Nigerian farmers will have the opportunity to sell their fruit and vegetables directly to Shoprite customers on Saturday, 28 November, as part of the retailer’s ‘Meet the Farmer’ initiative. Shoprite Adeniran in Lagos will host a fresh produce supplier from 10:00am – 4:00pm. A large percentage of the fresh fruit and vegetables sold in Shoprite…
The Lagos State University College of Medicine (LASUCOM) is set to begin the conduct of COVID-19 test after receiving an approval from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). This was disclosed by the Acting Provost of the College, Prof. Abiodun Adewuya on Friday during the Induction Ceremony of the 15th Set of Medical Doctors/5th…
Pan Nigerian President of Igbo Extraction Coalition PANPIEC, the foremost group seeking for the actualization of Igbo Presidency had solidified its efforts to ensure that the Igbo Presidency project is not jettisoned with the defection of Governor Dave Umahi to the APC. PANPIEC had not officially reacted to the defection of Governor Dave Umahi from…
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has announced the dissolution of the joint ownership of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomosho, Oyo state and the College of Health Sciences, Osogbo Osun. Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, Executive Secretary, NUC, made the announcement at a news conference on the resolution of the lingering ownership crisis of the…
The speaker of the house of representative, Femi Gbajabiamila, has described the killing of an Abuja newspaper vendor at the Federal Secretariat in Abuja on Thursday by one of his security aides as a horrible incident. Gbajabiamila who said he is “personally distraught” over the killing of Mr Ifeanyichukwu Elechi, expressed his regret over the…
The Federal Government has stated that CNN deserves to be sanctioned over its report on the alleged shooting of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the Lekki toll gate on Tuesday, October 20, 2020. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed on Thursday, during a briefing on the aftermath of the protest, described the CNN…
The Lagos State Chief Coroner, Justice Mojisola Dada, has called for the identification of missing persons between October 19 and 27, 2020 at the Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH). This is coming weeks after the shooting of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki toll plaza in the state. It…
Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, yesterday said that he should be held responsible for the actions of the Amotekun corps in the state. The governor who made this statement during the inauguration of the Àmòtékún Corps in Oyo Town, asked the 1,500 corps members to exhibit the highest level of professionalism in the discharge…
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning Mrs. Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed had revealed that the country is currently saving an average of N45 Billion monthly in interest payments. This according to the minister is as a result of the implementation of Treasury Single Account (TSA) which she said has been immensely beneficial to the…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, has assured that the Green Chamber is determined to pass the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) within the next six months. Speaking on Tuesday when he played host to a delegation of the Oil Producers Trade Section (OPTS) under the Lagos State Chamber of Commerce and…