Google has empowered 15 Small and Medium Businesses, SMBs, under its Hustle Academy with the sum of N75 million.The country director, Google West Africa, Olumide Balogun, said this at the Google Hustle Academy graduation on Thursday in Abuja.Mr Balogun said the event was also to celebrate not only 5,300 graduands
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The embattled Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Hudu Yunusa Ari, has fled Nigeria to the Niger Republic, his counsel informed the Adamawa State High Court on Wednesday.The controversial REC had declared Aishatu Binani, the candidate of All Progressives Congress, as governor-elect of Adamawa State,
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President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja after attending the G20 Compact with Africa (CwA) Conference in Berlin, Germany.The President’s aircraft touched down at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at about 8 p.m. on Wednesday.He was received by key figures from the administration and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), including
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The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday dissolved the Rivers State Executives of the party at all levels.The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Felix Morka, disclosed this while briefing journalists after the meeting of the NWC held at the party’s National Secretariat in
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Justice Hamza Muazu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), sitting at Maitama, Abuja, yesterday admitted former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, to bail.The embattled Emefiele was arraigned before the court on Friday, November 17, on a six-count charge bordering on conferring corrupt advantage
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The Court of Appeal said on Wednesday that there is no controversy in its judgment on the Kano State governorship election.Newspapers had reported the discrepancy between what was read out in the open court and the contents of the Certified True Copy of the judgment delivered last Friday by the
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The First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, launched the targeted expansion of the N50,000 Market-Moni Scheme on Wednesday, a move she said is poised to bolster the micro, small, and medium enterprises sector nationwide.The First Lady presided over the event at the State House Conference Centre, Presidential Villa, Abuja, where she also
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The Federal Government has approached the Supreme Court seeking an extension of the validity of old naira notes beyond the current deadline of December 31, 2023.In a fresh application filed before the apex court, the government cited the ongoing economic crisis and the need for further consultation with critical stakeholders
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The European Union (EU) Delegation to Nigeria has given one million euros (N847 million) to combat the diphtheria outbreak in the Northeast and Northwest regions of Nigeria.The bloc, in an attempt to address the disease outbreak in Nigeria, contributed the money to support the most impacted populations and stop the
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Lagos State government, yesterday, debunked a report on social media that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu paid his lawyers from the state government’s funds, describing it as false.The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, stated this, while reacting to a post on X (formerly Twitter), by the Labour Party, LP,
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