Month: May 2021

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IITA, Premier Agribusiness Academy sign MoU for Capacity Building, Food Security in Nigeria

Premier Agribusiness Academy (PAA), Nigeria’s leading centre for learning and transferring innovative competencies required for sustainable investment in all allied industries of the agri-sector has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Africa’s leading agricultural research institute, The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) for the purpose of private sector and farmer capacity building. Mr.…

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Governor Abiodun Suspends Aide Arrested in US over Alleged Internet Fraud

The Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has ordered the immediate suspension of his Senior Special Assistant on Special Duties, Abidemi Rufai, who was arrested in the United States for alleged involvement in over $350,000 unemployment fraud during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown. Abidemi Rufai, 42 was arrested at the JFK Airport in New York on…

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Sanwo-Olu Approves 100 Hectares for Lagos Film City Project

The Lagos State Government said it is developing 100 hectares in Ejirin community in Epe division for the establishment of a Film City proposed by the administration of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to boost the Creative and Entertainment industry. Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs. Uzamat Akinbile-Yussuf, who disclosed the development, said the Film City,…

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Dangote Cement Restates Commitment to Closing Demand-Supply Gap

Following the surge in demand for cement products in the country, Dangote Cement Plc has restated commitment in meeting the demand gap in order to ensure the availability of Cement products in all nooks and crannies of Nigeria and beyond. Speaking to the media yesterday in Lagos, Dangote Cement’s newly appointed Group Chief Sales and…

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COVID-19: Governor Fayemi Inaugurates State CARES Steering Committee

The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Monday inaugurated a nine-man committee to give policy direction to the implementation of the State Covid-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (CARES) programme designed to support livelihood of the poor and vulnerable households in the State. The State CARES is a jointly developed World Bank-supported programme…

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Our Politics Is Divisive, Needs Major Surgery – APC Chieftain

A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress APC, in Rivers State, Prince Tonye Princewill has blamed lack of a clear cut implementable political ideology across party lines as the cause of the absence of developmental politics in the country, adding that Nigeria’s politics has been divisive and needs a major surgery. Mr. Tonye who made…

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Nigerians are Starving, Dying, Address Food Insecurity Now – PDP Tells Buhari

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government to end their insensitivity and take urgent steps to address the worsened food insecurity and the attendant hunger and starvation across the nation. The PDP, in a statement by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan said the worsened…

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Because Amaechi Is Involved: Love Him or Hate Him

By Obiaruko Christie Ndukwe Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has become a household name across every region. Rising from a child prodigy to the man with the magic touch in everything he lays his hands to do. Amaechi’s heart goes in even before the whistle is blown, from a powerful youthful Speaker to Governor and Minister of…

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Lagos Dislodges Squatters Under Iganmu Bridge

Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Taskforce) has dislodged squatters, removed shanties and evacuated the abandoned vehicles under Iganmu Bridge after expiration of the three-day notice served on the illegal occupiers of the area on Monday. The Chairman of the Task Force, CSP Shola Jejeloye, speaking after the exercise on Thursday, disclosed that the…

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World Facility Management Day: Facility Managers Call for Synergy Towards An Excellent Built Environment

As professionals in the Nigerian built environment converged in Lagos to mark this year’s ‘World Facility Management Day’, facility managers and other stakeholders have called for synergy among players in the sector towards achieving an excellent built environment. As professionals in the built environment continue to change the narratives towards sustainable progress in strategic collaboration…

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