Canadian singer The Weeknd on Sunday won the video of the year award, the top prize at the MTV Video Music Awards.
The Weeknd won for “Blinding Lights”, which was also chosen as best R&B single in the fan-voted show.
Source: Reuters
R. Kelly has allegedly been attacked by another inmate inside Chicago prison.
According to TMZ, the incident recently went down inside the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago, where he is being held after pleading not guilty to dozens of state and federal sex crime charges in Illinois, Minnesota, and New York.
The news site reports that the 53-year-old was sitting on his bed when another inmate walked in his cell and started punching him.
Federal law enforcement sources told TMZ that the inmate attacked R.Kelly because he was angry about the detention facility being placed on lockdown on different occasions due to the singer’s protesters outside the jail.
After the alleged attack, R. Kelly was examined by a doctor, who determined the singer was okay as he didn’t suffer any broken bones or serious injuries.
source: https://talkofnaija.com/disgraced-singer-r-kelly-allegedly-attacked-by-another-inmate-inside-chicago-prison/
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Access Bank PLC is set to release loans through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) credit support scheme to ramp up the capacity of Nigeria’s pharmaceutical and healthcare industries as the country continues to tackle the evolving crisis of the Coronavirus pandemic.
The bank is reaffirming a long-held and proven stance on fostering sustainable development across the country.
The loan scheme is part of a six-point palliative by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), of which Access Bank is a participating financial institute (PFI). It was developed to provide funding to indigenous pharmaceutical companies and other organizations in the healthcare value chain, enabling them to increase capacity to meet the increasing demand for healthcare arising from the pandemic.
Earlier in the month, Access Bank’s Group Managing Director, Herbert Wigwe, had reassured the public of the bank’s commitment to do everything in its power to address the needs of the Nation in these uncertain times.
“It has become clear to all and sundry that Nigeria’s healthcare sector is in dire need of revitalization and Access Bank, under the auspices of the Central Bank of Nigeria, will be investing heavily in this sector in the coming months.
“We would be looking to grow Nigeria’s capacity to not only manufacture drugs and other medical supplies locally but also encourage entrepreneurs to take advantage of the opportunities that lie within the sector,” Wigwe said.
Nigeria’s healthcare product manufacturers, including pharmaceutical drugs and medical equipment; healthcare service providers/medical facilities – hospitals/clinics, diagnostic centres, laboratories, fitness and wellness centres, rehabilitation centres, dialysis centres, blood banks, et cetera, are eligible to access loans to enhance local drug manufacturing, increased bed count in hospitals across the country, funding of intensive care units as well as training, laboratory testing, equipment, and Research & Development.
The loan’s Interest rate is set at a maximum of 5.0% per annum (all-inclusive) up to 28th February 2021, making it more accessible to a larger percentage of the sector. Thereafter (from 1st March 2021), interest on the facility shall revert to 9% per annum (all-inclusive).
Access Bank PLC is set to release loans through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) credit support scheme to ramp up the capacity of Nigeria’s pharmaceutical and healthcare industries as the country continues to tackle the evolving crisis of the Coronavirus pandemic.
The bank is reaffirming a long-held and proven stance on fostering sustainable development across the country.
The loan scheme is part of a six-point palliative by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), of which Access Bank is a participating financial institute (PFI). It was developed to provide funding to indigenous pharmaceutical companies and other organizations in the healthcare value chain, enabling them to increase capacity to meet the increasing demand for healthcare arising from the pandemic.
Leveraging high capital requirements, trade restriction policies, non-citizen identity cards among other measures, the Ghanaian Government has again revived some of its extant rules to evict Nigerian businesses.
While Nigerian businessmen have been struggling to maintain cordial relationship with the Ghanaian local authorities over claims of eroding their markets, the border closure by the Federal Government, one year after, is believed to have infuriated neighbouring countries that had earlier served notice of eviction to Nigerians operating in their environment.
The President, Nigeria Union of Traders Association, Ghana (NUTAG), Chukwuemeka Nnaji, had earlier told The Guardian that despite the provisions of the ECOWAS protocols, Ghana’s use of its GIPC Act 865, Section 27 (1a) of 2013, flouts the provisions on rules of engagement.
