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Intafact earmarks N82 M on youths entrepreneurship

By John Ndu

Intafact Beverages Nigeria Limited makers of Hero Lager beer and Grand Malt a  has awarded a cheque for N 82 million to 40 Nigerian youths for various entrepreneurship skills.

The event which marks the closure of the Second Edition of the Hero’s KickStart programme took place in Onitsha, Anambra State.

The 40 awardees received their cheque ranging from N 3 Million, N2.5 Million, N1.5 million among others.

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company and the Traditional ruler of Onitsha, HRM Igwe, Nnaemeka Achebe said the essence of the programme was to empower every youth to be employers of labour, especially now there is economic crunch.

"The KickStart programme was created with the aim of developing a culture of business entrepreneurship in youth with the intention of growing their businesses into sustainable high impact enterprises. The programme targets youth between the ages 18-35 years. Winners of this year’s edition will receive non-collateral seed loan capital to fund their businesses to be presented at the event." Igwe Achebe said.

Igwe Achebe who commended the drastic growth of the programme said over N5000 people applied this year, against 1000 applications received in 2016.

"Out of 1000 people who applied last year, N50 million was earmarked for 24 successful applicants. This year, we added Benue, Delta and Edo states to the original five states in the South East."  Achebe added.

He however urged them to add more values to themselves and make judicious use of the fund.

The Regional Director of AB InBev Nigerian, Mr Godwin Oche disclosed that out of 5000 applicants, 130 people were selected for the final screening and they were subjected to one week training on financial management, commercial and managerial skills.

Mr Oche noted that the 40 successful applicants from the 130 people would be seriously monitored for the next 12  months.

Speaking on behalf of the judges, Mrs Ngozi Okoye revealed the modalities for selecting successful applicants which include their level of presentations, profitability as well as other modalities.

Earlier speaking, the State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano said the empowerment was in line with his administrative policy of empowering the youths.

The Governor recalled that his government had employed every graduate of physical challenged persons in the state and had offered free education to those in the special schools.

"We have offered free education to all the 5822 students in the 11 technical schools and maintained strong partnership with Innoson Motors and other companies where the students will always visit for their practicals ". Governor Obiano said.

"In addition to my employment policy, over 200,000 persons have been empowered through Caring Family Enhancement Initiative (CAFÉ) which some of them are indigent people." Obiano added.

One of the awardees, Mr Ezeobi Olisa Kingsley expressed elation, saying the company had empowered him for life.

Mr Olisa promised to make judicious use of the fund to create a living for him, and become employer of labour.

The highlight was presentation of the cheques. 
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When people believe an agitation for secession is an act of war then I begin to wonder if black race were cursed

Chuvin22:
thrice? this sounds like they beat barca twice in the last two meetings..

No mind am e follow for people wey no sabi watch na to dey come online de throw fake statistics

Propaganda

op which city is that? it looks like a South East Asian city

"Nothing turns on this" (Part 3)
__What do you do if you find out someone paid a bribe?

Let me tell you what I did... We lost a deal because some senior state government officials wanted almost $10m in bribes. They were quite clear that if we did not pay we would be thrown off the deal. I refused to pay! So we were thrown off the deal.

Soon they approached a big international competitor for exactly the same deal. It was announced with a lot of fanfare. I knew there was no way that deal could have been concluded without those bribes being paid. I put a team on it to collect evidence... It was a deep, deep dive! (I had all the information including the fancy corporate structures they had put in place to make it look legitimate.)

A few months later I went nuclear: There is a law in the United States called the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA". If you mention that to the directors of any major global corporation, people will start shaking, if they have been misbehaving! (The United Kingdom has a similar law called the British Anti-Bribery Act.)

I wrote a letter to the US Justice Department and offered my evidence, including details about the demands for the bribes, dates, times, and records. They took quite a while to get back to me, and when they did it was a short letter simply thanking me for the report. Then one day a friend who worked for this big international company called: "All hell has broken loose here! The US 'Feds' have apparently opened a full investigation on that issue!"

. . .Next week I'll share with you a few more highlights (and lowlights) on this matter. When it comes to stopping corruption: #Africa'sFutureTurnsOnThis!

