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First Lady Oluremi Tinubu Urges Parents: “Birth Registration is Vital for Every Child’s Future”

..Unveils Commemorative Birth Certificate, to accelerate birth registration in Nigeria The First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has emphasized that a robust and efficient civil registration system is pivotal to National Development and Governance. She stated this at the official Launch of the 2024 UNICEF/RHI Commemorative Birth Certificate at the State House in Abuja. Senator Oluremi Tinubu noted that ... Read More »

FCCPC Warns Against Price Fixing, Gives Supermarkets and Transport Operators September Deadline to Comply

The issue of critical national importance of the day is the growing trend of unreasonable pricing of consumer goods and services across the country, and the unwholesome practice of market associations engaged in price fixing. As a responsive organization, we have carried out discreet market surveys extensively across the country in the past few weeks. Our findings are quite disturbing, ... Read More »

PRESIDENT OF GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION, DR. CHRIS ELIAS PAYS COURTESY CALL TO GOVERNOR SANWO-OLU AT LAGOS HOUSE, MARINA, ON WEDNESDAY, 28 AUGUST 2024

Representative of the President, Global Development Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/Nigeria Country Director, Mr. Uche Amaonwu receiving a Lagos State Government plaque from the Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu during a courtesy call at Lagos House, Marina, on Wednesday, 28 August 2024. Representative of the President, Global Development Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/Nigeria Country Director, Mr. Uche Amaonwu; Governor ... Read More »

LAGOS GRADUATES 29 PIONEER LATEEF JAKANDE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FELLOWS

•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 »

CNPP Hails FG’s Decision to Audit NNPC, Calls for Management Suspension

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 »

DIASPORA INVESTMENT: DABIRI-EREWA URGES AFRICAN DIASPORA TO INVEST IN AFRICA

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 »

FG Increases SUBEB Matching Grants to N3.5bn for State Education Projects

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 »

“Another Avoidable Death: Ayilara’s Tragic End Exposes Nigeria’s Failing Healthcare System”. -Olawale Olaleye

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 »

Gov AbdulRazaq Unveils Sugar Film Studio as Kwara Secures Hosting Rights for 16th Best of Nollywood Awards

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 »

Dangote Cement Gboko Commits to Sustainable Infrastructural development of Host communities

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 »