VFD Group
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VFD Group, a leading African financial services conglomerate, has announced a strategic partnership with Arcadia Africa Day, a subsidiary of Utopia Media Group, to support 5,000 women-led small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Africa.
5 Apr 2024
The Central Securities Clearing System Plc (CSCS), Nigeria's premier Financial Market Infrastructure company, has appointed Nonso Okpala, Group Managing Director/CEO of VFD Group, into its board. Okpala, who currently serves as the GMD/CEO of VFD Group, a proprietary investment company with diversified portfolio - a company he co-founded with a group of astute professionals 15…
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About 22 months after he became the Abia State Governor on May 29, 2023, Dr. Alex Otti still runs his office from his private residence/country home at Nvosi in Isiala Ngwa South Council, which is about 20 kilometers from Umuahia, the state capital. Many, including some opposition political parties, have faulted him on this, citing…
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Risikatu Ladi Ahmed is an experienced result-oriented Bank Executive with consistent track record of exceeding goals and expectation in banking business for almost 3 decades. She is a chartered director from the Insead Business School, Fontainebleau and has a Certificate in Corporate Governance from same Insead Business School. She was appointed MD/CEO of ASO Savings…
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The Bishop of Yola Catholic Diocese, Stephen Dami Mamza, has debunked claims that Taledo Damian, the recently arrested suspect in the abduction of two Catholic priests, was a mass server or cleric within the diocese. Addressing a press conference in Yola, Bishop Mamza clarified that while the suspect was a church member, he never served…
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A former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has left the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and joined the Social Democratic Party (SDP). El-Rufai made the announcement in a statement on Monday, expressing his dissatisfaction with the APC's leadership style. El-Rufai claimed that after voicing his concerns in public and privately about the party's capricious trajectory…
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The people of the Eleme Local Government Area in Rivers State have called for unity among the Ogonis to enable them to achieve success in the ongoing oil resumption processes. The King of Eleme Kingdom, HRM King Philip Osaro Obele, said that the Eleme Council has long suffered despite hosting several multinational companies, stressing that…
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The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved April 12 for the party’s earlier postponed South-South zonal congress. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, stated this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja. Ologunagba said that NWC also approved the shifting of the South-West and North-Central zonal congresses…
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Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has been urged to resign within 48 hours or face impeachment. The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) gave the order in Port Harcourt on Monday, warning that if the governor refuses to resign, he will be impeached. The party cited several impeachable offenses against him…
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunshine and haziness from Monday to Wednesday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook, released on Sunday in Abuja, forecasts sunny and hazy skies over the northern region throughout the period. According to NiMet, in the North Central region, sunny skies with patches of clouds are expected during the…
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Workers at five tertiary educational institutions owned by the Oyo State Government have begun an indefinite strike over non-payment of minimum wage. The Polytechnic, Ibadan, The Oke-Ogun Polytechnic, Saki, Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic, Eruwa; Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora, and Oyo State College of Education, Lanlate are the affected institutions. The workers, under…
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that the Federal Government and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will resolve issues related to visa procurement for Nigerians seeking to travel to the UAE. The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, made this known in a statement following the visit of Amb. Salem Alshamsi,…