…2500 more set to benefit as UK-based health mission arrives the state. Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has disclosed that over 1.5million people have so far benefited from the administration’s free health programmes across the state from 2012 till date. The governor disclosed this during a visit by a delegation from UK-based Jesus House Mission; officials of the Access ... Read More »
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Ekiti State University gets Visitation Panel
As part of efforts to reposition tertiary education in Ekiti State, the State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has set up a Visitation Panel for Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti. The setting up of the 11-man visitation panel was contained in an Executive Order 003, signed by the Governor on Monday, October 29th, 2018. The Ekiti State University Ado- Ekiti Law, 2011 ... Read More »
“NATION BUILDING AND INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LESS “NATION BUILDING AND INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LESSONS FOR NIGERIA FROM THE ISLAND CLUB AT 75,” BEING THE TEXT OF THE ADDRESS DELIVERED BY HIS EXCELLENCY, PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI, GCFR ON THE OCCASION OF THE SEVENTY- FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ISLAND CLUB, LAGOS
My chairman of the great Island Club, members of the management committee, worthy members of the club, eminent Nigerians, distinguished ladies and gentlemen. Permit me to open my speech with words of congratulations and felicitations to the Island Club, her leadership team, comprised of the management committee and her body of members; on this occasion of the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of ... Read More »
NETSummit Partners Andela, Dragnet, WorkForce Others… Pledges Decline in Unemployment
As the nation continues to turn out more unemployed graduates annually, the National Employment Transformation Initiative has rekindled the hope of Nigerian youth as it has pledged massive decline in unemployment in its forth coming Summit through training, skill acquisition, and Partnerships. According to the Convener, Engr. Seun Shogbamu, the NETSummit formerly known as National Career Fair which is scheduled ... Read More »
P+ Measurement Services host AMEC Measurement Month in Nigeria.
October 2018. Lagos. Nigeria – Independent PR measurement and evaluation agency in Nigeria, P+ Measurement Services will be hosting the AMEC’s measurement month, an annual educational programme aimed at up skilling communications and measurement practitioners while showcasing global best practice. P+ Measurement Services will be joining other Africa countries to host the event simultaneously. The AMEC’s measurement month, will ... Read More »
Lagos ex-Speaker Joko Pelumi, 49 others arrested over death of policeman
The Police say they have arrested a former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Joko Pelumi, and 49 others over alleged attack and killing of a Police officer attached to the anti-cultism unit. Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Imohimi Edgal, told newsmen in Ikeja that the ex-Speaker, along with others, allegedly attacked and killed Akingboju Akindele, ... Read More »
Buhari tells Canada Gov General free and fair election is my priority
Ahead of the 2019 general elections, President Muhammadu Buhari again on Monday said his emphasis at all times was for free and fair elections. “I emphasise free and fair elections at all times,” presidential spokesman, Mr. Femi Adesina, in a statement quoted the President as saying while receiving the Governor-General of Canada, Julie Payette, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Buhari ... Read More »
PICTURES: GOV. AMBODE SWEARS IN FIVE NEW PERMANENT SECRETARIES AT LAGOS HOUSE, ALAUSA, IKEJA ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2018
Newly appointed Permanent Secretaries – Mr. Ganiyu Rufai (Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Cooperatives); Dr. Yusuph Jimoh (Special Duties & Inter-Governmental Relations); Mrs. Abiola Akinsiku (Lagos State Primary Healthcare Board); Mr. Samson Ajibade (Public Service Office) and Dr. (Mrs) Olufemi Taiwo (Ministry of Health), taking their Oath of Office, presided over by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, at the Lagos House, Alausa, ... Read More »
AMBODE SWEARS IN FIVE NEW PERM SECS, CHARGES THEM TO PRIORITIZE EFFICIENT SERVICE DELIVERY
…Says Machinery Of Governance Must Roll Faster Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday swore-in five new Permanent Secretaries into the State Civil Service, with a charge on them to place high premium on efficient service delivery and work to make the machinery of governance to roll faster in the overall interest of the people. Speaking ... Read More »
Remembering Rashidi Yekini, By Segun Odegbami
On October 23, this week, he would have been 55 years old. Some six years ago, ‘Gangling’ was ‘murdered’ by careless family members. The circumstances of the untimely death, on 5th of May 2012, of legendary Nigerian football star, Rashidi Yekini, remain a mystery leaving a lingering sour taste in the mouth. The story of that day, still shrouded in uncertainty, ... Read More »