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Higher institutions not for education alone -Obasanjo

Ihesiulo Grace 23 May 2018 0

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has reminded higher institutions in Nigeria that the purpose for their establishment was not only for education but for social, economic and political purposes. Obasanjo, who was the Chairman of the 22nd convocation lecture of the Lagos State University titled

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Cede NAF land for Air Peace’s Aviation Hub, Ugwuanyi appeals to FG

Ihesiulo Grace 3 May 2018 0

In furtherance of his administration’s investment drive, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State on Wednesday appealed to the Nigerian Air Force, to allow the state government take over the Force’s piece of land located near the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu to be used by an indigenous airline, Air Peace Limited for the establishment of […]

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Corruption: ICPC reiterates need for special courts

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2018 0

THE acting Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr. Musa Abubakar has lent his voice to the call for the establishment of special courts for corruption cases. Dr Abubakar, in his lecture titled ‘Corruption, Economic and Financial Crimes: Special Courts to the Rescue’, delivered at the 5th Criminal Justice […]

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Lagos pays N22bn as pensions, gratuity in 12mths

Ihesiulo Grace 16 April 2018 0

LAGOS State government said it has paid about N22bn as pensions and gratuity in the last 12 months. Commissioner for Establishment, Training, and Pensions, Dr Akintola Benson Oke, disclosed this while giving an account of his ministry’s activities at the on-going 2018 ministerial press briefing to mark the third anniversary of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s administration.

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Need to curb high level militarisation of FRSC personnel

Ihesiulo Grace 29 March 2018 0

The establishment of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on 18 February 1988 through Decree 45 of 1988 as amended by Decree 35 of 1992 otherwise referred to as CAP 141 Laws of the federation 1990 which was repealed and reenacted as the FRSC Establishment Act, 2007 under the civil democratic dispensation has been globally […]

Politics

Lagos assures on retention of excellence status through strategic management culture

Ihesiulo Grace 10 March 2018 0

Lagos State Commissioner for Establishment, Training and Pensions, Dr. Akintola Benson has urged the Head of various MDAs in the state to embrace strategic management culture in order to ensure the State maintain the leading position among its counterparts in Nigeria. Dr. Benson gave the charge during a ‘Strategic Management Workshop’ organised by the state […]

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FG establishes Agric. Market Info Centre

Ihesiulo Grace 30 January 2018 0

The Federal Government has announced the establishment of a technological driven agricultural centre to provide up to date – one stop data base of the information centre of the agricultural market environment. This was disclosed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Dr. Bukar Hassan at the ministry complex in Abuja on […]

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Lagos establishes six additional primary schools

Ihesiulo Grace 27 December 2017 0

The Lagos state government has approved the establishment and listing of six new Public Primary Schools in the state. The schools are Community Primary, Ibasa, Ojo LGEÀ; Community Primary School, Ajewanwa, Ojo LGEA; Oladele Aĺaka Primary School, Ejigbo, Oshodi-Isolo LGEA; Iju Ajuwon Primary School, Ifako-Ijaiye ĹGEA; Osho Sholu Primary School, Ewu Oloye, Erunwen, Ikorodu

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Afreximbank gets Eubank’s EUR100m on the margins of AU-EU Summit

Ihesiulo Grace 4 December 2017 0

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) , at the weekend in Abidjan, on the margins of the African Union-European Union Summit, entered into a line of credit agreement amounting to EUR 100 million, granted by EIB to Afreximbank. This facility is aimed at financing trade-related long-term productive investments by private […]

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MainaGate: CACOL demands thorough investigation, punishment for those found wanting

Ihesiulo Grace 25 October 2017 0

The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL), has challenged the Federal Government to ensure a thorough and holistic investigation into the facts surrounding the sudden re-emergence of former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Alhaji Abdulrasheed Maina, accused of complicity in a multi-billion pension naira scam and give due

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President Buhari has not disappointed me, says Obasanjo

Ihesiulo Grace 26 February 2017 0

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said in an interactive session at his HillTop Presidential Mansion in Abeokuta, Friday, that leadership was not about age, but quality of the individual, stressing that Buhari has performed creditably well in the areas of fighting insurgency and securing the country. His words: “I don’t know about what is your […]