution’s staff quarters,located at Giri, in Gwagwalada, about 30 kilometres away from the nation’s federal capital city. The news of the invasion which surfaced in the university’s social media page, early Tuesday, few hours after the development, has been confirmed by the Public…

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Inclusive Social Welfare and Empowerment Foundation holds Conference in Lagos  

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Inclusive Social Welfare and Empowerment Foundation (InclusiveSWEF), a non-governmental organisation held a conference on October 26, 2021 to commemorate the World Mental Health Day. The conference was used to create awareness on disability, mental health and domestic violence, had in attendance, professionals from different fields from Nigeria and United Kingdom. The event had several guest speakers, representatives of the Nigeria Police Force, government parastatals, representatives of various NGOs, as well as persons living with disabilities.   Convener of the conference and CEO of Inclusive Social Welfare and Empowerment Foundation, Chief…

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Man arrested for raping 10-yr-old girl in parents’ bedroom

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Soji Bakare, a 40-year-old man, has been arrested by Police detectives for allegedly raping a 10-yr-old primary school pupil in her parents’ bedroom in Akure, the Ondo state capital. The suspect was caught while assaulting the victim at her parents’ house located at Aiyeyemi street, Isolo area of Akure, the state capital. It was gathered that the mother of the victim was in the market where she sells soup ingredients when the suspect sneaked into their house and assaulted her daughter. It was gathered that the suspect, whose wife also…

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Woman on bail over drug smuggling, rearrested for drug trafficking

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London, United Kingdom-bound consignments of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and cannabis has been seized by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos State. The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, said narcotic officers on Thursday, October 28, during outward routine clearance of cargoes at the NAHCO export shed of the airport intercepted 20 parcels of cocaine weighing 1.2 kilogrammes concealed in packets of Zee black soap. Also recovered were 23 parcels of heroin weighing 1.4kg hidden in packets of Zee…

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EFCC arrests 2 herbalists, 24 others in Ibadan over fraud

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26 people, including two herbalists have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Zonal Command in Oyo, for alleged cybercrime. Mr Wilson Uwujaren, the commission’s Spokesperson made the disclosure in a statement he signed and made available in Ibadan on Friday. Uwujaren said that the two self-acclaimed herbalists were arrested on Friday at Soka area of Ibadan over their alleged involvement in offences bordering on internet fraud. He said that they were arrested alongside 24 others, four of whom claimed to be students of Lead City…

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