Politics

Tayo Olanipekun Lagos state Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Thursday, dropped three Commissioners and appointed five new ones in a major Cabinet reshuffle. A statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Tunji Bello, listed the three sacked cabinet members to be Mrs. Adebimpe Akinsola, Mr. Femi Odubiyi and Mr. Anifowoshe Abiola. The newly appointed cabinet members include Mr. …

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In keeping up with its objective to improve the local economy by creating a skilled and experienced workforce, the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund, LSETF, through its Employability Support Project, has commenced free skills training for the first batch of beneficiaries in the state. Launched in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme, UNDP, the employability support project provides six …

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Folake Sokoya Kwara State has emerged the best State in the North Central and 6th in the country in the implementation of the Federal Government–led “Saving One Million Lives (SOML) initiative following an evaluation of the scheme carried out by the Federal Ministry of Health and the World Bank. The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Communication, …

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Folake Sokoya Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has sworn in ten new permanent secretaries with the charge to uphold their oath of office and exhibit diligence, prudence, accountability and transparency in their operations. The Governor gave the charge as he swore-in the newly appointed permanent secretaries at Government House in Ilorin, the State capital on Wednesday. Alhaji Ahmed charged …

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Tayo Olanipekun Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has said prayers by religious leaders protected the state when Nigeria went through economic recession as Lagos instead witnessed economic boom at the time. He stated this at the 2018 Annual Thanksgiving Service by the state government themed: ‘Ceaseless Praise.’ According to Governor Ambode, the state had never failed to thank God at …

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    Founder of Kudirat Initiatives For Democracy (KIND), Hafsat Abiola-Costelo has challenged Nigerian women to demand their political power and rights. Abiola-Costelo, daughter of the presumed winner of the June 12 1993 presidential election, the late Chief M.K.O. Abiola whose wife, Alhaja Kudirat Abiola was also assassinated in Lagos, gave the charge recently at an event organized by her …

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By Amos Okioma in Yenagoa. The Arewa Community, Bayelsa State Chapter has elected Alhaji Abubakar Adam a.k.a Balis as its new chairman. Announcing the result, the chairman of Arewa Community Elections 2018, Adamu Dauda said Alhaji Abubakar Adam who is from Plateau state and had lived in Bayelsa state for over fifteen years pulled 1,027 votes to beat his opponent …

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The Ogun State Government has invested N4 billion to boost rice production. Agriculture Commissioner, Mrs Adepeju Adebajo, made this known in a statement. She said the government was ready to develop areas of high quality rice products, using high technology. She said the government is focusing on researching high-quality rice varieties and rice production technical package to reduce production cost, …

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The Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru, on Thursday disclosed that the nation lost about 148,533000 million litres of fuel to diversion during the December fuel crisis in Nigeria.  Speaking at an investigative public hearing by a Joint Senate and House of Representatives Committees on Petroleum Downstream, at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja, Baru disclosed …

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The National President, Maize Association of Nigeria, Alhaji Bello Abubakar-Annur, says the union is planning to engage 500,000 farmers in maize cultivation in the farming season across the country. Abubakar-Annur said in Sokoto that the figure was part of the target set by the association to complement the efforts of the Buhari Administration at reviving agriculture for food security and …

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