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Wednesday, August 19th, 2015
*Governor Commends Initiative In continuation of its efforts aimed at creating wider access to health care for less privileged Nigerians, Dangote Foundation at the weekend took free health care services to the door steps of the vulnerable and poor ones in Katsina state. Thousands of ailing people, including sickly elderly and malnourished children alike trooped […]
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Monday, August 10th, 2015
Nigeria’s most valuable bank brand, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, through its Sustainability Centre, FirstBank Sustainability Centre (FSC) has partnered with the Lagos Business School to host a Sustainability workshop for SME practitioners in Nigeria. The objective of the workshop is to drive home the need for SME entrepreneurs to embed sustainable practices into their […]
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Monday, August 10th, 2015
Pan-African Financial Services group, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc was on Saturday, August 8, 2015 honoured with an award as Nigeria’s biggest lender to agriculture. The award was conferred on the bank by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) at the chamber’s annual commerce and industry awards night. The LCCI awards night […]
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Monday, August 3rd, 2015
True to its quest to deepen the SME space and make it accessible to more business start-ups, Nigeria’s most valuable bank brand, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has commenced the sponsorship of an SME Radio programme, The Economy & You! The programme, which will run concurrently on www.edcradioonline.com every Thursday at 3pm and Rhythm FM […]
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Thursday, July 30th, 2015
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – Senators revealed on Thursday that a whopping sum of N585 billion was lost by the federal government of Nigeria from 2011 to 2014 to indiscriminate waivers granted on importation of rice and other agricultural products. This shocking revelation was made on the floor of the senate when a motion on Indiscriminate […]
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Tuesday, July 28th, 2015
NAIROBI, Kenya, July 27, 2015 — An impressive collection of organizations have come together to answer President Barack Obama’s call at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit yesterday in Nairobi, Kenya, to advance entrepreneurship and economic growth around the world. Representatives of the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN), Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) and Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) participated in […]
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2015
The Corporate Council on Africa (CCA), the premier American organization devoted to US-Africa business relations, on Wednesday refuted the report alleging that President Buhari questioned the participation of Mr Tony Elumelu and other Nigerian business leaders in the meeting hosted by the U.S Chambers of Commerce in partnership with the CCA for the visiting Nigerian […]
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Tuesday, July 14th, 2015
The Dangote Foundation last weekend commenced distribution of relief materials to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Yobe, Adamawa and Borno states, in the spirit of the holy month of Ramadan. The initiative according to the Managing Director of Dangote Foundation, Zouera Youssoofou, aligns with the Dangote Foundation key objective of positively impacting the communities we […]
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Tuesday, July 14th, 2015
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has accused the former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of illegally taking $1 billion from the federation account to prosecute the re-election bid of former President Goodluck Jonathan. Speaking at a seminar organized by the Edo State government for Permanent Secretaries, Directors and Deputy Directors, the governor said […]
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Monday, July 13th, 2015
*1000 Representatives Drawn From 51 African Countries As part of Tony Elumelu’s $100 million commitment to empowering African entrepreneurs, 1,000 Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs, representing 51 African countries from the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) Class of 2015, converged near Lagos, Nigeria for an intensive two-day bootcamp session, an unprecedented gathering of emerging African entrepreneurs, from […]
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2015
In fulfillment of its commitment to the realization of a sustainable and competitive retail banking environment in West Africa, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s most valuable Banking Brand has partnered with the Asian Banker Magazine to host the West Africa International Retail Banking Dialogue 2015. The event which has the theme of “Building a […]
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2015
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, 30 June 2015 – “Providing access to electricity for schools, hospitals, businesses and industries is the single most impactful intervention that can be made to transform the continent. It has tremendous implications for job creation, health, food security, education, technological advancement and overall economic development.” Mr. Tony Elumelu said today in Abidjan. African businessman and […]
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2015
Lagos Nigeria, 29th June 2015 – olake Akinkugbe, the Vice President and Head, Energy and Natural Resources at FBN Capital Limited, has stated that local sources of finance have gained in popularity over the past decade as African banks have been better capitalised to take advantage of new opportunities in the oil and gas sector. […]
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Thursday, June 25th, 2015
LAGOS, NIGERIA, June 23, 2015: “We hope The Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme can catalyse and encourage other African business leaders to empower emerging entrepreneurs. If we all come together with requisite resources we can make a significant difference,” said Mr. Tony O. Elumelu at the press conference in Lagos to announce the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship […]
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Monday, June 22nd, 2015
…Named Winner in Five Categories including Africa’s Leading Business Hotel Transcorp Hilton Abuja has been honoured with an unprecedented five awards by the voters of the 22nd World Travel Awards. The hotel, which is owned by Transcorp Hotels Plc, the hospitality subsidiary of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc, emerged winner of the prestigious World Travel […]
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Wednesday, June 17th, 2015
The Dangote Foundation – the global philanthropic arm of Dangote Industries Limited donated $1million to the government of the earthquake hit Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal as humanitarian aid and disaster relief for response and recovery efforts in Nepal. “The Dangote Foundation donation builds upon our community intervention initiative and longstanding commitment to providing development […]
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Friday, June 5th, 2015
….Opens 2.5million MTA Production Capacity In Ethiopia With a prospect of about 7000 job opportunities in Ethiopia, President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote at the weekend opened his 2.5million mtpa cement plant with a charge on African leaders to make environment conducive for the growth of real sector as a sure way of creating jobs […]
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Thursday, June 4th, 2015
*As Dawha Advocates Need to Protect the Environment for Sustainable Development The Federal Government under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged its commitment to playing more proactive and effective roles in the affairs of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC. Speaking in Vienna, Austria at the ongoing OPEC International Seminar, […]
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Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015
By Niyi Adeyi – For being implicated in N8billion defaced and mutilated currency recycling scam, six staffers of the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), were Tuesday remanded in Agodi prison custody in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Justice Ayo Emmanuel of a Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, made the order in a suit filed […]
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Wednesday, May 27th, 2015
The philanthropic works being undertaken by the Dangote Foundation to support Kano state government has hit the mark of N4.2 billion, the Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation, Zouera Youssoufou has disclosed. Of this amount, a whopping sum of N1.2 billion is spent annually on a feeding project, a special purpose vehicle designed by the […]
