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Foundation to support 2,000 entrepreneurs hit by COVID-19 Nike Popoola Published 12 March 2021 FATE Foundation said it has launched a new programme with Youth Business International to support 2,000 young entrepreneurs hit by the economic impact of COVID-19 It said this in a statement on Thursday titled ‘Fate Foundation launches new programme with youth business international, to support young entrepreneurs hit by the economic impact of COVID-19’. Funded by the Standard Chartered Foundation, it stated, the project was part of Futuremakers by Standard Chartered, a global initiative to tac...

Punch Newspapers Sections Nike Popoola Published 12 March 2021 Currency in circulation in the country dropped by N70bn to N2.83tn in January from N2.9tn as of December 2020, latest figures obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria showed on Wednesday. According to the CBN, currency in circulation rose from N2.5tn as of the end of October to N2.66tn as of the end of November. The banking regulator stated in its November monthly economic report that currency outside depository corporations, transferrable deposits, and other deposits largely propelled growth in monetary liabilities at the end o...

Punch Newspapers Sections Abiodun Nejo, Ado Ekiti Published 12 March 2021 A nutritionist and chief executive officer, Evergreen Health and Social Care International, Mrs Yemisi Solanke-Lawal, has advised Nigerians on the need for moderate consumption of oily fish, which she said can aid the build-up of mercury and pollutants in the body. The nutritionist, who described fish as a source of vitamins and minerals, said in a statement titled, ‘Fish as a cardio-protective diet,’ that fishes could be classified into “oily fish and whitefish.” Solanke-Lawal, said, “Oily fish has a long ch...

Punch Newspapers Sections Joseph Olaoluwa Published 12 March 2021 The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc has celebrated its women on the occasion of International Women’s Day 2021 with cash rewards. In celebrating this year’s event, the company held a seminar via zoom, dissecting the topic ‘I choose to challenge’, according to a statement signed by its Corporate Communications Officer, Sesan Akinrinmade. The Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, NAHCO Plc, Mrs Olatokunbo Fagbemi was quoted as saying that women were the bedrock of the nation. She added that women ha...

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