With the recent licence revocation of some microfinance institutions, the Nigerian economy is currently being serviced by about 700 microfinance banks. Matched with the estimated 36.9 million existing micro businesses, there are an average of 53,000 businesses competing for funding from each available micro-lender. But the nagging poor access to funding for micro businesses is…
President Bola Tinubu has directed the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Taoreed Lagbaja, to immediately pay off insurance entitlements owed to the families of officers and soldiers who died while fighting to defend the nation. Taoreed Lagbaja revealed the President’s directives at the opening of the Combined Second and Third Quarters COAS Conference on Tuesday…
Mercy Eke, Ilebaye, Alex, Adekunle, and Ceec are part of the eight housemates who have been nominated for this week’s possible eviction in the ongoing Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) All-Stars reality TV show. Cross emerged as the head of house (HoH) for week eight after he defeated 12 other housemates to gain automatic immunity for…
Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) All Stars housemate, Cross has emerged as the head of house (HoH) for week eight on the reality TV show. Cross came out top in the Monday night challenge, defeating 12 other housemates. The housemates were shared into three teams to roll snooker balls across a long bar into the available…
…As He declares Open Osun State Nurses Week Celebration The Governor of Osun State, His Excellency, Senator Ademola Adeleke has commended the Nursing practitioners in Osun State for being a partner in progress in the state while reaffirming his commitment to their welfare and that of other health practitioners in the state. The Governor made…
There was tension at the National Secretariat of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Abuja on Tuesday morning following a clash between two factions of the group. SAHEL gathered that the NURTW has been enmeshed is leadership crisis for some time. The Musiliu Akinsanya’s Lagos Parks and Management Committee led by one…
The event was held on Monday in Benin Republic. The navies of, Benin Republic, Togo and Nigeria have flagged off Operation Safe Domain II, with the theme ‘Enhancing Maritime Security through Collaboration for Regional Prosperity’. The event was held on Monday in Benin Republic. However, the Niger Republic, one of the signatories to the MoU,…
The Minister of Transportation, Saidu Alkali, inaugurated the first cargo movement from the Lagos-Ibadan rail corridor during his first official tour of the rail corridor on Tuesday. The minister kicked off the tour at the Ebute Meta station before proceeding to Apapa for the launch, then travelled to Ibadan using the 157 km rail corridor….
Rural Water and Environmental Sanitation Agency in Osun State, through the Special Adviser on RUWESA, has expressed its readiness to collaborate with donor agencies and development partners in order to restore the lost glory of the Agency. The Special Adviser to the Governor on RUWESA, Hon Olarenwaju Odelade stated this during a stakeholders’ meeting in…
Wife of the Ooni of Ife, Dr. (Mrs) Temitope Enitan Ogunwusi has been appointed as the Malaria Elimination Advocate for the South- West, Nigeria. Her appointment was jointly approved on Monday by the National Malaria Elimination Programme of the Federal Ministry of Health in conjunction with Osun State Ministry of Health, the Society for Family…
