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The Lagos State Government on Thursday said it would properly position the Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH) for a productive future. Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu said this during the 27th Convocation Ceremony of the polytechnic. Sanwo-Olu said that proper positioning of the polytechnic would ensure the graduates’ preparedness to embrace opportunities of the 21st century. He said that education remained the greatest weapon for social, political and economic engineering of any society. According to him, no society develops without good investment in the education of its citizen, or without the enabling environment for innovative and progressive ideas to blossom. He…
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), has called for increased awareness on dangers inherent in irregular migration. Mrs Amah Assiama-Hillgartner, UNHCR’s Senior Liaison officer in Nigeria, said this would help would-be migrants make informed decisions on their ‘life decision.’ Assiama-Hillgartner made a presentation entitled ‘UNHCR Nigeria Asylum migration strategy’, at a one-day ‘Telling the real story testimony dissemination meeting’ on Thursday in Benin. While identifying Nigeria as a transit country, she noted that Edo was identified as mainly the state with 70 per cent of victims of returnees as of 2019. She said UNHCR statistics showed that Nigeria…
The Nasarawa State Government on Thursday urged private school owners to ensure that quality was not compromised in service delivery. Mrs Fati Sabo, the State Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology, gave the advice at a meeting with the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), in Karu Local Government chapter. She said that no country would achieve meaningful development without quality and sound education. Sabo said that the importance of education to societal development could not be overemphasized, hence the need for private schools to adhere strictly to their professional ethics. The Commissioner said that the meeting was…
An Agriculturist, Mr Oluwafemi Aliu, on Thursday said appropriate preservation was necessary to improve the value chain of yams to earn income from the export of the commodity. Aliu, the Chief Executive Officer of MyFarmbase Africa, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. The expert said the major challenge usually encountered in the export of yams was the maintenance of the right temperature for the commodity before arrival at its export destination. “The process of yam for export is really difficult in comparison to other agriculture commodities. “The easiest way to optimize…
Some economic experts, on Thursday, expressed the need for the Federal Government to immediately and purposefully develop the non-oil sector to mitigate the effect of the slump in oil prices in the international market. The experts gave advice while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on the implications of falling oil prices. A Policy Economist, Dr Olumuyiwa Alaba, told NAN that the government must, as a matter of urgency, build the sectors that would sustain the value of the Naira in the face of an oil price crash. He said that the implications of the slump…
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Commission (NDIC) has pledged to support the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in curbing the menace of corruption in the country. The Ilorin Zonal Controller of NDIC, Mr Olugbenga Alabi, made the pledged on Thursday during his visit to the Ilorin Zonal Office of the EFCC. According to the NDIC boss: “We are from the same Federal Government establishment and our roles are similar as it relates to financial transactions. “There has always been a collaboration between the EFCC and NDIC and we must continue in that direction, in order to defeat corruption.” Responding, the…
Mr David Markson, Taraba Coordinator of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), said the scheme has provided hand sanitizers and sensitization leaflets in all 37 orientation camps across the country to check the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). Markson disclosed this on Thursday at the inauguration ceremony of the 2020 batch A stream 1 corps members at the Sibre Orientation camp near Jalingo. The coordinator, who noted that the virus was wreaking havoc globally, urged the corps members to make use of the items, maintain personal and environmental hygiene to stay safe. Markson congratulated the 2,200 corps members posted to Taraba for…
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has urged corps members to be positive on various issues and challenges affecting the country. Akeredolu said this on Thursday at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Permanent Orientation Camp, Ikare Akoko, during the swearing-in of Batch “A’ (Stream 1) corps members deployed to the state. The governor, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Special Services Department, Mr Gbenga Elewuju, urged the corps members to contribute meaningfully to every sector they would be deployed to. Akeredolu said his government would continue to create an enabling environment for the scheme to succeed. “Your coming…
Muhammad Sanusi II, the deposed Emir of Kano, has approached the Federal High Court in Abuja to enforce his fundamental rights. Sanusi, who was deposed as Emir by the Kano State government last Monday was taken to Awe in Nasarawa State where he is said to have been in confinement. The former Emir is seeking an interim order of the court directing his immediate release from detention. He prayed the court to order his release from “the detention and or confinement of the respondents and to restore his rights to human dignity, personal liberty, freedom of association and movement in…
Nollywood actress, Foluke Daramola has debunked rumours of her untimely death. The actress made this known via her Instagram page, where she shared a video to buttress her point. In the video, Daramola, who was not happy over the widespread of the news, placed a curse on those spreading the rumours around that she had died. “Hi guys, how are you all doing. I do not know where people are getting the impression that I have died. I do not know who died o. “It is my enemies that will die. It is their family and everybody that wishes me…