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Access Bank Partners She Leads Africa to empower female SMEs

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The first phase of #SheMeansBusiness, a Facebook programme aimed at empowering female SMEs on how to leverage digital platforms to drive growth in their businesses, was recently concluded by Access Bank Plc in partnership with She Leads Africa. The training, aimed at scaling up the skills of small business owners to take advantage of the captive market on social media platforms in Nigeria and beyond, kicked off in June and has held in Abuja, Lagos, Enugu and Ibadan, with over 500 female business owners in attendance. A statement from the…

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I left my parish to avoid controversies -Celestial Church pastor

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On Saturday June 15, 2019, our reporters went to the Celestial Church of Christ, Majemu Ileri Oluwa Parish, situated at Agbado, an outskirt of Lagos that borders Ogun State. We had been told of allegations of how congregation members of the 28-year-old church were living in poverty and allegations of how the church’s Life Matron, Mother Celestial Abimbola Martins, was quarterly visiting the members to share a tin of rice, and single fish for each member. “We are living in poverty, and now we have discovered that we must break…

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20mn Children Not Vaccinated in 2018: UN Warns Against ‘Stagnation’

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Almost 20 million children missed out on potentially life-saving vaccinations last year, the UN said Monday, as surging measles cases highlighted “dangerous” gaps in efforts to shield kids from preventable illness. Last year, 19.4 million children were “not fully vaccinated”, the World Health Organization and the UNICEF children’s agency said in an annual report — up from 18.7 million in 2017 and about 18.5 million the year before. This all pointed to a “dangerous stagnation of global vaccination rates, due to conflict, inequality and complacency,” the United Nations agencies said.…

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Balarabe Musa backs Obasanjo, urges anti-Buhari protest

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In a reaction to the open letter to President Buhari by former head of states, Olusegun Obasanjo, elder statesman and former Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Abdukadri Balarabe Musa, urged Nigerians to protest against the alleged poor handling of the nation’s affairs by President Buhari, in order to avoid the looming doom in the country. Musa, who is also the Chairman of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) said: “It is time Nigerians should come out and protest against this insecurity in the country and the level of poverty…

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UNIBEN final year student falls from faculty building

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A final year student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Ephraim Imaghodora, has died after he fell from the second floor of the Faculty of Arts building on Sunday evening in what authorities suspect might be suicide. Imaghodora, a final year student of the Department of Actuarial Science, was said to be battling some academic issues at the time of his death. Public Relations Officer (PRO) of UNIBEN, Michael Osasuyi, yesterday said: “It is unfortunate that something like this has happened in the university. We feel so pained to hear…

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Obasanjo’s Open letter to Buhari

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“I am constrained to write to you this open letter. I decided to make it an open letter because the issue is very weighty and must be greatly worrisome to all concerned Nigerians and that means all right-thinking Nigerians and those residents in Nigeria. Since the issue is of momentous concern to all well-meaning and all right-thinking Nigerians, it must be of great concern to you, and collective thinking and dialoguing is the best way of finding an appropriate and adequate solution to the problem. The contents of this letter,…

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Clarence Seedorf Sacked as Manager of Cameroon

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Following the elimination of defending champions Cameroon from the 2019 AFCON, their manager Clarence Seedorf has been fired. Cameroonian Minister of Sports, Narcisse Mouelle Kombia announced on television that Seedorf was sacked with “immediate effect” because he is not “the ideal man to train the Indomitable Lions”. Kombi accused Seedorf of “failing to manage the team” and of having problems with his assistant Patrick Kluivert who has since revealed that he is interested in holding the head coach role rather than be an assistant. Share on: WhatsApp

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Tinubu pays condolence visit to Pa Fasoranti over daughter’s killing

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National leader of the All Progressive Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday, paid condolence visit to Pa Rueben Fasoranti over the killing of Mrs Funke Olakunri, the daughter of the elder statesman. Tinubu warned against stigmatizing herdsmen in the country. He advised against using the incident to divide the country. Recall that the family of the Yoruba leader and the Pan Yoruba Socio- Political group, Afenifere have insisted that the 58 year old mother of two was shot dead by Fulani herdsmen who had attempted to kidnap her and other three…

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300 houses destroyed by flood in Anambra

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Over 2,000 residents of Okpoko community in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State, were rendered homeless while 300 houses were destroyed following a flood that ravaged the area. It was gathered that most residents have fled their homes while others have had their belongings buried in the sand. Some government institutions including a secondary school and Okpoko secretariat were also affected by the flood. Speaking to newsmen yesterday, President General of the community, Edwin Emesinwa, said about 100 buildings with over 700 occupants, including landlords and tenants were either…

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Suspect confesses to making N18,000 daily from pickpocketing

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Operatives of the Lagos Rapid Response Squad (RRS), have arrested a suspected pickpocket in Computer Village, Ikeja area of Lagos State, who confessed that he made at least N18,000 daily selling stolen phones. The suspect, Lawal Daodu, 31, was arrested on Friday at about 5:00 p.m. when he unsuccessfully picked a phone from the pocket of a passerby in Ikeja Under-Bridge. Lawal, who had before his arrest picked two android phones from passersby was removing another android phone from the pocket of another victim when the phone incidentally fell from…

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