West African Student’s Union (WASU) has commended the aggressive employment generation drive of the Aliko Dangote led companies, urging other wealthy West African leaders to invest in industries that will rid the region of high unemployment rate. President of WASU, Comrade Romans Pillah in a press briefing, held in Abuja on Thursday, described Aliko Dangote…
Last weekend witnessed the first eviction of two contestants, Dotun Deloye and Faith Mark, from Season Six of the popular music talent show, Nigerian Idol, as others performed on the stage to impress the judges, Obi Asika, Seyi Shay and Dj Sose as well as fans at home. The show continues till the grand finale…
The Lagos state government has revealed that property at Osborne Foreshore Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos, for the relocation of Igbosere High Court, will be ready by end of May 2021. This was disclosed by the state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice Moyosore Onigbanjo, SAN at the Ministry’s Ministerial Press Briefing tagged ‘Our journey between April 2020…
Lagos State Government, through the Ministry of Health and in partnership with a non-governmental Organisation, Evidence Action, on Tuesday, commenced mass deworming for the treatment and prevention of Soil-Transmitted Helminths (STH) in 10 Local Government Areas of the State. Speaking during the official flag-off of the exercise held at St. Peters Anglican Primary School, Alausa,…
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.…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…