Vice President Senator Kashim Shettima has revealed that women-led businesses will receive 50% of the anticipated $200 million grant proposed by the National Philanthropic Office (NPO) for MSME startups. Shettima made this announcement during the inauguration of the Local Implementation ...
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The Dangote Refinery in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, has started production. The largest single-train refinery in the world located in Nigeria’s commercial hub began production in the early hours of Friday. This followed the delivery of six million barrels of crude supply ...
Read More »Umuahia First Private Varsity Presents Licence To Otti
The first private university to operate in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, Lux Mundi University, Affara Umuahia, has presented its provisional licence to Governor Alex Otti. Speaking after receiving the licence in Umuahia, yesterday, Otti assured of his administration’s willingness ...
Read More »Tinubu Appoints Husseini, Awosika, Ali Nuhu, Augie, Others To Head Creative Economy MDAs
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of 11 new Chief Executive Officers (CEO) for agencies under the Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, and Creative Economy. This was revealed in a statement by presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, on Friday. According ...
Read More »FG Withdraws Power Of Attorney For 40% Shares In DisCos From BPE
The federal government has reassigned the Power of Attorney (PoA) for its 40% shareholding in electricity distribution companies (DisCos) from the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) to the Ministry of Finance (MOFI). According to a document viewed by LEADERSHIP, Wale ...
Read More »Tinubu Suspends National Social Investment Programme Amid Corruption Scandal
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has suspended all administered programmes by the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA). This is further to the ongoing investigation of alleged malfeasance in the management of the agency and its programmes. According to a statement ...
Read More »Seme Border: Customs Facilitates N32.45bn Export, Generates N5.94bn
The Seme Customs Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said that the command facilitated a total of 222.442.88 metric tons involving 6,253 trucks of export produce, with Free On Board (FOB) value of N32.45 billion between January to December ...
Read More »Food Security: FG Releases 23 High-yield Crop Varieties To Farmers
In its efforts at achieving food sufficiency in Nigeria, the Federal Government has released 23 high-yield crop varieties to farmers. The reports that the crop varieties were released on Thursday at the National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (NACGRAB), ...
Read More »Six Years After, UBA’s Leo Deepens Digital Banking With New Offerings
Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, is celebrating the 6th year of operation of its flagship artificial intelligent Digital Assistant and Chatbot – Leo, and has announced new offerings aimed towards deepening the face of digital banking ...
Read More »NEXIM Unveils Digital Hub To Boost Cocoa Production
The Nigeria Export-Import Bank (NEXIM) has launched a digital hub, cocoa connect Africa in its bid to boost cocoa production in the country. The managing director, NEXIM, Abubakar Bello, explained that the move is to bring every activity of every ...
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