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Capacity Development for entrepreneurs, key to ending business collapse – Business Expert
24Nov By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments
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Capacity Development for entrepreneurs, key to ending business collapse – Business Expert

Mr Bawalle Ali, Principal Business and Management Consultant,Centre for Management Development, has said that capacity development of Nigerian entrepreneurs would reduce the rate of business collapse in the country. He gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. He said that while many factors such as easy financing, conducive business environment, state of infrastructure, among others were important variables for business to strive, capacity building for business owners was also necessary. According to him, capacity development programmes for entrepreneurs is germane as it provides platform for entrepreneurs to acquire needed knowledge, skills, attitude and competencies to drive their ideas. "A significant number of entrepreneur...
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NEMA distributes relief items to Kogi-East flood victims
24Nov By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments
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NEMA distributes relief items to Kogi-East flood victims

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has distributed varieties of non-food items to victims of the recent flood disaster in Kogi-East senatorial district of Kogi State. Mr Justin Uwazuruonye, Head, NEMA Abuja Operations Office, confirmed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. Uwazuruonye said that the items were donated to cushion the devastating effect of the flood on the people and the communities as a whole. He listed the items to include; Blankets, Bath towel, Plastic plates, spoons, cups, buckets, nylon mats, mattresses, mosquito nets, wax prints, detergents and toilet soaps. Others are; women and men wears, diapers, sanitary pads, cooking stoves, pots and guinea brocade materials. Uwazuruonye, who also commiserated ...
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2022 SWAN Week: Nwabueze defend tennis title to deny spirited Okoye fairytale final
24Nov By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments
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2022 SWAN Week: Nwabueze defend tennis title to deny spirited Okoye fairytale final

Chukwunonso Nwabueze of Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) on Thursday defended his title at the 2022 FCT SWAN Tennis tournament to deny a spirited Victor Okoye of News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) a fairytale final. This was after a hard-fought 6-4 6-4 final showdown at the Tennis Court of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Package B, Abuja. NAN reports that Nwabueze who won the 2021 title was drawn bye as he didn't play a single match coming into the final. Okoye on his part, thrashed FRCN's Chidoka Nwabueze in two straight sets in the quarter-finals before downing an out of sorts Busayo Olowookere of Nigeria Customs Broadcasting Network (NCBN) also in two straight sets in the semifinals. Nwabueze who is a certified Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF)/International Tennis Federatio...
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Humanitarian Ministry trains staff on civil service reform
24Nov By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments
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Humanitarian Ministry trains staff on civil service reform

By Collins Yakubu-HammerThe Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development on Wednesday in Abuja commenced a sensitisation workshop on the reform of the public service.The Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Dr Nasir Sani-Gwarzo said that the reform was to make the service more effective.He said that the training for directorate cadre officers of the ministry would revolve around the reform imperatives, performance management system and IPPIS-Human Resource.Sani-Gwarzo, represented by Director Human Resources, Mr Tukunbo Rufai, added that it would also focus on innovation, digitalization of content services and value proposition for public servants.The permanent secretary said that the Head of Civil Service of the Federation had charged all MDAs to take ...
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Ado Youths Protest Against Molestation of Innocent Citizens by The Council Chairman
23Nov By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments
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Ado Youths Protest Against Molestation of Innocent Citizens by The Council Chairman

Youths in Ado Local government area of BENUE state on Tuesday staged a protest against the incessant molestation of innocent citizens over their political views by the council chairman, Hon James Oche. The youths who were joined by women as well as masquerades marched through major streets in the area chanting solidarity songs. Some of the protesters were spotted with placards that reads; "James Oche is an oppressor", "Enough is Enough, we need water in Apa, not War", "justice for Agila youths", "justice for Hon. Ochonu Williams Okefie, Comr. Patrick Ezza and others", and so on. The youths accused the Local government chairman Mr James Oche of using the BENUE volunteer guards to molest his political opponents. Oàche who is a member of the peoples Democratic party, PDP, recent...
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SGBV: NGO seeks improved synergy among responding institutions
23Nov By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments
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SGBV: NGO seeks improved synergy among responding institutions

