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Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has enjoined his family members, friends and associates to channel their intended birthday congratulatory adverts in his honour to charity organizations as he seeks their prayers ahead of his 72nd birthday coming up on November 25. In a statement signed by Paul Ibe, Media Adviser to the former Vice President …

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The Board of the Nigeria Entrepreneurs Award (NEA) has named Ecobank Nigeria as the best Supporting Bank to Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in Nigeria for 2018. According to the board, Ecobank was selected alongside winners in other categories following a rigorous process that saw 2,364 nominations across different sectors for their socio-economic impact and entrepreneurial achievements in 2018. …

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UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has announced the twelve finalists for the 2018 edition of its annual National Essay Competition. The 12 finalists will sit for the second round of the competition, where three winners will emerge after undergoing supervised essay writing on a different topic from the original entry, …

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Union Bank has received the ‘Marketing Campaign of the Year’ and ‘Innovative Financial Brand of the Year’ awards at the 2018 Marketing World awards. The awards were officially presented at a ceremony that held recently at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra, Ghana and brought together top practitioners and stakeholders from the African integrated marketing communications industry. Now in its …

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Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, has said that the Area Council elections in FCT will hold on March 2, 2019, along with the governorship and state Assembly elections, He also disclosed that the list of candidates for elections will be published in its Federal Capital Territory office and also at the six Area Councils on Wednesday, 21st November, …

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…Kogi Closes 150 Base Stations There are palpable fears that 10 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, may experience total outage of telecoms services in the next few days, following the shutdown of several base stations by the Kogi State Internal Revenue Service. The affected states, which are sharing borders with Kogi State, are Nasarawa, Benue, …

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Former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida,  has salute former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan on his 61st birthday, describing the former Nigerian leader as a pragmatic politician in the African continent. In his birthday message to former President Jonathan , General Babangida said: ” President Jonathan has set a record as the first Africa leader to concede defeat in a …

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With a current deficit of 17-22 million housing units, the challenge faced by the housing sector in Nigeria is yet on the rise due to a variety of supply and demand side factors. From unfavourable land laws, difficulty in land registration and titling, to dearth of construction finance, restricting tenors of mortgage banks and general sector illiquidity, the Nigerian housing …

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The Senate has stated that it is willing to encourage legislation that will improve investments in the capital market by ensuring the regulator is able to perform its responsibilities efficiently. This was disclosed by the Deputy Chairman Senate Committee on Capital Market, Mr. Foster Ogola in Abuja when members of the Capital Market Committee visited the Securities and Exchange Commission …

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Tayo Olanipekun Deceived by the prospect of earning over 600 Dinars monthly in Libya while transiting to Europe, a Nigerian based in Italy has likened her journey through the Mediterranean sea to a death wish. Sarah (surname withheld), who is now part of a group using photography for advocacy and social activism, spoke with National Wire on the sidelines of …

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