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Digital inclusion, panacea against unemployment – Expert

Dr Segun Agbaje, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO) Lagos, has advocated for inclusive digitalisation among graduates, to help equip them with the required technological drive to reduce unemployment. Agbaje said this on the sideline of the Redeemers University’s 14th Convocation Lecture on Wednesday in Ede, Osun. He also said […]

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2023: Group begins to mobilise business communities for Atiku/Okowa

A political support group, Nigerian Business Communities (NBC) for PDP Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has pledged it would begin to mobilise voters for the former vice president in the South West.   The group made the pledge after its zonal meeting on Tuesday in Lagos. The convener […]

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Complete 2023 Budget speech by President Muhammadu Buhari

Budget of Fiscal Consolidation and Transition Delivered By: His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, President, Federal Republic of Nigeria At the Joint Session of the National Assembly, Abuja. Friday, 7TH October 2022 PROTOCOLS: I am very pleased to be here today to present the 2023 Budget Proposals at this Joint Session of the National Assembly. This […]

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Buhari presents N20.5trn 2023 budget proposal to joint session of NASS

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday in Abuja, presented the 2023 budget proposal of N20.5 trillion to a joint session of the National Assembly (NASS).   Buhari, accompanied by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and other members of the Federal Executive Council addressed the joint session of NASS at about 10.05 a.m. to unveil the 2023 fiscal year. […]

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Confab to open new vistas in global tourism – UNWTO

  The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) says its maiden conference on “Linking Tourism, Culture and the Creative Industries’’, holding in Lagos will open new vistas in global tourism. The Secretary-General of UNWTO, Mr Zurab Pololikashvili, stated this at the 65th meeting of the Organisation’s Regional Commission for Africa (CAF) in Arusha, Tanzania. The […]

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Musk, Twitter may reach deal to end court battle as early as Wednesday – source

Elon Musk and Twitter Inc may reach an agreement to end their litigation as soon as Wednesday and clear the way for the world’s richest person to close his $44 billion deal for the social media platform, a source familiar with the litigation told Reuters. Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick, the judge on Delaware’s Court of Chancery, wrote: “The […]

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Oil jumps about $4 as OPEC+ weighs biggest output cut since 2020

By Agency Report Oil prices jumped nearly $4 a barrel on Monday as OPEC+ considered reducing output by more than one million barrels per day (bpd) to buttress prices with what would be its biggest cut since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Brent crude futures for December delivery rose $3.72 to $88.86 a barrel, […]

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Experts flaw performance of Nigeria’s 2022 Budget 2022 as FG prepares for 2023 budget proposal

Ahead of the 2023 budget proposal, economic experts have begun to pick holes in the performance of the 2022 national budget. This is coming as the Presidency prepares to lay the proposed budget for 2023 before the National Assembly in October. The issue of debt service to revenue is of the critical factors identified as […]

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