The Abiodun Essiet Initiative for Girls (AEIG), an NGO, has called for improved synergy among institutions that respond to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the Federal Capital Territory. Mrs Abiodun Essiet, Executive Director, AEIG said this on Tuesday in Abuja, while briefing newsmen on the "Community Scorecard on Community Response to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Validation". She said that it was important to encourage synergy among these institutions both at the local and state level to ensure effective response to cases of SGBV. According to her, the organisation was following the United Nations Women call for grassroots initiatives to work with traditional leaders, instead of working against them in a bid to beat SGBV. She added that there was need to also s...
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Stakeholders advise Nigerians to develop entrepreneurial mindset
23Nov By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments
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Stakeholders advise Nigerians to develop entrepreneurial mindset

Stakeholders in the small scale enterprises has called on Nigerians to develop entrepreneurial mindset and adopt the use of technology to promote small and medium scale enterprises (MSMEs). They gave the advice at a business summit organised by the Nigerian Association of Small Scale Industrialists (NASSI) on Tuesday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the summit had the support of the Sustainable Economic Development at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), a German Development Agency. Mrs Betty Torkwase, a diplomat, said that a large number of MSMEs had been reluctant to adopt relevant technological tools, making it difficult for them to upscale their businesses. Torkwase, who spoke as a panelist at the technical session, stressed...
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Activist urges Buhari to intervene in NABDA’s appointments
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Activist urges Buhari to intervene in NABDA’s appointments

A human rights activist, Chief Oyo Orji, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to call Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha, Director-General of the National Biotechnology Department Agency (NABDA) to stop victimizing one Mrs Magdalene Iseghohimen, a director and staff of the agency. The activist who made the call in a statement issued in Abuja, said there was need to do the right thing to enable peaceful coexistence.  Orji, who is also a barrister, called on the Minister of of Science and Technology to wade into the issue, as it could lead to public unrest and breach of public peace. According to him, some staff of the agency who were allegedly being sponsored to forcefully and illegally take over the seat of Iseghohimen as the Director Human Resources, had been writing fictitious...
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SGBV: AEIG sensitises students, teachers at GSS Gawu
22Nov By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments
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SGBV: AEIG sensitises students, teachers at GSS Gawu

In furtherance to its reinvigorated efforts to help curb Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Abiodun Essiet Initiative for Girls(AEIG), yesterday sensitised hundreds of students and teachers at the Government Secondary School (GSS) in Gawu community, in Abaji Area Council of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the theme tagged: SGBV awareness programme in high schools in Abuja, FCT, aims at curbing school related sexual and gender-based violence and raising anti-GBV Ambassadors. NAN also reports that the visit to Gawu, drilled the participants on the various forms of SGBV and how to effectively tackle such cases emanating from the learning environment. Speaking on the sideline of the...
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NGO pledges to empower graduates on mechamised agriculture
22Nov By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments
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NGO pledges to empower graduates on mechamised agriculture

An NGO, Organisation of Graduate Unemployed in Nigeria (OGUN) has pledged its readiness to empower Nigerian graduates on mechamised agriculture to arrest unemployment in the country.The Vice President of the organisation, Mrs Maryann Bayawo, disclosed this in Abuja on Monday at 2022/2023 Participatory Entrepreneurship Award on Empowering Nigerian Youths – the NYSC in Focus.Bayawo noted that unemployment was the root cause of social vices and insecurity in the country, hence it required collective efforts to arrest the menace.“We train, educate and empower youths, especially the NYSC, in mechanised agriculture.“The aim and essence of this event is to create awareness on the level of joblessness in the country.“Basically, what we really need right now is to address the issues of funding tha...
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Coalition launches farming initiative to empower low-income women
22Nov By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments
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Coalition launches farming initiative to empower low-income women

By Perpetua Onuegbu The Feminist Coalition, a women’s rights organisation, said it has launched a farming initiative to empower low income women across Nigeria. Miss Damilola Odufuwa, Co-founder, the feminist Coalition, made this known in a the statement she signed and made available to newsmen on Monday in Abuja. According to her, this is in continuation of an earlier programme by the coalition. ``In June 2022, the feminist coalition began the pilot program of the farming initiative in collaboration with Amo Farms Sieberer Hatchery Ltd, a Nigerian poultry company that created the Noiler Chicken. ``The aim is to provide low-income women, a majority of whom are single mothers and widows, with resources to start a poultry business which would then provide food and income for ...
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Centre trains stakeholders on involvement of Women in peace, security in Africa
22Nov By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments
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Centre trains stakeholders on involvement of Women in peace, security in Africa

