“It is to deepen our commitment to healthcare”, he says Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Monday swore in Dr. Ahmed Balogun as the new Permanent Secretary in the State’s Health Service Commission saying the appointment was aimed at deepening the commitment of his administration to healthcare in the State. Dr. Balogun, who was until his appointment the Medical ... Read More »
Traders at Iponri Market in Lagos mainland, South-West Nigeria, are counting their losses, which runs into many millions of naira. The market was reopened around noon today after being closed down for nine days on the orders of Mrs. Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, daughter of National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The traders’ ordeal started on Saturday, ... Read More »
Delta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan could not hide his emotions as the reality of the death of Mrs. Ngozi Ebonka, wife of the first civilian Deputy Governor of the State, Evangelist Simeon Ebonka , dawned on him when he paid a condolence visit to the husband on Monday at their Boji-Boji Owa home. The late Mrs. Ebonka who passed ... Read More »
Kwara State Governor Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed will be the Guest Speaker at the Arewa Consultative Forum(ACF) Public Lecture in holding in Kaduna on Tuesday. The lecture which is titled Northern Nigeria Economy Free of Oil Revenues, will explore the linkages between oil revenues and development prospects of Nigeria. Governor Ahmed will also explore the prospects of decoupling the Nigerian economy ... Read More »
The sun shone again on the career of Nigeria’s globally acclaimed actor Chiwetel Ejiofor as he won the best actor award at the 2014 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards yesterday in London. Ejiofor, who won the big honour on account of his superlative acting in ‘12 Years a Slave’, the film that captured 19th-century American slavery, ... Read More »
Four persons including a UNION BANK Manager, Danasabe Ibrahim are now singing like birds with the EFCC on a forex deal totaling about #2.05 billion. Recently they were arraigned at a Lagos High Court in Ikeja before justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo. Ibrahim and 3 others are facing a 3-count charge of conspiracy to defraud, unauthorized modification of computer data. The accused ... Read More »
Chinedu, son of Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, at the weekend escaped a gun attack that claimed the life of one of his aides, John Ndubuka. However, the state government has attributed the attack, which happened in Umuahia as Chinedu was said to be on his way out of the venue of a grand civic reception held for his ... Read More »
The GE Africa-USADF Power Africa Off-Grid Energy Challenge is beginning to yield dividends as one of the winners of the inaugural contest; Green Village Electricity Project (GVE-P) recently completed the pilot phase of its off-grid community electrification project in Egbeke community in Rivers State. The project currently produces about 6 KW of solar powered electricity, which it distributes to over ... Read More »
he precarious state of the country’s security was yet again underscored when, last Sunday, February 9, one of our country’s sports icons, ex-international football star, my friend ‘the Mathematical’ Segun Odegbami, was shot at by suspected armed robbers on the Abeokuta-Lagos dual carriageway. That he escaped the barrage of shots from close range is a ‘miracle’. It was a deadly ... Read More »
Mavin Records artiste, Tiwa Savage, has been quizzed by the police for allegedly humiliating a policeman who apprehended her for violating some provisions of the Lagos state traffic laws. Savage often referred to as Mavin First Lady, was said to have engaged a policeman who flagged her down for flouting traffic rules in front of Eko Hotels and Suites Victoria ... Read More »
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