By Opeyemi Gbemiro Elder Statesman and legal icon, Afe Babalola, on Thursday said if there was anything called life after life, his prayer would be to return to life as a farmer. The 94-Year Babalola, who is the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), expressed this viewContinue Reading
Productivity By Stanley Nwanosike The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), says it 3 partnering with the South-East governors to improve productivity and create industrial hubs in the zone. The new South-East Zonal Director of NAFDAC, Mr Martins Iluyomade, revealed this on Thursday during aContinue Reading
By Folasade Akpan The Federal Government says it is committed to improving the wellbeing of adolescents and young adults in the country. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, said this on Thursday in Abuja, at the 2023 Global Forum for Adolescents 2023 with theContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi As Nigeria today joins the world to commemorate the 2023 World Teachers’ Day celebration, teachers have been advised to be appreciative of efforts by the Federal Government to reposition the teaching profession. The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman at the 2023 commemoration in Abuja onContinue Reading
L-R : Mr Tawiah Ben-Ahmed MD/CEO Sanlam Ghana, Mr Bode Opadokun, MD/CEO, Sanlam General, Mr Tunde Mimiko MD/CEO Sanlam Life, Mr Ajibola Bankole, Deputy Director, NAICOM By Rukayat Adeyemi Sanlam Nigeria on Wednesday launched the Family love and Code of Confidence insurance products in commemoration of the Nigeria’s 63rdContinue Reading
By Rukayat Adeyemi The Nigerian Institution of Mechanical Engineers (NIMechE) and the Naval Dockyard Ltd., has begun discussion on areas of partnerships and training of mechanical engineering graduates. NIMechE’s National Chairperson, Dr Funmi Akingbagbohun, reached the agreement with the dockyard during a courtesy call to the naval dockyard onContinue Reading
Opeyemi Aremu-Gbemiro Ekiti Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, has announced cash gifts for the state’s athletes who participated in the just concluded National Youth Games in Asaba, Delta. Oyebanji made the announcement during a reception ceremony for the athletes at the Governor’s Office in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday. At the reception, heContinue Reading
By Zubairu Idris The Katsina State Community and Social Development Agency (CSDA), says N300 million grant will be disbursed to 6,000 small scale business operators under the COVID -19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus programme (NG-CARES). The agency’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Ashiru Mamman-Ingawa, said this in a statementContinue Reading
By Naomi Sharan The Senate has confirmed three more ministerial nominees forwarded to it by President Bola Tinubu The confirmation followed the screening and approval of the nominees during Wednesday’s plenar The nominees include: Jamila Bio- Ibrahim (Kwara), Balarabe Lawal (Kaduna State) and Ayodele Olawande (Ondo StateContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Sonny Echono, has pledged support for measures that will improve employment of graduates in the county. Echono made the pledge at an Implementation Support Workshop for National Employability Benchmarking Programme in Nigerian universities in Abuja on Wednesday. HeContinue Reading
