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Polaris Bank Promotes SMEs, Sponsors The Fashion Souk

Gedion Myek

Polaris Bank has reaffirmed its commitment to support the growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria. The bank in a statement gave this assurance while disclosing plans to sponsor The Fashion Souk 7.0. The statement further noted that three successful entrepreneurs who emerge winners in a business pitch at the event will go home with N1million, N500,000 and N250,000 for the overall winner, first runner-up and second runner-up respectively. The two-day event, which is organised in partnership with Nigeria’s foremost event management company, EVENTFUL Limited is scheduled to…

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The New Africa Magazine Names Onyeali-Ikpe, Banda, Taylor, Senator Olujimi, Others As Outstanding Women in Africa

JUSTINA EMMANUEL OKPARA

The New Africa Magazine, a strong believer in the culture of recognition for both men and women who have been shaping the vision and progress of the African continent, has released its list of 110 Outstanding Women in Africa for the year 2022. Some of those picked for the special recognition are the first female Managing Director, Fidelity Bank Plc, Ms. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe; Hon. Joyce Hilda Banda, Fmr. President of Malawi, Hon. Jewel Howard Taylor, Vice President of Liberia; Jamila Sedqi, First Moroccan Female Judge at the UN Administrative Tribunal,…

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The New Africa Magazine Names Onyeali-Ikpe, Banda, Taylor, Senator Olujimi, Others As Outstanding Women in Africa

JUSTINA EMMANUEL OKPARA

The New Africa Magazine, a strong believer in the culture of recognition for both men and women who have been shaping the vision and progress of the African continent, has released its list of 110 Outstanding Women in Africa for the year 2022. Some of those picked for the special recognition are the first female Managing Director, Fidelity Bank Plc, Ms. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe; Hon. Joyce Hilda Banda, Fmr. President of Malawi, Hon. Jewel Howard Taylor, Vice President of Liberia; Jamila Sedqi, First Moroccan Female Judge at the UN Administrative Tribunal,…

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Nollywood Actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Becomes Estate Agent In U.S

Gedion Myek

Nollywood actress Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has followed her academic path by venturing into the real estate business in Arizona, a state in the United States of America. Omosexy, as she is popularly known, studied Estate Management at Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, and it appears she has chosen to pursue a career along that line. The actress, who is married to a pilot, Matthew Ekeinde, is now based in Los Angeles, California, with three of her children, Meraiah, Micheal and Mathew Jnr. In December 2020, the 44-year-old actress floated Double Doors…

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NFVCB: Exploit Potential Of Nigeria’s Film Industry

Gedion Myek

The Executive Director, National Film And Video Censors Board (NFVCB), Alh. Adedayo Thomas, on Thursday, harped on the need to exploit the economic potential of the film industry, especially the evolving streaming services. Thomas said this at the Second Nigeria Digital Content Regulation Conference held in Lagos. He noted that Statista, a provider of market and consumer data, said revenue on Video-on-Demand (VOD) segment was projected to reach 868 million dollars by the end of 2025. The NFVCB boss said the data indicated that revenue from the industry was expected…

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Finance Minister Faults CBN On Planned Currency Alteration

Onyinye Obianwu

…asks Senate to probe proposal Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmad, has reportedly disowned the new Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) policy on redesigning the Nigerian currency, the naira. The Minister made this disclaimer when she was to a question raised by Senator Opeyemi Bamidele representing Ekiti Central, during the 2023 budget defence session with the Senate Committee on Finance. Reports reaching voiceofnaija.ng have it that the Finance Minister warned the CBN of the dire consequences that may arise from its new policy. The Senator asked: “Just two…

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Leadership Crisis: Court Orders ASCSN Faction To Vacate Secretariat

Onyinye Obianwu

Honourable Justice D. E. Osiagor of the Lagos High Court yesterday ordered Bola- Audu Innocent and his cohorts to vacate the National Secretariat of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria in Lagos immediately or face the wrath of the law. In a judgment handed down on Wednesday October 26, 2022, Justice Osiagor ruled that it was an abuse of court process for Bola-Audu and his fellow travellers to bring a trade union matter already being handled by the National Industrial Court (NIC) in Abuja to his court. A statement…

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7 Killed As Gunmen Attack Apostle Suleman’s Convoy

JUSTINA EMMANUEL OKPARA

About seven persons have been reportedly killed after gunmen attacked the convoy of Apostle Johnson Suleman along the Auchi-Warrake Road, Edo State on Friday. Suleman, who had just returned from a foreign trip, was heading to a destination in Edo State when the gunmen opened fire on his convoy, allegedly killing three of his police orderlies and four other yet-to-be-identified persons. Suleman’s lawyer, Samuel Amune, also confirmed the attack, saying the cleric just returned from a programme in Tanzania. He noted that Suleman escaped death by the whiskers. He said,…

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