•Sanwo-Olu: “We’ve made the right decision given impacts recorded’ Fellows in the pioneer cohort of the Lateef Jakande Leadership Academy (LJLA) had an exciting departure on Wednesday, reminiscing about their journey in driving positive change in their communities through the one-year fellowship. The 29 fellows graduated from the leadership programme initiated by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to train and raise a ... Read More »
The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has commended the Federal Government for its decision to engage an external auditor to verify the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited’s (NNPC Limited) petrol subsidy claim. This move is seen as a vindication of the CNPP’s long-standing call for an independent forensic audit of NNPC Limited. According to a statement signed by its ... Read More »
Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, (NiDCOM), says partnership between Africans, home and in the Diaspora is key pathway to a formidable Continental development and advancement. Dabiri-Erewa stated this while receiving a delegation from US-Africa Chamber of Commerce in her Office in Abuja. Dabiri-Erewa believes that Africa can be better through intentional investments by Africans in the Diaspora. ... Read More »
The federal government has approved an upward review of statutory allocation of Universal Basic Education matching grants accessible by state governments for infrastructural projects to Three Billion Five Hundred and Fifty-Four Million Six Hundred and Forty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Eighty- Four Naira Forty-Six Kobo Only (N3,554,642,584.46). The Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, Dr. Hamid Bobboyi stated this ... Read More »
Have you read the story of the Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police, Waheed Ayilara, who just passed away at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital? If you haven’t, please try to read it and have your own share of the shock. The fact that this has just happened after the pathetic story of what Mr. Yusuph Olaniyonu, a veteran ... Read More »
Movers and shakers of the Nigerian movie industry are expected in Ilorin in November as Kwara State hosts the 16th edition of the Best of Nollywood awards in November. Receiving the hosting rights of the award on Wednesday in Ilorin, Governor Abdulrazaq said the event will hold at the iconic Sugar Factory Film Studio which he said had been built ... Read More »
The management of Dangote Cement, Gboko Plant has declared that its host communities are critical stakeholders in its business operations and, as such, their developmental needs are given high priority. Gboko Plant Director, Louis Raj, emphasised the company’s unwavering commitment to the infrastructural and socio-economic development of the host communities. He assured that every segment of the host communities would ... Read More »
•State inaugurates Technical Working Group on youth development The weeklong activities marking the 2024 International Day of Youth in Lagos State ended on Tuesday with a grand march past and parade organised by the Ministry of Youth and Social Development. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu attended the ceremony held at the Campos Mini Stadium on Lagos Island, where he reiterated his administration’s ... Read More »
Arrest 20 Suspects around Enugu, Abakaliki, and Ebonyi Axis In a decisive move to give a boost to the Federal government policy on ease of doing business and to tackle economic sabotage and illegal taxation, the Nigeria Police Force has arrested several suspects involved in unauthorized revenue collection and multiple taxation along the Enugu, Abakaliki, and Ebonyi axis. The arrests ... Read More »
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) is pleased to announce that Hon. Lanre Laoshe, a former beneficiary of the Federal Government Student Loan Scheme, has graciously repaid his N1,200 student loan, received between 1976 and 1979, with the sum of N3,189,217.00. Hon. Laoshe, a distinguished former member of the House of Representatives and a former Deputy Whip, who benefited from ... Read More »
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