Kwara govt, Chevening explore UK scholarship opportunities for youth · Gov says committed to human capital devt through education Hundreds of young people on Wednesday attended a one-day seminar organised by the British High Commission, Chevening and Kwara State Government to encourage as many qualified Kwarans as possible to apply for the Chevening Scholarships. Chevening Scholarships are the United Kingdom’s ... Read More »
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*International Peace Day: Shina Peller tasks all on Peace-building*
The Ayedero of Yorubaland and a member of the House of Representatives representing Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa federal constituency, Honourable (Dr.) Shina Peller, has urged all to take up the responsibility of building and promoting peace right from their immediate community. The Ayedero of Yorubaland made this call in his goodwill message commemorating 2022 International Peace Day themed – “End Racism. Build Peace.” ... Read More »
PURPORTED CHIEFTANCIES IN IROKUN, OBINEHIN, IDIGBENGBEN AND ARAROMI SEASIDE,Ogun Govt responds
The attention of the Ogun State Government is drawn to a recent press statement by the Ondo State Government signed by the State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Sir Charles Titiloye, purportedly approving the installation of traditional rulers in IROKUN, OBINEHIN, IDIGBENGBEN and ARAROMI SEASIDE communities in the OGUN WATERSIDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA of Ogun State. The press statement has ... Read More »
Kwara govt disburses N600m grants to 30,000 traders
Kwara State Government on Wednesday commenced the distribution of a whopping sum of N600m grant to empower at least 30,000 women and petty traders across the sixteen local governments of the State. The support, which is being coordinated under the Kwara State Social Investment Programme (KWASSIP), is a replica of World Bank programme, Nigeria for Women Project, with each of ... Read More »
Atiku Abubakar Reacts to Mass Withdrawal from PDP Presidential Council
*Let us join hands and move on with the task of nation building.* Early this morning, my attention was drawn to a news clip in which several very senior and influential members of our great party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), addressed the press and, amongst other things, declared that they are withdrawing, forthwith, from the Presidential Campaign Council set ... Read More »
LAGOS FIRST LADY HOSTS 4TH COMMUNITY SENSITIZATION, EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME
…Gov Sanwo-Olu Lauds Initiative, Says Empowerment Is Key To Economic Liberation …Reiterates Zero-Tolerance Stance Of Lagos Govt Against All Forms Of Violence Lagos State First Lady, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday hosted the 4th Annual Community Sensitization and Empowerment Programme designed to play up issues that are germane to the welfare and wellbeing of residents and get useful feedback that ... Read More »
MC Oluomo distances self from N500 Tinubu stickers imposed on tricycles
Court stops Mc Oluomo, others from collecting Union levies from non-members Chairman, Lagos State Park and Garages Management Committee, Musiliu Akinsanya aka MC Oluomo, has distanced himself from the controversial sale of stickers bearing image of himself; Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu to tricycle (aka Keke) drivers. His ... Read More »
SANWO-OLU CELEBRATES SENATOR OLUREMI TINUBU AT 62
The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated Senator Oluremi Tinubu, the senator representing Lagos Central Senatorial District and former First Lady of Lagos State, on the occasion of her 62nd birthday. Governor Sanwo-Olu in a statement issued on Tuesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, said Senator Tinubu over the years, has emblazoned her name ... Read More »
Obaseki loses, INEC recognises Orbih’s Edo PDP faction
The long drawn battle between Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, and Vice Chairman, South-South of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Dan Orbih, seems to have ended as the Independent National Electoral Commission has recognised the candidate produced by the latter faction in the primary conducted in May. Both factions held different primaries that produced candidates for different elective positions. But ... Read More »
SANWO-OLU in New York Tells WOULD-BE INVESTORS: LAGOS READY FOR YOU
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu played the quintessential salesman on Monday, reeling off his administration’s achievements in the past three years to woo investors to the state. Mr Sanwo-Olu met a group of would-be investors in New York on the sidelines of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at a roundtable organized by the Business Council for ... Read More »