If you are a civil servant or minister and you are fond of asking for bribes, particularly from international companies, let me warn you that laws are really being tightened globally. You and the company paying you bribes can end up being picked up by Interpol next time you are traveling somewhere! It happened to someone I know.

I know a few guys in hiding who cannot step outside their countries anymore because they are under FCPA investigation. The days of Swiss bank accounts and lavish spending abroad are coming to a close. All it needs is some "lowly" civil servant to pass on some key documents and you are finished, my friend.

Nothing harms our countries more than this kind of high-level corruption. It's not hard to do what I did. And let me tell you, people were very keen to pass on information to me. As a "whistleblower," you will be protected if you approach such organizations, but you must have real evidence and not be trying to settle your own scores, otherwise you will be the one in trouble.

#JoinTheFightToEndCorruption!

To be continued...

Image credit: I ran into TD Jakes in Ghana yesterday!

What are your opinions on this move by Facebook

Facebook has decided how to finally make money from WhatsApp: charge businesses that want to conduct customer support in the app.

Facebook has decided how to finally make money from WhatsApp: charge businesses that want to conduct customer support in the app.

WhatsApp's program for businesses will charge large companies that want to be verified and have access to a suite of automated tools for helping and responding to customers, the Facebook-owned app announced on Tuesday. A free standalone mobile app for small businesses will also offer similar features.

The tools and standalone app for businesses were both recently uncovered in WhatsApp's own documentation and app code. WhatsApp is testing its business program privately with a handful of businesses around the world and hasn't said when it will make the program more widely available. It also hasn't said how much it plans to charge businesses for access to its full suite of tools.

“WhatsApp has simplified communication for people around the world. Now, we want to apply this same approach to bringing businesses onto WhatsApp in ways that create value for people," WhatsApp chief operating officer Matt Idema said in a statement shared with Business Insider. "We're looking forward to making it possible for people to connect with businesses in a fast and personal way, and giving businesses the tools to make that easier to do.”

WhatsApp envisions letting businesses like airlines and banks field customer questions and provide updates for things like flight times, the company said in a blog post on Tuesday. A payments service is also in the works for WhatsApp, which could open the door for Facebook to charge businesses for conducting transactions.

Facebook spent $22 billion on acquiring WhatsApp in 2014. The app used to charge users a $1 per year subscription but dropped the fee in early 2016. WhatsApp cofounder Jan Koum has long been a staunch opponent of traditional advertising and has promised that the app will never show ads.

By choosing to charge businesses out of the gate, WhatsApp is taking a different approach to making money than Messenger, Facebook's other standalone messaging app. Messenger let businesses conduct customer support for free but never managed to monetize the approach. The app has recently started showing ads.
http://www.pulse.ng/bi/tech/tech-facebook-is-about-to-start-making-money-off-whatsapp-by-charging-businesses-fb-id7263608.html

wirinet:
Research your matter? hell no. A simple click of your history will reveal your tribal bigotry. If the thread is about Buhari "Hate speech" why use the example of a Yoruba boy. a tribe you hate so much. Why not use the Beheaded Igbo lady or the Murdered Igbo Pastor?

You make it sound like you sympathize with Yorubas over the tragedy, while your main aim is to make fun of the Yorubas for voting Buhari.

Seems like tribal bigotry has blinded you that you did not see the name and the link to the profile of the writer.
Any way, how you understand it is your fuccking business so nothing concern me.
Make I de waka de go

fk001:
This man is always on point



Biafra is a scam, some igbo's naturally hate themselves, they are greedy and selfish unlike their two major counterparts.


A northerner can give up his life for his brother to succeed.

fk001:
This man is always on point



Biafra is a scam, some igbo's naturally hate themselves, they are greedy and selfish unlike their two major counterparts.


A northerner can give up his life for his brother to succeed.

