In the early hours (about 0134 hours) of today, 1st July, 2021, a joint team of security operatives raided the residence of Sunday Adeniyi Adeyemo a.k.a. SUNDAY IGBOHO at Soka, Ibadan, Oyo State. This was based on intelligence that he had stockpiled arms in the place. On approach to the residence, the team came under heavy gun attack by nine ... Read More »
The Lagos House of Assembly on Thursday debated two bills proposing the establishment of two tertiary institutions – a University of Education and a University of Science and Technology – in the state. The bills, which scaled second reading on the floor of the House presided over by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. (Dr) Mudashiru Obasa, were committed to the House ... Read More »
Niger State Government has awarded contract for the construction of a roundabout at the Broadcasting – Imani Clinic Road Junction at the cost of over N164 Million. Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mamman Musa disclosed this at the Post Exco Media briefing held at Government House, Minna. Musa said the recent dualization of the Broadcasting Road and the award of ... Read More »
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has named Dr Lola Sawyerr, Georgia-based policy analyst and a member of several diaspora bodies, including the Kwara State Association of Nigeria (North America), as his focal person on diaspora matters. Dr. Sawyerr, who holds a Bachelor of Arts Economics and Masters of Economics, both from Clark Atlanta University, and a doctoral degree in curriculum, ... Read More »
In a bid to galvanise a wholistic and realistic data of Nigerians in the Diaspora, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has launched its Data Mapping and Registry Portal in Abuja. Inaugurating the Diaspora Mapping Portal, the Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, Amb. Zubairu Dada, remarked that the portal will enhance Diaspora participation in demographic and national planning as well ... Read More »
Kwara State Government has commenced renovation of selected barracks and police stations in the state, a step Governor AbdulRahman said is meant to make the security agents more comfortable and boost their morale to continue to protect lives and properties. The Governor said the step will complement his administration’s provision of vehicles and other gadgets to strengthen the security architecture, ... Read More »
The ATA Movement, a socio-political platform led by the young and upwardly-mobile entertainment consultant and serial entrepreneur, Ademola Titilopemi Ajibola, had concluded plans to commence her #ATAjere programme, a market invasion created to alleviate and complement the economic development of market women across different markets of Ibadan. ATA’JERE (which translates to SUCCESS IN TRADE) is one of the many programmed ... 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 »
Newly launched specialist life insurance company, Heirs Life Assurance (HLA) has partnered Avon Medical to organize a blood drive in commemoration of the 2021 World Blood Donor Day. The event, which was held on Monday, June 14, 2021, at the ultramodern Avon Medical Dialysis Centre in Ikeja, Lagos had individuals present to donate blood for those in dire need of ... Read More »
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