He noted that while Ghana continues to enjoy the privileges conferred on ECOWAS citizens in the region, the government and its people continue to prohibit other citizens from doing the same in Ghana.
Recently, Nnaji decried Ghanaian authorities’ closure of shops owned by Nigerians doing business in the country.
He said that shops belonging to Nigerian traders in Accra were locked up by the Ghanaian authorities, who demanded cash payment of $1 million from them before the shops would be opened.
According to him, an inter-ministerial task force went around on August 10, to identify shops owned by Nigerian traders, and requested registration of business taxes, resident permit, standard control, and Ghana Investment Promotion Council (GIPC) registration.
“Most of our members do not have the GIPC registration, because it requires $1 million cash or equity, and they gave us 14 days within which to regularise.
“As of Thursday, they had moved to another area, and started locking up shops of Nigerian traders.
“Nigerian life in Ghana matters. This is the livelihood of Nigerians being destroyed by Ghanaian Authorities. This is not being perpetrated by a trade union, but Ghanaian authorities.
“They demanded that we must employ a minimum of 25 skilled Ghanaian workers, and must not trade in commodities that Ghanaian traders have applied to trade in,” Nnaji said.
But in an interview with Starr News, a Ghanaian publication, Head of Communications in the country’s Trade Ministry, Boakye Boateng, said it would be unfair of the Nigerian traders to complain of insensitivity.
He said the traders, who have been served notice for over a year, were pardoned in December, following the intervention of President Nana Akufo-Addo.
“It cannot be that we’ve been insensitive. If that is what they’re saying, I’ll be disappointed because I’ll rather say they have rather been unfair to us as a regulatory body, because we have given them more than enough time to the extent even the Ghanaians thought that the Ministry was not on their side or the Ministry wasn’t ready to even enforce law.
“So, it’s very surprising to me for them to say that we’ve not given them enough time. If you recall as far back as December last year, these shops were locked, the President intervened, and we asked that the shops be re-opened because the very law that gives GUTA the right to be the sole traders in our market, that same law requires that a certain group of people are those who can go and do law enforcement and not you, so allow us to do our work.
“They complied, the shops were opened. Since then we have given them an opportunity to regularise the document and submit it to us for verification, and that has not been done. Now, this exercise started from Abossey-Okai on Monday. Because we have never been to Abossey-Okai for this exercise, when we went there we did not just start locking shops. We went there, we inspected the shops and we gave them notice that in 14-days they should ensure that all their necessary documentation is complete. These people have served notices for over a year now.”
Representing the Ghana High Commission, Sintim Barimah Asare, at a recent forum, appealed for calm and understanding among operators, adding that his country remained committed to the ECOWAS treaty.
Noting that the Ghanaian Government seeks to protect its petty traders from undue competition, Asare said the GIPC law is for medium and large enterprises and not for micro businesses.
Representative of the Nigeria-Ghana Business Council, Ms Abiola Ogunbiyi, sought for understanding of the provisions of the ECOWAS treaty, adding that while provisions of the regional integration treaty presuppose that things are working, the reality is different.
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Leveraging high capital requirements, trade restriction policies, non-citizen identity cards among other measures, the Ghanaian Government has again revived some of its extant rules to evict Nigerian businesses.
While Nigerian businessmen have been struggling to maintain cordial relationship with the Ghanaian local authorities over claims of eroding their markets, the border closure by the Federal Government, one year after, is believed to have infuriated neighbouring countries that had earlier served notice of eviction to Nigerians operating in their environment.
The President, Nigeria Union of Traders Association, Ghana (NUTAG), Chukwuemeka Nnaji, had earlier told The Guardian that despite the provisions of the ECOWAS protocols, Ghana’s use of its GIPC Act 865, Section 27 (1a) of 2013, flouts the provisions on rules of engagement.
He noted that while Ghana continues to enjoy the privileges conferred on ECOWAS citizens in the region, the government and its people continue to prohibit other citizens from doing the same in Ghana.
