How to sustain your business
The 2022 Nigeria MSME report by Kippa states that majority of small businesses die within the first five years. It adds that about 80 per cent under Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Africa fail within the first five years of their existence despite recording the highest entrepreneurship rate in the world, As an entrepreneur, […]
WASSCE 2023: Four interesting questions from the English Language paper
It is another season of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), with the English exam having come up on May 17. I have had the opportunity to go through the objective paper and I find a good number of the questions very interesting. This is not in terms of whether they are difficult […]
El-Rufai sacks five Kaduna traditional rulers
Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has approved the deposition of the traditional rulers of Piriga and Arak Chiefdoms, His Highness, Jonathan Paragua Zamuna and His Highness, Gen. Aliyu Iliyah Yammah(retd.), respectively. The state Commissioner for Local Government Affairs, Hajiya Umma Ahmad, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, saying that the two traditional rulers […]
Devolve power to states, curb importation, Akeredolu tells Tinubu
The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has called on the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to take the issue of power devolution seriously in his administration for a fast-track development of the country. Akeredolu, who is also the Chairman of Southern Governors’ Forum, reiterated that the power at the central was too overwhelming and needed to […]
FG begins shutdown of unlicensed fuel marketers
The Federal Government, on Monday, announced that no unlicensed petroleum product dealer would be allowed to load products from June 1, 2023, as it vowed to shut down such businesses beginning from that day. It warned that from June 1, 2023, anyone who wants to deal on petroleum products must obtain a licence, stressing that […]
Kaduna community laments eight-year blackout
Residents of Dan Lawal, Kurmin Kogi Ward, in the Ikara Local Government area of Kaduna State, are lamenting the continued blackout being witnessed in the community. PUNCH Metro learnt that trouble started in the area in 2015 when a rainstorm wreaked havoc in the community, destroying electricity infrastructures like electric poles and others. Our correspondent […]
Police arraign three for banishing Anambra widow
Some suspects who allegedly banished a widow from the Umunankwo community in the Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State have been arrested and arraigned before the Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Magistrates’ Court in Awka, the state capital. The suspects and defendants identified as Lazarus Uzor, Anozie Uzor and Valentine Okwuosa, a brother to […]
Gas flaring: Companies fined N346bn in five years, says CBN
Oil and gas companies paid a total of N346bn as penalty for flaring gas in five years, according to data from the Central Bank of Nigeria. The amount was marked as part of the federally collected revenue. Gas flaring is the surface combustion or burning of natural gas, often associated with crude oil production when […]
Over 3,000 stranded Nigerians repatriated in five months – Report
The Federal Government and the International Organisation for Migration evacuated no fewer than 3,363 stranded Nigerians between January and May 2023. This is according to figures obtained from the IOM and the National Emergency Management. Checks by our correspondent on Monday showed that 2,518 stranded Nigerians were evacuated from Sudan; 538 from Libya; 294 from […]
Parallex Bank gets recognition for innovation
Parallex Bank Limited has been recognition as the Most Innovative Bank of the Year 2022 by Champion Newspapers, and Regional Bank of the Year 2022 by National Daily Newspaper. In a statement issued by the bank, the Chief Executive Officer and Editor in Chief of National Daily Newspaper, Mr Sylvester Ebhodaghe, said Parallex Bank’s successful […]