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By Adedapo Adesanya An initiative to boost youth employment and shore up Nigeria’s foreign exchange (FX) earnings has been introduced by the Nigerian government. The scheme, the National Talent Export Programme (NATEP), was unveiled over the weekend at the Microsoft Office in New York, United States of America by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mrs Doris Uzoka-Anite. She said the programme would position Nigeria as an export hub for talent outsourcing in Africa following the example of India, Bangladesh, Mexico and The Philippines. Mrs Uzoka-Anite noted that NATEP is a key national initiative that will serve as a

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By Modupe Gbadeyanka The 12-year-old boy with missing intestines, Adebola Akin-Bright, who has been receiving treatment at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, has died. Adebola died on Tuesday evening, according to reports. He was to be flown abroad for an intestine transplant to get him back to normal before he breathed his last today. Adebola had surgery at a private hospital in the Alimosho area of the state known as Obitoks Medical Centre, but it was later discovered that his intestines were missing. The Lagos State House of Assembly had on Tuesday asked Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been accused of being used by influential politicians to influence outcome of the 2019 governorship election in Zamfara State. This allegation was made by a coalition of civil society organisations under the aegis of Zamfara Unity Forum, which said the consensus governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Daudu Lawal, was arrested and detained by the EFCC for over a week. In the statement signed by Usman Bungudu, convener of the forum, the group said it is part of the “grand plan” to influence the election. “It is

By Dipo Olowookere The importance of online marketing at this present time cannot be ignored especially when the whole world is now a global ‘room’ and not a village any longer. It is no doubt that at the moment, some organisations are still lagging behind in the digital world and this is where the first internet public enlightenment agency in West Africa and a leading online digital marketing agency in Africa’s continent, AdHang, is willing to offer its assistance. Adhang announced on Saturday that it is now open to help any company, business, event organizer, institution or company carry out

By Dipo Olowookere Leading provider of marine, aviation and logistics services to local and international oil and gas companies in Nigeria, Caverton Offshore Support Group (COSG) Plc, has said it intends to deliver good yields to its shareholders in the present financial year. In order to achieve this goal, the company wants to continue to provide the quality of service its clients have become accustomed to over the years. Chief Executive Officer of Caverton, Mr Bode Makanjuola, expressed confidence that the company, which offered chartered chopper to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo during the campaign for the 2019 general elections, would

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been asked to release a socialist and businessman, Mr Obinna Iyiegbu, otherwise known as Obi Cubana, with immediate effect. This demand was made by a pan-Igbo socio-political pressure organisation known as the South East Revival Group (SERG). The group queried the rationale behind the arrest of Obi Cubana on Monday, warning President Muhammadu Buhari to stay away from persons of the Igbo extraction. On Monday, information went viral that the philanthropist who shot into prominence this year when he buried his mother in Anambra State, was being questioned by

By Dipo Olowookere The sub-Committee of Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) of the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation has disclosed that in the month of April 2017, the balance on the Excess Crude Account stood at $2.299 billion, while the balance in the Excess PPT Account was $67 million. The committee made this disclosure in a communiqué issued after its meeting on Wednesday in Abuja. But the balance on the Excess Crude Account represents a drop in the month of April 2017 compared with what it was a month earlier, $2.45 billion. However, the committee also said there

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Life was returned to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday as a result of the 0.95 percent rise recorded by the major market indices. This reduced the year-to-date loss to 14.44 percent at the close of business from the 15.24 percent posted in the previous trading session. The weak performance of the market since the second quarter of this year had made the year-to-date returns remain stable in the negative territory against the over 40 percent growth the market achieved last year. At the end of activities yesterday, the Nigerian equities market performed better, leaving the

By Dipo Olowookere The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited lost 0.31 per cent on Monday as news of operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) invading the headquarters of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in search of its Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, rattled investors. For the past few weeks, investors at the local stock market had closely watched how the secret police have made moves to arrest the central banker over alleged terrorism financing. However, things turned awry yesterday after it was reported that the security officials were at the CBN office in Abuja, disrupting their activities. The apex

By Dipo Olowookere The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) will equip 50 percent of its work force with requisite knowledge on how to identify and examine fraud as part of measures to stamp out corruption from its system. The Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr Maikanti Baru, made this commitment on Tuesday in Abuja while receiving a delegation of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (CFE), Abuja Chapter, led by its President, Mr Ishili Emmanuel. The GMD said training staff on fraud examination would ensure that NNPC was not involved in the five per cent annual global revenue loss