As part of its efforts to help the less privileged and the physically challenged, the Differently Abled Foundation (DAF)in partnership with World Connect has rehabilitated the garri factory for the residents of Ago Ireti settlement, located along Oba-Ile road, Akure, the Ondo state capital. The Garri Industry which had been moribund for years was also equipped with new machines and other equipments needed for Garri. Handing over the rehabilitated Garri factory to the community, the CEO of Differently Abled Foundation, DAF, Folajogun Akinlami pointed out that the factory was no longer producing the commodity till it finally folded up during…
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Makinde Wale is the founder of WAMAK Oil, a Nigeria-based company producing one of the most reliable, unadulterated and affordable oil in Nigeria. Through him, a lot of unemployed youths are salary earners, using the red oil business as a medium for reducing unemployment in Nigeria. Olawale, Previously working as a HR in a construction company, an Auditor an Analyst in a firm, he graduated from Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin. When asked for advice to young entrepreneurs, he clearly stated “Education is about teaching people how to make a living, and teaching people how to live; how to interact with…
Singer J Martins has given his two cents on the implication of being too generous. The “Jupa” singer advised that people should learn to take a step backward from assisting others financially. The 44-year-old musical artist argued that one must not necessarily be moved to act on every piteous tale because if that persists, such a person will become a victim of bankruptcy in no distant time. “If you keep doing transfer for every pathetic/touching story you hear, sooner or later your own story will be told to all like the new Touching story to everyone “be wise”, he wrote.…
Popular disc jockey DJ Cuppy has stated no man will ever be able to control her. Cuppy, in an interview with Zeze Millz on the “ZEZE MILLZ SHOW”, said she believes every woman should be totally independent and have her money. She said most persons call her bluff when she speaks on her stance, which leaves her surprised since she works hard and does not depend on her father’s wealth. “When I say to people, I’m so pro-women having their own money. People are like “Come on Cuppy, shut up! Your dad is wealthy. But if my dad was really…
The House of Representatives Committee on Customs has asked the Nigeria Customs Service to suspend banks owing the service from further collecting duties until their debts have been cleared. Chairman of the committee, Leke Abejide, stated this on Wednesday at a session between the members of the committee and representatives of the banks collecting duties on behalf of customs. According to him, investigations conducted so far by the committee reveal that five banks collectively owe the service about N10 billion. The debts, the lawmaker stated, were duties collected by the banks and have yet to be remitted to the accounts…
The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Associated Institutions (NASU), the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) have directed its member to proceed on a three-day protest over the sharing formula of the recently approved N22.127 billion earned allowances for the four universities-based unions. The unions had earlier rejected the sharing formula where 75 per cent of the money was allocated to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU); leaving 25 per cent for the other three unions. JAC had in a letter to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, expressed…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared Charles Soludo winner of the 2021 governorship election in Anambra. Mr Soludo, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has had his victory dance put on hold after INEC declared the election held on Saturday inconclusive.This was to allow for elections in Ihiala Local Government Area which couldn’t hold on Saturday due to security and logistic reasons. The election was eventually held on Tuesday. In the now concluded election, returning officer, Professor Florence Obi announced minutes ago that Mr Soludo polled…
Importers of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, popularly called cooking gas, have stopped importing the commodity. Investigations also show that the cost of the product increased by 240 per cent for 12.5kg, jumping from N3,000 to N10,200 between January and October. About 65 per cent of LPG is imported into Nigeria, while domestic production accounts for 35 per cent, hence the halt in imports could further shoot up cooking gas price if the situation is not addressed. The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers, Bassey Essien, told our correspondent on Monday that the reintroduction of customs duty and Value…
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday sentenced a former chairman of the Pension Reforms Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, to a total of 61 years’ imprisonment for defrauding the Federal Government of N2.1bn. This is just as the officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and those of the Nigerian Correctional Services clashed over who should take him into custody. The judge said Maina was guilty of all the 12 counts filed on October 26, 2019, against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Justice Abang sentenced him on count one to eight years’…
He shook his head intermittently in disbelief, wiping off tears with his right palm. For about two minutes, Nurudeen Solagbade, could not utter a word from his bed at the Lagos Island General Hospital. He kept nodding his head in assurance to his worried relatives waving at him through the ward window that he was fine. The more he tried to engage them, the more he betrayed emotion. “I never thought I would be alive,” the 33-year-old bricklayer intoned when he eventually mustered courage. Solagbade was one of the survivors rescued from the rubble of a 21-storey building that collapsed…