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As part of its celebration around International Women’s Month, Facebook today announced the launch of ‘LeadHERs: Life Lessons From African Women’, a collection of beautifully inspired stories & life advice from 19 women who are breaking boundaries in fields such as media, entertainment, politics, education and business. Available for free in digital and physical formats, the book provides inspirational real-life stories for future generations and young leaders. Each chapter focuses on a personal experience and life lesson around how these women have navigated their path to success, alongside the challenges they have had to overcome along the way. ‘LeadHERs: Life Lessons…

…..Vows To Take Ogun To Its Pride Of Place

As the 2021 International Women’s Day (IWD21) calls on people and organisations to #choosetochallenge for a better world for women, Guaranty Trust Bank plc (GTBank) has launched an initiative, tagged #GiveHerBetaHealth, to draw attention to the need for universal essential healthcare coverage, especially for women in the informal sector. Through the initiative, the leading African financial institution is providing 1000 self-employed women with BetaHealth for a year, at no cost. Launched in 2020, BetaHealth is a low-cost healthcare package that provides coverage for essential health services such as malaria treatments, pre and postnatal care, accidents and medical emergencies as well…

First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider, has announced its SME specific accounts designed to reinforce the Bank’s role in putting SME’s at an advantage whilst contributing to national growth and development. The SME accounts – which are in two variants – FirstSME Classic and FirstSME Deluxe – are offered to SMEs, irrespective of industry, and tailored to have SMEs exposed to a wide range of services and opportunities that are essential for their continued growth and role in contributing to national development. The advantages and features of these accounts include; access to Temporary OverDrafts…

The 2021 National Basketball Association (NBA) annual All-Star exhibition match will bring the very best of basketball to screens across Africa this March on ESPN 2 (DStv Channel 219). Showcasing 24 of the league’s star players, The NBA All-Star match will air live on Monday, 8 March 2021 at 2am. For the first time, the league’s annual global celebration of the game will take place on one night only, during which the two All-Star teams will compete to win each quarter for their respective charity beneficiaries. To whet fans’ appetites, the exciting 3-Point Skills Contest will take place right before the game in…

Each year, women across the world celebrate the International Women’s Day (IWD). The day is meant to direct attention to discriminatory practices against women and to rally people across the world to join forces with women to stop these practices that affect the dignity of the female gender. The theme this year #ChoosetoChallenge is a call to action for local and global agencies, corporate organisations and leaders in all spheres of human endeavours to address the gender inequality issues. Hence, protecting the rights of women and the abolishment of discriminatory cultural practices like female genital mutilation, early marriage, harmful widowhood…

By Elvis Eromosele  Women are the bedrock of society. They, very literally, feed, clothe and inspire the world. It is not far-fetched to see how women are the sinew that holds families and the globe together. In many homes, women make the most important buying decisions, particularly as it relates to what to eat. Women ensure that the world is fed.   At every point in time across the world, regardless of the time of day, a woman is shopping for household supplies of food. Every day they struggle with the choices, labour over the cost and agonize over portions. It is between…

The Ogun State government is to continue with the plan to construct an agro-cargo airport in the state. This was disclosed by the State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun on Friday, when he received the Senate Committee on Aviation, led by Senator Smart Adeyemi, at the Exco Chamber of the Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan , Abeokuta. The governor said that the agro-cargo airport project, conceptualized by the Gbenga Daniel administration in 2007, has lots of potentials in the overall development of the state in particular and the country in general. It would be recalled that the immediate past administration of Senator Ibikunle…

There are a lot of amazing shows to watch on GOtv during this month of March. Trust us when we say A LOT! Which might be a bit of a problem when deciding what to watch but when you think about it, that is a good problem we all need when looking for a great array of shows to watch while relaxing. From a new Africa Magic drama series, Elenini, to the return of the singing talent show, Nigerian Idol, GOtv is surely offering you programmes worth watching! Read carefully because we are about to give you 5 shows worth watching on…

OSOGBO – A petitioner, Olusegun Olaosebikan, told the Osun Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality, Human Rights Violations and Related Extra-Judicial Killings at its resumed sitting on Friday that the killing of his father made him a school dropout. Olaosebikan, who approached the panel to seek justice for the murder of his father, said the killing also rendered the family wretched as tangible and intangible properties of the deceased were disposed of to take care of his hospital and other bills following the gunshots he received from a police officer. Narrating his ordeal, Olaosebikan said his late father was shot…