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Nigeria
Nigeria services foreign debts with $1.62bn in five years
Everest Amaefule External debts have cost the nation a total of $1.62bn in interest payment in the last five years, an investigation by our correspondent has shown. Statistics obtained from the Debt Management Office showed on Friday that the country spent a total of $331,059, 850 on servicing its external ...
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Nigeria
Oyo schools: We’ll deal with wayward pupils, says govt
Olufemi Atoyebi Oyo State government has vowed to deal with schoolchildren who disrupt the peace of the state for any reason. The government stated this following Thursday’s rampages by some pupils in five schools in Oyo town and Ibadan over the decision of the government to cancel automatic promotion in ...
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Nigeria
No man can care for my wife like me – Igbokwe
The Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State, Mr. Joe Igbokwe, shares his fatherhood experience with MOTUNRAYO JOEL What do you enjoy most about being a father? I enjoy doing my duty as a father; providing for my children, paying their school fees, buying clothes for them, ...
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Nigeria
Overcoming challenges is fun —Bukola Shittu
Helina Gbadegesin Bukola Shittu, the CEO of Urban Konnect Logistics, talks about her career What are your qualifications? I studied Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Lagos. Urban Konnect Logistics is a logistics and haulage company. We move items from end to end and provide business support to ...
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Nigeria
Perfection is a journey that never ends – Akintola
The Founder, Milk & Honey, Ms. Omolola Akintola, 24, speaks about her food service industry business, in this interview with IFE OGUNFUWA Can you give a bit background of yourself? I was born in Ibadan, Oyo State, and I spent my formative years there before going to further my education ...
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Nigeria
Golden cows: How Oyo women make a living milking cattle
ARUKAINO UMUKORO writes about how dairy farming business has improved the lives of women in rural communities in Oyo State and taken their families out of poverty Five years ago, in the bowels of Akele, a small, rural agrarian community in Oyo State, South West Nigeria, 35-year-old Ajara Lawal struck ...
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Nigeria
FG, private sector in agribusiness partnership
The Federal Government is partnering financial institutions and other stakeholders in the agricultural sector for the development of the largest agro-industrial hub in West Africa, OKECHUKWU NNODIM reports Investors in the agricultural sector are entering into various forms of partnership with the Federal Government to develop a 15,000-hectare agro-industrial hub ...
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Nigeria
‘Recession should never affect churches’
General Overseer of God’s Mercy Revival Ministries (GOMERM) Lagos, Dr James Akanbi, worked for 17 years as Finance and Administration Manager in a multi-national firm. He spoke with Sunday Oguntola on the economic recession and how churches can cope. How is the recession affecting churches in terms of income generation? There ...
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Nigeria
Segun Oni’s blather
IF there is any doubt what the President Muhammadu Buhari thinks of his leadership style in relation to the rule of law and the war against corruption, Segun Oni, Deputy National Chairman (South) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), dispels it. As a top leader of the party, he ...
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Nigeria
Nigeria’s economy and other matters
First Annual Conference of The Point Newspaper Penultimate Friday, I broke a vow not to attend any forum where the problem with Nigeria’s economy is the issue for discussion. And my reason for the vow is simple: everybody knows the problem with the Nigerian economy but we all pretend not ...