Year: 2023

Union Bank Reiterates Aid For Small Businesses

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Mandy Park The Union Bank of Nigeria, has reaffirmed it’s commitment to support the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in the country to fasclitate increased growth and development. This commitment was made during the recently held ‘Top 100 Fastest Growing SMEs in Nigeria’ conference hosted by Business Day newspaper. The event themed ‘How SMEs can thrive in an age of volatility’, and well attended by various stakeholders in the SME sector, including entrepreneurs, industry experts, start-ups, and financiers, had different panel sessions to discuss the multiple problems facing SMEs in Nigeria. …

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Valentine Ozigbo debunks fake news to discredit Obi movement

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Mandy Park The Special Adviser to Peter Obi on Technology and Strategic Alliances Valentine Ozigbo has categorically debunked fake news that key officials of the Labour Party’s Presidential Campaign Council met on Monday at a top hotel in Abuja to discuss moves aimed at aligning with the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, in the upcoming presidential election. In a statement issued to the press on Tuesday, January 24, the 2021 Governorship candidate on the platform of the PDP in Anambra State described the story as…

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Garlands for Mbaise sons and daughters

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By Christy Anyanwu To show that hard work pays in all ramifications and to encourage youths and the generality of people from Mbaise, Imo State, to strive for success in their professional endeavours, Mbaise People’s Congress (MPC), last December, held its distinguished achievement award for deserving Mbaise sons and daughters, in Lagos. The event, which also served as the annual professionals’ get-together for 2022, with the theme “University of Mbaise, O rula n’omume,” included a rousing reception for the deputy national president of the association, Dr. Ken Okpara, executive director…

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Obi: Don’t return to South East, there are plans to suppress our votes, Kanayo tells Ndigbo

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… says rumours of planned attack on Ndigbo to  infuse fear. By Mandy Park Renowned Nollywood actor, Anayo Modestus Onyekwere popularly known as Kanayo O. Kanayo has disclosed plans in motion to manipulate votes of Ndigbo in the coming presidential election in February. Kanayo urged Ndigbo across the country not to return to Igbo land during the elections as such move will be counterproductive. Kanayo made the call in a viral video he posted on social media on Wednesday. He alleged that the rumour of war and attacks being expected…

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Eight Edo train attack suspects charged with kidnapping

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The Edo State Police Command has charged eight suspects to court for the abduction of over 20 passengers and two Nigerian Railway Corporation staff on January 7, 2023, following an attack by gunmen on the Igueben Train Station in Edo Central, The PUNCH reports.The police on Wednesday said two village chiefs and five others were arrested in connection with the crime, while revealing that all the victims had been rescued.In a court document exclusively obtained by our correspondent, the police charged the suspects; Ibadin Hamilton, Ighoko Odion, Okojie Ewa, Okie…

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Tinubu’s campaign director, Najatu Muhammad dumps APC

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The All Progressive Congress (APC) Director of the Civil Society of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Najatu Muhammad has left the party ahead of the general elections. Muhammad made this known in a statement issued on Saturday, adding that her decision was hinged on “much reflection and careful consideration.” She further said she quit partisan politics and APC because Nigeria’s political parties are devoid of ideological differences. The statement read, “After much reflection and careful consideration, I have decided to part ways with party politics. I have come to the…

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Peter Obi and the Road to Chatham House

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By Valentine Obienyem Chatham House in Central London is a place where the best rub minds in a rarefied atmosphere. It has continued to host personalities interested in governing states, where their knowledge about policy and emerging developmental trends are gauged. This is what informs a question session even after a written speech has been delivered. As I contemplate Obi’s road to Chatham House, I remember an Igbo folk song about a crooked man, who married a crooked wife, beget crooked children and walked along crooked paths, so that everything…

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ABIA SOUTH APC INAUGURATES TOTAL BLESSING SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COUNCIL

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… my mission in politics is to serve–Dame Nwagba … it’s opportunity to vote out old order… Campaign D.G By Mandy Park The inauguration of the Campaign Council of Hon Dame Blessing Nwagba, PhD, the Abia South Senatorial Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was held on Wednesday, 11th January,  at the residence of the candidate. This is as Dame Blessing Nwagba reiterated her mission in politics, stressing that its to serve her people. The 200-member Campaign Council has Hon Sir Justice Onwumelu, the APC Abia South Zonal Chairman…

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