That is why the North is the most industrious and successful region in Nigeria.
That is why the North is the most peaceful region in Nigeria.
That is why the development in North can rival Dubai.
That is why South East is always at war because we hate each other.
That is why Boko Haram is based in the East because of our hatred
Abeg no make me laugh.

wirinet:
Yorubas should ask, What is the essence of this thread? Does IPOB now love Yorubas so much that they are still reeling from the pain of a Yoruba boy murdered by Hausa Fulani mob 7 years ago?
An Uche who said this;

a couple of years ago, is now crying over a Seun that was murdered in 2011.

It is cruel for someone to use someone else's tragedy to score cheap political points. There had been many of the OP's fellow brothers that had been murdered by Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen and even his own people (50 mystery bodies float on Anambra river

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/01/50-mystery-bodies-float-on-anambra-river/ ), the OP is oblivious of these, but is obsessed with a Yoruba boy murdered by "Buhari's supporters"

lol you even go do research on top my matter, good boy. the thread is about Buhari's hate speech not about Yoruba boy who was killed by Buhari supporters, the victims are from East, West, South and Middle Belt.
By the way I'm not the writer but someone who wants to help expose hypocritical nature of Buhari So shove your tribal comments down your ass

HATE SPEECH SERIES: SEUN DID NOT JUST DIE. SOMEONE'S HATE SPEECH KILLED HIM!

"Pray for me Uncle. They are coming for us at the police station and the policemen are running away. They are about setting the station on fire. Please pray for me."

These were the last words of Adewunmi Seun Paul, a graduate of political science and native of Imojo-Ekiti, Ekiti State. He was one the youth corps members killed in Bauchi on April 19, 2011. He was actually calling the then Venerable (Now Bishop) Samuel Ojo who was then Provost of African Church Cathedral, College Road, Ifako, Ogba, Lagos. That is where I worship.

Seun did not just die. He was killed. Gruesomely killed. Ironically, no one was put on trial for his death and those of others. They were: Teidi Tosin (Kogi), Adowei Elliot (Bayelsa), Okpokiri Obinna (Abia), Gbenjo Ayotunde (Osun), Ukeoma Chibuzor (Imo), Nwazema Chukwuonyerem (Imo), Adeniji Jehleel (Osun) and Akonyi Sule (Kogi).

Some of those who killed these lights of their families probably walk free on the streets of Bauchi today shouting "Sai Baba"; the same thing eye witnesses said they were shouting as they macheted Seun and his colleagues to a most painful death!

If today hate speech (or anything close to it) has become an offence, Seun and his colleagues were killed because someone lost an election he was never destined to win in the first place and resorted to hate speech!

Candidate Mohammadu Buhari of the now defunct CPC had worked his supporters to believe that he could only lose the election if it was rigged, they went on rampage and targeted NYSC members. It was in same Bauchi that he told his frenzied supporters:

"Let us get the Kafri out of Ask Rock."

Till tomorrow, Buhari never condemned the violence. In fact, he more or less goaded them on. Baboons were really soaked in blood as he said in his "love" (not hate) speech. Yet, hear same Buhari in 2017:

"Opposition does not mean hostility, enmity or antagonism. Democracy needs opposition, one which is vibrant but responsible."

As we continue this debate on hate speech, we need to know where we are coming from. Let those people, especially Yorubas, who could die for Buhari go and visit Seun's still agonising mother and pray:

"MAY YOUR FATE BEFALL US MA"

Then I will know they really love their man!

Note: Photos show a distraught Seun's mother (left) after the news of son's death was broken to her. Second picture is Seun in his NYSC kit.

— © Samuel Ajayi.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10154977674333100&id=715588099

Raydos:
All these igbos no dey get brain at all

You want people to like your comedy but look at the rubbish that you type. I wonder the kind of comedy you will be making with this your mentality

aolawale025:
The wife may have an attitude problem. And the side chick is homely.

You are right or she is "I'm not in the mood" kind

This is what happen when people have bite the finger that feeds them.
wetin them for solve with peaceful protest they decide to use violence now see the outcome.

I love Buhari, that man will indirectly help fast track the actualization of Biafra by his foolishness.
He is publicly supporting the independence of Palestine people from Israel while killing IPOB members for the same thing

Back from ban

No be today we try to avoid this mistake of a man and we succeeded each time until Tinubu came on board.

Proof

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