Are you a dreamer who can’t wait for your big break? Or are you struggling with bankable ideas? Here’s one that might work: CONCIERGE ECONOMY | Unlike the US, Nigeria is not a DIY economy. We do not work with our hands. pic.twitter.com/jeBjIrMNao — Subomi (@subomiplumptre) July 21, 2017 Urban professionals have more money than... Read More

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artisans, business opportunities, investment opportunities, money, nigeria, The Thread

January 31, 2017

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[The Presidential Blog] The Social Investment Programmes continue with GEEP

After it’s Homegrown School Feeding Programme and the NGN 5000 monthly being paid to poor Nigerians, the Federal Government has kicked off another one of its Social Investment Programmes (SIPs), the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP). GEEP aims to provide soft interest-loans targeted at micro-enterprises run by traders, artisans, market sellers, entrepreneurs, and farmers... Read More

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artisans, FG, Laolu Akande, nigeria, sip, the Presidential Blog

December 17, 2016

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Ololade Ajekigbe: Six sets of people who need to repent in 2017

by Ololade Ajekigbe To say the year 2016 has been a tough one for the average Nigerian would be a gross understatement. This year has been nothing short of brutal, and anyone who still enjoys good health and can afford at least 2 quality meals a day should be thankful that they have made it... Read More

Opinion

2016 review, artisans, Change, Internet Trolls, Solomon Dalung and the entire NFF, The Nigerian Government, Yoruba Demons

October 22, 2016

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Pius Adesanmi: Oga it is good like this now

by Pius Adesanmi The vocational and artisanal sphere is usually a good measure of a people’s level of civilization for it is in the said sphere that the bulk of the transactions which make up the practice of everyday life (apologies to Michel de Certeau) for the people occurs. What a people tolerate and accept,... Read More

artisans, excellence, mediocrity, nigeria, Pius Adesanmi

October 3, 2016

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Opinion: Let me tell you about Aunty Kola, the tailor

by Vera Ezimora I met Aunty Kola through my mommy. She’s a sweet, soft-spoken, and very respectful Yoruba woman. Kola is not her real name. Aunty Kola was my mommy’s tailor. And by virtue of that, she also became my tailor and my grandma’s tailor. Aunty Kola was pretty good at sewing my mom’s and... Read More

artisans, entrepreneurs, fashion, Sewing, tailors

April 20, 2016

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Boko Haram recruiting young entrepreneurs, artisans by ‘providing loans’

The Defence Headquarters has revealed that Boko Haram insurgents now recruit new members by ‘providing loans to young entrepreneurs and artisans’. Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar, Acting Director Defence Information, released a statement on Wednesday, stating that: “In this clandestine dispensation, Boko Haram terrorists have resorted to providing loans to young entrepreneurs and artisans in the... Read More

Featured, The News Blog

artisans, boko haram, loans

September 30, 2013

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Monsters: 8 artisans accused of raping teenager to death in Anambra

Miss Chekwube Mbaka was yesterday allegedly raped to death by eight artisans at Odume Obosi in Idemili North Council Area, Anambra State. A 20 year old male family friend suspected to be brain behind her abduction and rape with his friends is helping the Anambra Police Command in investigation as the police have already... Read More

Anambra State, artisans, Girl, nigeria, raped, teenager

The Thread: A money vacuum Nigerians can easily exploit

[The Presidential Blog] The Social Investment Programmes continue with GEEP

Ololade Ajekigbe: Six sets of people who need to repent in 2017

Pius Adesanmi: Oga it is good like this now

Opinion: Let me tell you about Aunty Kola, the tailor

Boko Haram recruiting young entrepreneurs, artisans by ‘providing loans’

Monsters: 8 artisans accused of raping teenager to death in Anambra

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