* …Singer Signs New Deal With Management Company Primed to chart a new direction for his career, Gongo Aso crooner, Abolore Akande, popularly known as 9ice, has joined the likes of Mavins Records and Iyanya by signing a deal with Temple Management Company. The deal was consummated on Thursday, February 16, 2017 at the corporate office of the ... Read More »
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KWSG earmarks N2.5b for SME
Kwara State Government has earmarked a total sum of N2.5b for small and medium scale enterprises agency scheme to support groups, associations, clubs and cooperative societies. The state governor, Dr Ahmed who disclosed this at Government House, Ilorin during a visit by members of Joint Tricycle Association of Kwara State (JOTAKWAS), said his administration’s initial capital of N250million for the Small ... Read More »
SHINA PETERS, FLAVOUR THRILL GUESTS AS NIGERIAN BREWERIES REWARDS TRADE PARTNERS
It was a night of music and glamour last Friday as two Afro music crooners, Sir Shina Peters and Flavour thrilled guests inside the Zinnia Hall of Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos when brewing giant, Nigerian Breweries Plc rewarded its distributors and trade partners spread across the country. The musicians rendered their popular hit tracks while the excited audience ... Read More »
CODELAGOS: LAGOS TO SET UP 500 TRAINING CENTRES
…Partners With Private Sector The Lagos State Government on Tuesday revealed plans to set up 500 Coding Centres in public and private schools across the State ahead of the launch of the CodeLagos Initiative in April, 2017. The CodeLagos project is an initiative of the State Government targeted at equipping at least one million Lagosians with the ... Read More »
SOUTHWEST GOVERNORS RESOLVE TO COLLABORATE ON SECURITY
SOUTHWEST GOVERNORS RESOLVE TO COLLABORATE ON SECURITY …Adopts Uniform Educational Curriculum, Agric Partnership …As Ambode, Fayose, Ajimobi, Aregbesola, Mimiko Meet In Ekiti Southwest Governors on Monday resolved to work together to address the security challenges confronting the region and foster economic growth and well-being of the people. The Governors, in a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting of ... Read More »
Kwara Denies Sacking Teachers
The Kwara State government has refuted a report by an online medium, ‘The Point, that 700 teachers that were recruited into the State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) in 2014 without approval have been laid off. The state government through a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Communications, Dr. Muideen Akorede, described the report ... Read More »
FASHOLA INSPECTS WORK ON KADUNA-ABUJA HIGHWAY, CALLS FOR CAREFUL DRIVING TO AVOID ACCIDENTS
ABUJA AIRPORT RUNWAY REPAIRS: Says FG is on track to fix the road and make it safe, motorable Ahead of the planned reconstruction and repair of the Abuja Airport runway which would lead to a diversion of air traffic and passengers from Abuja to Kaduna, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, at the weekend inspected progress of ... Read More »
NIGERIAN BREWERIES REWARDS TRADE PARTNERS, PROMISES AN EXCITING YEAR AHEAD
NIGERIAN BREWERIES REWARDS TRADE PARTNERS, PROMISES AN EXCITING YEAR AHEAD After a fulfilling and rewarding business relationship in 2016, brewing giant, Nigerian Breweries Plc last Friday in Lagos, rewarded its distributors and trade partners spread across the country. The award ceremony which took place at Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos was in honour of distributors and key transporters ... Read More »
SPEAK UP AGAINST FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION, AMBODE’S WIFE CHARGES WOMEN GROUPS
Wife of the Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode on Monday called on mothers, women groups and high-powered government organizations, to step up advocacy towards total eradication of female genital mutilation. She made the call in Alausa, Ikeja, while interacting with journalists on the occasion of the 2017 International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). ... Read More »
AMBODE RECEIVES CERTIFICATE ADMITTING LAGOS INTO WORLD’S 100 RESILIENT CITIES
AMBODE RECEIVES CERTIFICATE ADMITTING LAGOS INTO WORLD’S 100 RESILIENT CITIES …Reveals Plans To Construct Rail Line Linking Ikoyi To Lekki Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday received the Certificate of Admission of the State as one of the 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) in the world pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation, saying that it was a starting point and ... Read More »