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The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday said the state was ready to do business with Turkish investors. Sanwo-Olu said this on Thursday during a Roundtable with a delegation of the Turkey-Nigeria Business Council, in Lagos. He said there were market and business opportunities for Turkish investors in the areas of transportation, bus rapid system, power and tourism, while the state was also a preferred destination for technology. The governor said that Lagos remained the real economic hub of Nigeria and the fifth largest city in Africa, and the largest investment destination for investors. According to him, Lagos…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said that the candidates for Bayelsa and Kogi gubernatorial elections were not validly nominated by their political parties. Mr Festus Okoye, Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, INEC said this on Thursday during a “Youth Campus” sensitisation programme organised by the Commission at the Niger-Delta University, Amassoma, Bayelsa. Okoye was reacting to claims by the candidates that they were disqualified by INEC. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the two-day programme, which started on Wednesday, was to enlighten the youth on the need to participate in electoral processes without causing disorder. Okoye,…

Nine corps members in Nasarawa State are to repeat their service for absconding from their places of primary assignment, Mrs Ramatu Sanda, NYSC Coordinator in the state, has said. The coordinator made this known in Lafia on Thursday, while briefing newsmen after the Passing Out Parade for the 2018 Batch “C” Stream I corps members. Sanda said the nine corps members would be remobilised for a new service year, while four others who absconded for a period of one to two months would face some months extension. According to her, the offences contravened the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) bye-laws…

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says it has renewed partnership with Nigeria Universities Commission (NUC) to add credibility to the mobilisation process and prevent participation of fake graduates from national service. Brig-Gen. Shuaib Ibrahim, Director-General NYSC made this known when he featured on NAN forum on Thursday in Abuja. He noted that since his assumption of office, he realised that some of the corps members were returned by their employers to NYSC on the grounds that they were not qualified to teach or some them could not read and so on. To address the challenge, the NYSC boss said…

The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) on Thursday advised schools in the country to restore regular essay competitions to sharpen the writing skills of their students. NIPOST’s District Manager for Ilorin branch, Mrs Esther Ugoosuoha, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin. Ugoosuoha noted that schools and private individuals should consistently organise inter-school essay competitions to help revive the dying writing culture among students in the country. “The writing culture has disappeared; students are no more motivated and are not ready to improve their writing skills. “School authorities must wake up and do…

Mrs. Adetoun Ibilola Popoola has assumed duties as the new General Manager of the Lagos State Parks & Gardens Agency (LASPARK), replacing the former GM, Mrs. Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola, who has moved on to another State establishment. Popoola, a graduate of Business Administration from the University of Lagos with a postgraduate degree in Marketing and Communications Management from the University of Hull, UK brings on board 10 years experience in Commercial Banking and Development Finance, Customer Service and Total Quality Management. Prior to her present appointment as General Manager, she served as Assistant Manager in the Strategy and Corporate Transformation Group…

ABUJA – Lack of effective surveillance on the Bonny-Port-Harcourt waterways is a source of concern to Nigeria’s Upper Chamber. Consequently, the Senate has charged security agencies to live up to their responsibilities. On Thursday, the Senators at plenary raised a motion on piracy attacks on Bonny – Port-Harcourt waterways which was sponsored by Senator Betty Apiafi (PDP, Rivers West). Also, the Senate accordingly mandated the committee on works to ensure adequate funding in the 2020 budget for the completion of the Bonny – Port Harcourt waterways. Senator Apiafi, in her motion, recalled how four boats were attacked on 26th September,…

President, Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday, Oct. 8 present the 2020 budget to the joint session of the National Assembly. President of the senate,Dr. Ahmad Lawan disclosed this, on Thursday in Abuja . He read a letter from Buhari to the lawmakers on the presentation of the 2020 Appropriation Bill on Tuesday, 8th October, 2019 to the Joint session of the National Assembly. Details Later…

The FCT Fire Service, in collaboration with the Universal Basic Education Board (UBEC), is introducing fire safety clubs in public and private secondary schools in the territory. The Assistant Controller-General of the service, Mr Julius Opetunsin, disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday. Opetunsin said the initiative was part of the agency’s fire safety sensitisation campaign for school children, to be launched on Oct. 8. The aim, he explained, was to raise the consciousness of residents, especially children, on prevention of fire incidents. Data released by Opetunsi showed that 13 lives were lost and properties worth N781 million…

The Senate on Thursday, approved the 2020 to 2022 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and the Fiscal Strategy Paper(FSP). The approval, followed the adoption of a 16-point recommendations by the National Assembly Joint Committee Finance and National Planning which considered the MTEF and FSP documents. Part of the recommendations approved by senate was to increase the Federal Government’s total expenditure estimates in the MTEF/FSP from N10.002 trillion to N10,729.4 trillion. This amounts to an increase of additional N729 billion. News Agency of Nigeria(NAN)reports that the joint committee had conducted a public hearing on the MTEF and FSP on Oct 2.…