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The Grooming Endowment Trust, a not-for-profit organization, has called for application for the second edition of its grant programme where 15 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) would have access to N12.5 million to expand their businesses. This is coming after the firm successfully launched the maiden edition of the programme tagged GET Compass grant. Through the provision of financial support and essential skills, the program aimed to assist beneficiaries in navigating the country’s business environment and achieving scalable growth. Addressing questions on the programme in Lagos, recently, the Operations Manager, Grooming Endowment Trust, Mr. Michael Adoghe, stated that they…

Super Eagles stars Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman have been nominated for the Serie A Team of the Season. The nominees were announced on Serie A Twitter handle. Osimhen was instrumental in Napoli winning their first league title since the 1989/1990 season. He has so far scored 23 goals, made five assists in 29 appearances in the Italian topflight. He is on the verge of becoming the first-ever African to finish as top scorer in Serie A. He is three goals ahead of Inter Milan’s striker Lautaro Martinez. Also, he is now Africa’s top scorer ever in Serie A with…

Journalists covering the ongoing trial of the suspended DCP Abba Kyari and others were, on Tuesday, restrained from coming into Court 10 of the Federal High Court, Abuja, venue of the proceeding. Justice Emeka Nwite gave the order following an application to the effect by Mr Sunday Joseph, counsel for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Joseph, a director of Legal and Prosecution Department of the NDLEA, had applied for the protection of the next witness listed to give evidence in the trial. The lawyer prayed the court that other lawyers, litigants, visitors, including journalists, who were in the…

Real Madrid managed to blunt Manchester City’s goalscoring phenom Erling Haaland in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final, but there was no stopping the brilliance of Kevin De Bruyne. The Belgian’s thunderbolt at the Bernabeu left the tie delicately balanced at 1-1 heading into Wednesday’s second leg, but with City oozing confidence thanks to a 100 percent record in 14 home games in 2023. Pep Guardiola’s men are four matches away from becoming just the second side to ever win the treble of Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup in the same season. A fifth league title…

Nigeria with current population of over 200 million people and variety of natural resources, there is no doubt that domestic production is the way to go for the country. That is why successive governments over the years have designed programmes and initiatives to encourage local production of goods and services and in most cases, encourage exports of goods and services in the non-oil sector.Indeed, since he assumed the position of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), almost nine years ago, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has been unrelenting in his advocacy for the support of domestic production in order…

*Talent hunt named after outgoing CAN chair, Bishop Kure *Guinness Nigeria invests N3bn in Edo, hails gov’s investment in infrastructure, security, others Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, at the weekend, unveiled a music talent hunt named after the outgoing Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Edo State, Bishop Oyenude Kure, to discover and groom musical talents in the state. Obaseki made the announcement at the thanksgiving service for the outgoing CAN chairman held at Evidence of the Gospel Church in Benin City.The governor was accompanied by his wife, Betsy, and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, among other top…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the World Bank President, David Malpass, to use his good office to suspend any disbursement of the $800 million loan to the federal government and to request the incoming administration to provide satisfactory explanations for the loan.SERAP also urged Malpass and the World Bank to reopen discussion on the reportedly approved $800 million loan with the incoming administration to clarify the details on the rationale and use of the loan because the term of office of the government of President Muhammadu Buhari ends in May 2023. The federal government in April,…

The African Union Development Agency-New Partnership for African Development (AUDA-NEPAD) has expressed readiness to collaborate with the federal government and Imo state government in ensuring the realisation of the objectives of the dredging of Oguta Lake and Orashi River. The Chief Executive Officer of AUDA-NEPAD, Gloria Akobundu, who described the project as innovative and timely, said the organisation was ready to offer necessary assistance in the area of mobilisation of funds and technical assistance to see that the dream of constructing the seaport was realised.The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, had last week flagged off the hypographic survey/dredging of sea…

Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as Amended), sections 4 (1) & (2):  (1) “The legislative powers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria shall be vested in a National Assembly for the Federation which shall consist of a Senate and a House of Representatives. (2) The National Assembly shall have power to make laws for the peace, order and good government of the Federation or any part thereof with respect to any matter included in the Exclusive Legislative List set out in Part 1 of the Second Schedule to this Constitution.” Come June 2023 or thereabout, the leadership…

The concept of destiny is one that is very charged, philosophically. Within the Yoruba cultural context, it is one of those concepts that does not avail one of any easy answer. But I am not entering into any philosophical discourse in this piece, even though there are those who strongly believe that Nigeria is doomed to keep repeating the errors of history that have led us to a political and developmental cul de sac. Those who hold this view have their arguments. One of these is that since independence, Nigeria has not yielded to any workable paradigm or blueprint that could…