Guaranty Trust Bank plc has partnered with Agence Française de Développement (AFD) to launch the N3 Billion Ariz Portfolio Guarantee Scheme, an initiative designed to boost financing for business start-ups and development projects in Nigeria. The partnership with GTBank, which is the first in Anglophone Africa, will support the growth of SMEs by providing a […]
Continue ReadingBen Muray-Bruce, a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, senator from Bayelsa State, revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari had the right to appoint those he could work with as his ministers, but such appointees met the expectations of the Senate and Nigerians. He revealed that the legislatures had no issues with the persons of the nominees. He, […]
Continue ReadingGovernor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has again come out to point fingers at the federal government and the All Progressive Congress for the death of former Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha. In a statement by his Special Assistant on New Media, he described the death of Alamieyeseigha as painful and unfortunate. Fayose said, the […]
Continue ReadingFormer governor of Delta State, Chief James Onanefe Ibori has said that the news of the death of Chief DSP Alamieyesiegha hit him like a sledge hammer. He noted that though the man had been ailing for a long time, hunted here and there by forces motivated by crass politics and personal vendetta, the man […]
Continue ReadingThe attention of the media office of Former Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has been drawn to a statement credited to the chairman of Mr Nyesom Wike’s invidious panel of inquiry. The statement credited to the panel’s chairman Justice Omeriji of a “missing” N53 billion is unfortunate and leaves much to be desired. The mischief is […]
Continue ReadingNdem Nkem Nigerians are no longer satisfied with owning basic furniture such as refrigerators, washing machines and a few pictures on the wall around their homes. In recent times, especially in urban parts of the country, the need for exquisite ambiance is on the rise and thankfully, the plethora of gadgets – handheld and electronic […]
Continue ReadingTwo persons have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission 556 banking instruments, with which they had been committing large scale fraud. The men – Jonathan Odu Isikwei and Paschal Onuora Udeh were picked up operatives of the EFCC for unlawful possession of 448 travelers’ cheques and 108 Automated Teller Machine (ATM)/Debit cards. […]
Continue ReadingThe Super Eagles of Nigeria, in the absence of their erstwhile captain and goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama were Thursday defeated by the Leopards of the Democratic Republic of Congo in an international friendly in Belgium. Super Eagles of Nigeria coached by Sunday Oliseh were defeated 2-0 in a match which for the major part was dominated […]
Continue ReadingYesterday (Thursday), ten persons were quarantined after coming into contact with a patient with Ebola-like symptoms in the southern Nigerian city of Calabar. This is coming a year after the country was declared free of the deadly disease. A staff of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital said patient came in on Wednesday with symptoms […]
Continue ReadingGovernor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti has urged lawmakers representing Ekiti at the National Assembly to support the nomination of former Governor Kayode Fayemi during his screening by the Senate next Tuesday. http://www.vanguardngr.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/fayose-fayemi.jpg Fayose pleaded with them for a hitch-free screening exercise for the former governor on the floor of the Senate when the screening of […]
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