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How two Nigerian-Americans broke records in US election
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Road to Recovery: Where do we go from here?
As we work towards rebuilding SMEs recovering from the recent looting spree and even COVID19 lockdown, we will be hosting Teju Abisoye @tabisoye on our AGS Lightbox session to educate us on the way forward for small businesses. Teju Abisoye is the Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund, a Lagos State Government agency established to create jobs and tackle unemployment by providing skills development and entrepreneurship opportunities for Lagos residents. Teju is a trained lawyer with over 14 years’ experience in the socio-economic development space. She has an LLM in International Trade and Investment Law from the University of Pretoria and an LLB from the University of Ibadan. She is also an Alumna of Yale’s Women Leadership Programme. This webinar is scheduled to hold on 05/11/2020 Time: 8 pm WAT. AGS LIGHTBOX is a weekly capacity building webinar open to only AGS Tribe Community members. Learn more
Business
FG asks n’assembly to approve fresh $1.2bn loan from Brazil
Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget and national planning, made the request on Tuesday when she appeared before the house committee on finance to defend the ministry’s budget. Nigeria’s total public debt stock, which comprises that of the three tiers of government, stood at N31.009 trillion at the end of June 2020. Read more
South-west ministers demand probe of military over involvement in Lekki shooting
The Ministers from South-West Nigeria, who were directed and given a week to relocate to their home states and interface with their State Governors, stakeholders, and the protesting youths, as part of efforts to douse the tension generated by #EndSARS protests, have submitted their report to the Federal Executive Council (FEC). Read more
Dangote Group’s $2 billion fertilizer plant to start operations in December 2020
The Dangote Group has announced that its $2 billion Granulated urea fertilizer plant which is located at Ibeju Lekki, Lagos state, will start operations before the end of December. This disclosure was made by the Group Head, Corporate Communications, Dangote Group, Mr. Anthony Chiejina, during a chat with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, November 4, 2020, in Lagos state. Read more
INEC earmarks N1 billion for the resumption of voter registration in 2021
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has announced that the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise will commence in the first quarter of 2021, ahead of the 2023 general election. Read more
FirstMobile wins Best Mobile Bank App award
FIRST Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced that its mobile banking application, FirstMobile, has been awarded the 2020 Best Mobile Banking App Award 2020 in the Global Finance Best Digital Bank Awards 2020. This feat is largely attributable to the bank’s relative strength and success of its web products and services, notably FirstMobile. Read more
UK’s CDC provides $75m funding to Stanbic IBTC
CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, announced a $75m debt commitment to Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc and member of the Standard Bank Group. CDC said in a statement that the long-term funding would enable the bank to continue lending to businesses in subsectors of the economy important for domestic consumption and exports including food, manufacturing, telecommunications and construction. Read more
DSS shuts school, sacks 140 teachers over request for better welfare
For demanding better conditions of service and regularisation of their appointment, the Department of State Services has sacked 140 teachers and other staff members of its Community Staff Schools, Asokoro, Abuja. The service also shut down the institution and directed the 1,800 pupils in the nursery/primary and secondary classes to stay at home for two weeks. Read more
How two Nigerian-Americans broke records in US election
Two Nigerian-Americans, Esther Agbaje, and Oye Owolewa, emerged victorious in the 2020 US election, breaking two records. While Agbaje won a legislative seat in Minnesota House of Representatives, Owolewa was elected into the US House of Representatives. Agbaje set the record for being the first Nigerian-American in the Minnesota legislature. Read more
Social
Eastern Nigeria International Film Festival 2020 goes live today!
Over 40 films are set to screen at the inaugural edition of the Eastern Nigeria International Film Festival holding virtually scheduled to kickstart today, November 4, 2020 and end November 7, 2020. Originally set to hold in the heart of Enugu, the Covid-19 pandemic has forced a virtual screening which has become the new norm for film festivals in 2020. Read more
Access Bank backs Kunle Afolayan’s ‘Citation’, seeks to address issues of sexual and gender-based violence in Nigeria
As part of its efforts to address Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in Nigeria, one of Nigeria’s leading financial institution, Access Bank PLC has partnered with award-winning film producer and director, Kunle Afolayan, on his new movie ‘Citation’. Read more
Khloe Kardashian's ex-husband Lamar Odom's engagement to Sabrina Parr called off
Khloe Kardashian's ex-husband, Lamar Odom's engagement to Sabrina Parr has been called off. Parr broke the news via her Instagram page on Wednesday, November 4, 2020. Read more
BBNaija's Dorathy gets Mercedes Benz car gift worth N11M for birthday
Dorathy Bachor, a former housemate of Nigeria's most-watched reality TV show, Big Brother Naija has received a Mercedes Benz car gift to mark her birthday. The reality TV star was gifted the car by her fans who joined her to celebrate her birthday. Read more
AGS Quote of the day
“Your own power along with your Control Thought can guide you to control your ego.” - Roy F. Messier
About AGS Tribe
The AGS Tribe is a Pan African community built to inspire, connect and build the capacity of young entrepreneurs and professionals. The main purpose of the AGS Tribe is to build a community of strong leaders (Entrepreneurs or Professionals) who will create more job opportunities that will ultimately reduce unemployment in Africa.
The Platform has 3 focus areas which are:
Promoting youth entrepreneurship as a tool to reduce youth unemployment and promote economic growth
Women Empowerment through our AGS Impact Fund and AGS Enterprise Challenge
Capacity building for entrepreneurs and nonprofits
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