Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki has accused all public office holders in Nigeria since 1999, for the current political and economic crisis in Nigeria saying that they were involved in one way or the other, in the mistakes of the past. Saraki who made this known while responding to a question on secrecy of the National Assembly budget and corruption leveled against it by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in a recent letter. Saraki argued that it was wrong for anybody to hold an individual or group of people solely responsible for the mess of the past. He said rather than…
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UAC Foods now has a Gala brand ambassador. They signed a brand ambassadorship deal with Nigerian music record label 5 Star Music Group. The Brand Ambassador is Reggae-Blues singer, Harrysong, who was recently unveiled as the new face of Gala sausage roll. The official unveiling took place on Wednesday, January 27 at the UAC corporate office in Ojota, Lagos by the company’s management. Harrysong, whose real names are Harrison Tare Okiri, was unveiled alongside the two other major artistes signed on to 5 Star Music – Kcee of Limpopo fame and Skiibii. Speaking at the event, UAC General Manager, Marketing,…
We are always on the lookout for fashion bloggers as they run the world of fashion… yes we went there! Much so when it’s our own. Stylist and fashion blogger of noordinaryshe.com, Ada, isn’t new to the world of fashion blogging, we think we’ve just been living in a cave and we’re glad we’ve seen the light. Her style is the definition of effortless high-street fashion. Not one to limit herself, she’s a style explorer, however it is easy to come to the conclusive fact that she loves comfort over all. Her style! xosotin chelseathông tin chuyển nhượngcâu lạc bộ…
Nigerian weddings always stand out. There’s never a dull moment, considering it is habitually 90% turn up and 10% ceremony. Even though the buzz surrounding the wedding of OAP, Toolz and Tunde seems to have simmered down, the style game brought by guests of the couple is still quite fresh in our memories. True to the norm, you’re likely to attend more than one wedding ceremony this year, and your asoebi game has to be spiff! If you’ve been thinking of styles to instruct your tailor to recreate, but nothing seems to appeal to your sartorial aesthetic, we just might…
Lagos State Government has read the riot act to operators of illegal abattoirs and slaughter slabs in the state, as part of its measures to curb the spread of unwholesome processed meat and meat products in the state. According to the State Commissioner for Agriculture, Hon. Toyin Suarau, the riot act became necessary in order to guarantee wholesomeness in the process of meat which Lagosians consume. The Commissioner who disclosed this in his office at Secretariat Alausa, stressed that it is necessary to monitor the whole process of meat handling right from the Animal Markets to the Abattoir, and even…
Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Health Services, Olusegun Olulade has revealed that not less than four per cent of over 20 million of Lagos residents are infected with the deadly HIV\AIDS. Olulade made this revelation while inspecting some facilities at the Lagos State AIDS Control Agency. The inspection was part of the oversight functions of the committee. The lawmaker therefore told the management of the agency of his readiness to go into partnership with the agency and other non-governmental organizations to enlighten the masses on the prevalence of the disease. Olulade used this medium to call on…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode will join other world leaders across the globe for the Corporate Council on Africa’s 10th Biennial U.S.-Africa Business Summit, to be hosted in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from Monday 1st to Thursday 4th February, 2016. The US-Africa Business Forum will bring together 1000 private sector and government officials including heads of states, entrepreneurs and investors from throughout Africa, United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. This year’s forum will focus on key opportunities and challenges in agribusiness, energy, health, infrastructure, security, trade facilitation, ICT and finance to increase trade and investment. In a statement…
Senate Committee on Marine Transportation led by Senator Sani Ahmed Yerima, representing Zamfara West, Monday visited the head office of the Nigerian Maritime Administration & Safety Agency (NIMASA) in Lagos to look at its 2015 budget performance. In his welcome address, the Director General of NIMASA, Mr. Haruna Baba Jauro rolled out the constitutional duties of the agency as enshrined in the establishment Act and other extant laws and regulations, saying in the last budget year, NIMASA has passed through rough edges caused by administrative changes on one hand and delays by the ministerial committee on projects evaluation which up…
President Muhammadu Buhari will begin a week-long official visit to France and Britain on Tuesday, February 2. The President who had barely touched down in Nigeria on Monday after similar visits to Kenya and Uganda is expected to continue his push for global unity against terrorism in the two countries during the visits. He would be due back in the country at the weekend. A statement by the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina said at his first stop in Strasbourg, France, President Buhari would on Wednesday, February 3, address a special session of…
Senate Committee on Education on Monday discovered N9.982,258,479 tucked into the budget of parastatals by the Ministry of Education. According to details of the budget presented before the committee, the entire personnel cost for the ministry and all its subsidiaries including schools and colleges declined drastically when compared to that of last year, only that of parastatals increased at geometric progression by almost N10 billion. Members of the committee who requested the details of internal generated Revenue of the Education suspected that the huge sum was deliberately hidden under parastatals’ personnel cost. The budget of the ministry of education revealed…