Author: NAN

Under the programme, which took off in 2011, a total of 18,000 young entrepreneurs have been trained in various aspects of Small and Medium Enterprises management and business skills, with 3,900 of them, including 1,200 women, each given non-repayable take-off grants for businesses of their choice ranging from a minimum of N1 million to a maximum of N10 million.

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He said the Fund will within the limit of available resources continue to strengthen the public affairs unit to carry out its assigned responsibilities in addition to developing internal capacity and sharpen the skills of the public relations officers for improved productivity.

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The Muslim Rights Concern is deeply perturbed by the silence of civil society on events going on in the state. It is well known that the assertion of civil liberties is a dividend of democracy and the hijab issue is indubitably a civil liberty matter. We therefore find it strange that a vital section that has always been vocal on issues of human rights has chosen to sit on the fence in a matter that has attracted a Tsunami of reactions in the print, electronic and social media

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The Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), and the President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, said the Dangote Refinery, Petrochemicals and Fertilizers Company, reputed to be the biggest in Africa, when completed offered hopes in the quest for diversification of Nigeria’s economy from total dependence on oil to other areas like agriculture and solid minerals

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The D-G, who described the rumours as fabrications, called on the batch “A” stream of the scheme to embrace the NYSC skill acquisition programme.
He said that the skill acquisition programme would enable the corps members become employers of labour rather than searching for non-existing white collar jobs

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It will also attract significant capital inflows to the Nigerian fixed income and equity markets apart from achieving naira exchange rate stability.
During the launch, the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, said the bank remained steadfast to position the Nigerian foreign exchange market to be competitive, transparent, liquid and diversified.

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The Technical manager of the club, Stanley Eguma, who made this known to Rivers United Media, explained that the decision had to be taken in the overall interest of the club

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