President/Chief Executive of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote has received the highest civilian honour in Cameroon – the Commander of the National Order of Valour – from the President of the Republic, Paul Biya. According to President Paul Biya, the landmark honour was conferred on Dangote in recognition of his efforts in infrastructural development of Cameroon and Africa through his ... Read More »
It is common in our clime for praise singers and vuvuzela blowers to be at their best performances, increasing the tempo of their art to crescendo on a day like this for Governors, Presidents and people of high political positions. One can’t blame them. It is their way of validation. The dramatis personae often times are not confused even though ... Read More »
Kwara Community and Social Development Agency (KWCSDA) on Tuesday received the best performing state agency award. The award was in recognition of KWCSDA’s execution of highest number of poor communities- supported projects in North Central Geo-political zone, the agency said in a statement. The award was presented by the World Bank Task Team Leader of the Community and Social Development ... Read More »
This is in pursuant to the approval of Bonds, Loans and other Security Law of Lagos State 2015 and comes at 9.25% per annum to bond financing programme. At a sitting on Monday, the Chairman of the Committee on Finance, Hon. Rotimi Olowo, stated that the terms of reference of the request received from the executive arm appraise the request ... Read More »
Lagos, Nigeria, June 22, 2021 — For the 5th edition of the Babatunde Raji Fashola (BRF) GabFest, an event created to discuss the role of the youth in Nigeria’s future, the theme is “Arrive Alive: Building a Road towards better driving culture”. Statistics show that Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death among young people aged 15-29. Around ... Read More »
The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has doled out a whooping N4.2billion as part of its unconditional Micro Grant Programme for empowering women in the rural areas across the country. Speaking at the flag-off of its one-off unconditional Micro-grants Programme Tuesday in Bauchi, Chairman of the Aliko Dangote Foundation empowered twenty thousand vulnerable women across the 20 Local Government Areas of ... Read More »
•Governor Approves Premium Insurance Cover on Passengers Using State-Owned Ferries •‘We Now Have Capacity to Move 710 Commuters per Trip’ – LAGFERRY MD The growing interest in water transportation by residents of Lagos State has received an encouraging response from the State Government. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, expanded the capacity of the Lagos State Ferry Services (LAGFERRY) with the ... Read More »
THE THUNDER STRIKES 60 TIMES Hello…my senior at work, and in age, is sixty today, and he wouldn’t let me forget it. Yesterday, he complained that I was sending my elders on some errands, and he grumbled, “all these Indomie children”! No one will believe only four months or so separates us… See yeye old man! Yet, this troublesomely adorable ... Read More »
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has expressed sadness over the sudden death of the Chairman of Eti-Osa East Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of the State, Hon. Olufunmi Olatunji. The governor described the late council boss as an extremely loyal politician and an invaluable asset to the All Progressives Council (APC). He said the deceased lived a fulfilled life ... Read More »
Kwara State has been named alongside Edo, Ogun, and Sokoto as recipient states of the Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative (ASR Africa)’s N10bn health intervention programmes for 2021, a statement said on Tuesday. Ubon Udoh, managing director of the ASR Africa, said in the statement that the intervention is a continuation of the initiative’s $100m Africa Fund for social development ... Read More »
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