Day: 12 August 2017

LAGOS TO HOST 1ST NIGERIA BEER FESTIVAL  

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In a bid to stimulate its economic and tourism potentials, Lagos State is set to host the maiden edition of the Nigeria Beer Festival from September 25 to October 1, 2017. The Lagos State government is collaborating with beer brewers in the country and their counterparts across the globe to create maximum excitement during the week-long fiesta that will climax with the Independence Day Mega Concert to commemorate Nigeria’s independence. The festival, which will promote responsible drinking among drinking-age (which is 18 years and above) consumers at all its touch…

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I am homesick, but… -Prez. Buhari

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President Muhammadu Buhari at the weekend said that he was desirous to return to Nigeria but he had to stay back to obey the orders of his doctors. The President said there was tremendous improvement in his health which had prompted him wishing to return home, “but I’ve learnt to obey my doctor’s orders, rather than be the one issuing the orders. Here, the doctor is absolutely in charge.” A statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adeshina quoted the President to have…

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Alake of Egbaland, FCTA support Sterling Bank’s environmental makeover

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Lagos, Nigeria, August 8, 2017: The Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo and the Executive Secretary of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Mrs. Folashade Joseph have endorsed the 2017 edition of Sterling Bank Environmental Makeover (STEM). STEM is Sterling Bank’s corporate social responsibility initiative which seeks to promote practices that contribute to the sustenance of the environment on a long-term basis. It presently covers partnership with waste management agencies in 14 states, tree planting to combat desertification in parts of Northern Nigeria and an annual national cleaning exercise.…

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CUSTOMER WINS A BRAND NEW CAR IN UNION BANK’S 100TH ANNIVERSARY PROMO

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Emmanuel Alu, a customer of Union Bank recently emerged the lucky winner of a brand new MG3 car in the bank’s ongoing 100th anniversary data enrichment promo. Mr. Alu, a customer from Minna becomes the first customer to win one of three cars up for grabs in the centenary anniversary promotion. Selection of winners in the promo is conducted using a transparent, automated draw process supervised by the Consumer Protection Council (CPC). Other fantastic prizes which have been won include microwaves, flat screen TVs and generator sets. Speaking at the…

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Alleged $400m Fraud: Group calls for Emefiele’s sack

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A group, Grains Farmers Association of Nigeria, has called on the Federal Government to immediately remove Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele for continued forex fraud under his watch. The call was contained in a statement signed by its President, Malam Jibril Tafida, a copy made available to newsmen on Wednesday. Tafida was responding to reports of the alleged disbursement of $800m weekly to the cabal within and outside the Federal Government, while leaving the nation’s entire Bureau De Change operators with just $25m to survive. The statement noted that it…

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The Future Project and Microsoft Nigeria announces call for application for Accelerate the Economy through Youth in Enterprise

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The Future Project in collaboration with Microsoft Nigeria today announced the call for application for accelerate the Economy through Youth in Enterprise (Accelerate LABS). Accelerate LABS is the activation of Small and Medium Scale Business Engines to accelerate economic development through enterprise development and technology. Through this intervention, the initiative will equip 2,160 youth across the six geo-political zones in the country to build socially inclined, high profit, and highly competitive enterprise capable of impacting the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country. “Microsoft, through our YouthSpark initiative seeks to…

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