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The Punch says the Nigerian Senate on Thursday approved the move by the Ogun State Government to obtain a ₦125b or $350m loan from the World Bank. The approval followed the adoption of the report by the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts at the plenary on Thursday. The committee, which is chaired by Senator…
A newly established group, Oliver Circle of Nigeria has stressed for improved collaboration between government and the private sector to fast track socio-economic development of the country. The pioneer President of the group, Chief Fassy Yusuf made the call in a statement ahead of the investiture of new executive members led by Prince Rasaq Kunle…
After finding fame with her lifestyle blog, Isabella Lowengrip went on to establish one of Sweden’s best-known beauty companies. But it wasn’t all plain sailing for the 27-year-old. When she started her blog at the age of 14, the mainstream media didn’t take her seriously at all. “Swedes, and particularly teenage girls, were very fast…
The Federal Government has concluded plans to make importers take delivery of their cargoes cleared from Lagos ports at Papalanto in Ogun State via rail lines. Disclosing this at the just concluded World Maritime day celebration in Lagos, Minister of Transport, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, said the government has made provisions for the supply of 100…
For millions of Nigerians looking for jobs, there is a ray of hope as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is set to create one million jobs for them. To this end, the company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ondo State Government to establish a 65,000 million liters bio-fuel plant in…
Ogun to inaugurate 15MW power plant today The Ogun State government will today switch on the 15 Megawatts (MW) power plant it built with Lisabi Power an Independent Power Provider (IPP) through a Public Partnership Programme (PPP) arrangement. The government said the power plant will end interrupted power supply at the government secretariat, government quarters,…
According to The Nation, the seedy Ijebu-Igbo, the Headquarters of Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State, boils on Monday morning following a pre-dawn killing of a member of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria( RTEAN ) identified as Seyi. Angry residents and transporters as a early 7:am bunched up at the popular…
My father mocked me for being a Ph.D holder, not a medical doctor — Akinwunmi Adesina When he was ushered into the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa, last week, for the conferment of the 2017 World Food Prize, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina received a standing ovation. The award was an endorsement of his activities…
The Senator Ibikunle Amosun lead Ogun State Government says it is targeting over N3bn additional revenue from the informal sector of the state economy as it enlists about one million residents from the sector into the tax net. Chairman of the State Internal Revenue Service, Mr. Kunle Adeosun, made this disclosure during an interview with…
Etisalat now 9 mobile. It is official, it has been announced, to the general public that Etisalat is now 9 mobile. Its successor company, Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services Limited (EMTS) formally confirmed the development on Tuesday in a statement released. “Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services Limited (EMTS), which previously traded as ‘Etisalat Nigeria’ wishes to inform…
