…”The focus of the present administration is more on a sustainable housing plan ”, he says …Minister says the targeted group for the National Housing Programme are “the vulnerable people, the working people” …Employment sustainability and driving industrialization also key priorities of the Programme Ahead of the Affordable Housing Summit which opens Monday in Abuja, the Minister of Power, Works ... Read More »
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POLICE BEGINS MANHUNT FOR IKORODU ATTACKERS …Six, Not Fifty People Killed, Says Lagos CP
The Lagos State Police Command has commenced aggressive manhunt for suspected militants who invaded Igbolomu and Ishawo areas of Ikorodu last Friday and unleashed mayhem on residents. The gunmen, who were alleged to be from the Niger Delta, were said to have come in through the waterways close to the communities and started shooting sporadically, a development which led to ... Read More »
For the Records!Otunba Gani Adams speech at Opu launch in italy
TEXT OF SPEECH DELIVERED BY OTUNBA (DR) GANI ADAMS AT THE LAUNCHING OF OODUA PROGRESSIVE UNION ITALY CHAPTER, HELD TODAY SATURDAY, 25TH OF JUNE 2016. I greet you all, great sons and daughters of Oduduwa, I celebrate with you, the arrival of a movement, the movement which is already felt in 70 countries , making your country the 71st chapter, ... Read More »
ALI BABA, GBENGA ADEYINKA, SHEYI ASHEKUN &Aisha Lawal FETES UNLEASH SEASON V
With the latest approval and acceptance of notable veterans in Comedy industry, King Ali Baba, Ace comedian Omo Oba Gbenga Adeyinka D 1st (GCFR), and Koffi ThaGuru with other entertainers cutting across the movies, music and dance industry like Sheyi Ashekun, Aisha Lawal, Hilary Jackson, Arewa, there is no gainsaying the obvious that the upward moving foremost grassroots talents exposition, ... Read More »
Coachless Super Eagles drawn against Algeria and Cameroon
Algeria, Nigeria and Cameroon — three of the five African qualifiers for the last World Cup — were drawn together Friday in a group from which only the winners go to the 2018 finals in Russia. Group B was completed by Zambia, shock winners of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, after a one-hour ceremony in Cairo. Each of the ... Read More »
Ekiti workers suspend strike …sign agreement with govt
Civil servants in Ekiti State on Friday suspended their four-week-old strike following the signing of an agreement with the state government. At a ceremony in Ado-Ekiti, the state government and the central labour unions agreed to a seven-point deal. On the government side were the Secretary to the Government, Dr Mrs Modupe Alade, the Head of Service, Dr Gbenga Faseluka ... Read More »
Aisha Buhari writes Fayose, spits fire
The Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari on Wednesday demanded a full retraction of a widely-circulated material distributed by Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose, in which he claimed to have uncovered how Mrs. Buhari was allegedly mentioned as having transferred funds to a convicted former U.S. lawmaker, Williams Jefferson. In a warning letter dispatched through her legal representatives, Mrs. Buhari ... Read More »
How Mastercard is Empowering Nigerian women through financial Literacy
Today the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) acknowledged the impact being made by the global organisation Mercy Corps and MasterCard, highlighting the role of the National eID (NeID) card in empowering those previously excluded from the formal financial system. Mercy Corps and MasterCard aim to register 18 000 young girls and women in ... Read More »
Donald Duke to chair Nigerian Beer symposium next week
Against the background of its commitment to increasing basic knowledge that will correct wrong perceptions about beer, Nigerian Breweries Plc is set to host the third Nigerian Beer Symposium in Lagos. The one-day symposium which comes up on Thursday, June 30, 2016 at Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos has as its theme: “Beer and Culture”. It will focus ... Read More »
AMBODE SEEKS PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIP ON GRADUATE INTERNSHIP SCHEME
…Commends Total’s Investment In Nigeria Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday called on members of the Organized Private Sector (OPS) to key into the graduate internship scheme of the State Government aimed at equipping fresh graduates with necessary skills to transform them into job creators rather than job seekers. Governor Ambode, who spoke at the Lagos House in ... Read More »