Day: April 26, 2020

Ethical Entrepreneurs call for Interest-Free Loans

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Ethical entrepreneurs have called on the Federal Government to exemplify its commitment to the development of alternative finance through inclusion of non-interest windows in its various loan and intervention funding programmes. Ethical entrepreneurs and financial experts who participated in a webinar on financial inclusion in Nigeria and government’s intervention funds called on government to adopt inclusive approach that combines both conventional and ethical finances in order to ensure inclusive development of the economy. They underscored the need for government to continue to deepen the non-interest alternative finance segment of the…

A GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATOR PAR EXCELLENCE MARCHES ON : A TRIBUTE TO LATE MAJ GEN HB MOMOH RTD

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It was with deep sadness that the Director – General, Brig Gen S Ibrahim, Management and Staff of the National Youth Service Corps received the shocking news of the transition of Maj Gen HB Momoh rtd., the 6th Chief Executive of the Scheme, who proceeded on the journey to eternity on Saturday, 25th April, 2020, and his remains interred, Sunday, 26th April, 2020. Gen Hafiz Momoh served as Director – General from January 1990 to January 1994. He will always be remembered as a dynamic and highly charismatic Officer who…

We’II ensure safe return of Nigerian girl put up sale in Lebanon – Oyo Govt

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The Oyo State government has expressed its readiness to see to the safe return of an indigene of the state, identified as Peace Ufuoma Busari, who was recently put up for sale on the internet in Lebanon, for the sum of $1000. A statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Seyi Makinde on Diaspora, Mrs. Bolanle Sarumi-Aliyu, maintained that the state was liaising with the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) headed by Honourable Abike Dabiri-Erewa to facilitate the lady’s safe return home. Sarumi-Aliyu, who stated that though the…

Covid-19, Politics and the Rule of Law

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The outbreak of coronavirus in Wuhan ,China in the last quarter of 2019 and the subsequent snow ball into a global pandemic has brought novel test for countries that advocate western model of democracy and rule of law as government battle to curtail the spread of the virous worldwide using different approach. With a devastating effect to human life and impact on a scale better imagine, government scramble for the best possible solution under these circumstance, navigating the constitutional provision and rule of law on matter of our collective existence…