By Collins Yakubu-Hammer The Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) from Ghana, on Monday commenced the training of executive officers of NGOs and state institutions on the involvement of women in peace and security in Africa. The Deputy Director, Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research, Dr Emma Birikorang in her remark said there had been a lot of progress in developing the agenda of women in peace and security. The five-day training on ‘lWomen in Peace and Security Leadership and Mentoring course was organised by the Women, Peace and Security Institute (WPSI) of the KAIPTC. It was with support by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Denmark under the project, “Promoting Peace and Security in Africa”. “The training is aimed at enhancin...
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Benue slashes land fees by 50% – Commissioner
21Nov By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments
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Benue slashes land fees by 50% – Commissioner

Benue Government has slashed all land fees by 50% to encourage residents to regularise their land titles. Mr Bernard Unenge, Benue Commissioner for Lands, Survey and Solid Minerals, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi, on Sunday. “About 50% of all land fees have been slashed, I want to urge the members of the public to grab this opportunity that have been given to them, come forward and take responsibility of all their land titles,” he said. Unenge said that the state government has computerised all land records to fast track the issuance of titles in the state. According to him, application for land titles can now be obtained within a month. He said that the initial outrage over the introduction of the state Geographic Informati...
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Play politics without bitterness, Commissioner urges Benue people
21Nov By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments
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Play politics without bitterness, Commissioner urges Benue people

Mr Bernard Unenge, Benue Commissioner for Lands, Survey and Solid Minerals has urged politicians and the electorates in the state to play politics devoid of bitterness. Unenge, who made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi, said elections should not be a do or die affair. He said those using abusive words on other rival politicians would realise the recklessness of their actions after the elections, when life returns to normal. “My advice for the people of Benue is that they should look out for quality of the leaders whom they are going to elect. “They should also mind the way they go about discussing politics, because politics will come and go and human beings will still remain. “Let us do politics that is without bitterness, rancour ...
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NUJ calls for restructuring of NAN to address stagnation
20Nov By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments
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NUJ calls for restructuring of NAN to address stagnation

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Abuja Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has called for the immediate restructuring of the Agency to address the problem of career stagnation. Mr Collins Yakubu-Hammer, Chairman of the chapel, made the call at a sensitisation lecture on Friday in Abuja. The lecture titled “Promotion Based on Vacancy, Manpower and How to Restructure MDAs to Address Stagnation,” was organised by the chapel. Yakubu-Hammer said the essence of the lecture was to sensitise members of the union on Public Service Rules (PSR) and government policy on promotion and restructuring. “Knowledge is power and restructuring of an organisation is key to career development and job satisfaction. “Our members are suffering from chronic stagnation due to the rules ...
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Let your life reflect Christ – Clergy urges Christians
20Nov By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments
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Let your life reflect Christ – Clergy urges Christians

Pastor Kayode Arigbede, Senior Pastor, Liberty Chapel, Seventh Day Adventist Church, Utako, Abuja, has called on Christians in the country to reflect Christ in their deeds and live a life of service to others. He said this on the sideline of the 19th anniversary celebration of the church, in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event tagged "Divine Protection" also featured musical rendition by various groups. "If we are Christians indeed and we are doing what we should do indeed, then all that has befallen us in this country should not have befallen us. "How come we have so many churches, so many pastors, religion all over the place and there is still corruption all over. "There is need for us to become Christians in deed and when we become Christians i...
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Maternal Mortality: Nigeria LNG donates health facility to UATH
19Nov By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments
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Maternal Mortality: Nigeria LNG donates health facility to UATH

The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Ltd has donated a modern maternity and child complex to the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH) to reduce the prevalence of maternal and child mortality in the country. Inaugurating the project, the Managing Director, NLNG, Dr Philip Mshelbila, said the gesture was aimed at addressing the increasing rate of maternal and child mortality. Mshelbila said that the current UNICEF report indicated that 40 million women in Nigeria of childbearing age suffer a disproportionally high level of health issues surrounding birth. He said NLNG in its sustainable development drive, has anchored four pillars for its host communities in areas of education, infrastructure, empowerment and health. According to him, addressing the anomaly is one of...
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