ELEVATING TO THE NEXT LEVEL Again this year, I attended the GTBank Fashion Weekend. It was a place to be and be seen in Lagos, especially as Nigeria has a dearth of places you can go to with your family to have a relaxing time. It was also open to all people across the socio-economic spectrum, which was good. My ... Read More »
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National Career Fair Moves to provide 6000 Instant Jobs Nationwide
Nigeria’s biggest annual symposium on career information, business development, employment and economic opportunities for students, young professionals and SMEs in Nigeria, National Career Fair, NCF, has moved to provide 6000 fresh jobs for unemployed graduates nationwide. The annual event which is back for its 6th edition is designed to reduce the growing unemployment rate in Nigeria and respond to ... Read More »
APAPA GRIDLOCK: LAGOS RECONSTITUTES JOINT SECURITY TASK FORCE TO ENSURE SANITY
…Orders Police, Other Security Agencies To Strictly Enforce Traffic Law, Okada Ban …Restates Ban On Industrial Fireworks, Assures Residents Of Peaceful Yuletide Celebration The Lagos State Government has reconstituted the Joint Security Task Force established to tackle Apapa gridlock and other security threats within the axis brought about by the blockade of major roads in the area by tankers and ... Read More »
Finance Minister, Foreign Investor Hold Talks on Cotton Textile Industry
Dutch textile and design company, Vlisco Group on Tuesday held a high-level discussion with the Honourable Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, over its proposed investment in the Nigerian cotton textile industry. The Chief Executive Officer of Vlisco Group, Mr. David Suddens, who led the group’s delegation to the meeting with Minister, said the investment would boost growth and jobs ... Read More »
AMBODE SWEARS-IN ADESOYE AS 20TH HEAD OF SERVICE
… Says State Has Laid Foundation For Proactive, Innovative Public Service Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday swore-in Mrs. Folasade Adesoye as the 20th Head of Service of the State, with a charge on her to hit the ground running and work assiduously to bring out the best in all the civil servants in the State for the ... Read More »
FORCED EVICTION REPORT: AMNESTY’S CLAIMS INACCURATE, EXAGGERATED – LASG
…Says Government Committed To Security, Welfare Of General Public The Lagos State Government acknowledges Amnesty International’s (UK) latest report but would like to reject same for its apparent bias, inaccuracies and exaggerations. The government therefore clarifies as follows: 1. The main area of focus in the report – Ilado (which visitors to the State often refer to as Otodo ... Read More »
Gov Ahmed Wins LEAD Man of the Year Award
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has emerged the LEAD Project Africa ‘Man of the Year’ for 2017. Governor Ahmed beat Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Governors Willie Obiano of Anambra State and Akinwumi Ambode of Lagos State to emerge winner in the category at the 9th edition of the annual award and lecture series The State Commissioner for Information and ... Read More »
ERNEST-EZE BECOMES FIRST DOUBLE WINNER OF COWBELLPEDIA MATHEMATICS COMPETITION
…As Abuja, Rivers shine in the finals Munachi Ernest-Eze has launched himself into the Hall of Fame of the Cowbellpedia Secondary Schools Mathematics Television Quiz Show by becoming the first winner of both Junior and Senior categories. Two years after he won the Junior category, Ernest-Eze, now 16years old and an SS2 student of Loyola Jesuit ... Read More »
Niran Adedokun profiles Lola, Fani Kayode, Amaka Igwe, Mildre Okwo, others in new book
Lola Fani Kayode, writer of Mirror in the Sun, the popular soap opera, which grabbed the attention of Nigerians in the late 1990s and the late Amaka Igwe, late movie producer and director, lead the pack of 17 women whose profile are contained in ‘Ladies Calling the Shots’, a book on female film directors in Nigeria. The book is ... Read More »
THE UNTOLD STORY OF 2017 COWBELLPEDIA FINALISTS
THE UNTOLD STORY OF 2017 COWBELLPEDIA FINALISTS The intellectual contest for the 2017 Mathematics Champion will be concluded this weekend as 12 finalists go for the titles in the final contest of the Cowbellpedia Secondary School Mathematics Television Quiz Show, sponsored by Cowbell, the flagship brand from Promasidor Nigeria Limited. The finalists – six each in the Junior ... Read More »