Archive for November, 2020
Lagos, social security and the elderly | Kehinde Akinfenwa
THE fast-growing number of older adults in the last few decades has impacted significantly on the political, economic and social functions of societies across the world. But unlike in the past, this generation is more likely to live separately as globalization, urbanization, migration and changing gender norms are influencing the lives of older people
Taofeek Arapaja and the Burden of Intellectual Illogic | Maroof Asudemade
Taofeek Arapaja and the Burden of Intellectual Illogic – Maroof Asudemade Taofeek Arapaja was the former deputy governor of Oyo state under the administration of Chief Alao-Akala. Arapaja was also a former local government chairman as well as a member of the House of Representatives under PDP. He was a political ally of late
Lekki Toll Shooting and CNN’s Integrity Test | Samuel Omojoye
Lekki Toll Shooting and CNN’s Integrity Test For this one time, the CNN faces a make or mar integrity test over its conflicting reports on the #EndSARS protest. Samuel Omojoye writes The morning after the night when protesters at the Lekki toll gate were supposedly massacred by the Nigerian Army, the BBC News hour programme
Zabarmari Massacre : Gbajabiamila Condemns Killing of Rice Farmers in Borno
Zabarmari Massacre| | Gbajabiamila Condemns Killing of Rice Farmers in Borno The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has condemned in the strongest terms, the killing of about 43 rice farmers in Zabarmari, Borno State by Boko Haram insurgents. The Speaker, in a statement issued Sunday by his Special Adviser on Media
TEGBE LAUNCHES JOURNALISTS SUPPORT FUNDS, PUSHES FOR IMPROVED WELFARE FOR MEDIA PRACTITIONERS
The Founder of Tegbe Foundation, Engineer Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe has kicked off the launch of Journalist Support Fund, an initiative of the Demola Babalola-led Executives of the Nigerian Union of Journalist, Oyo State Chapter. Tegbe, while initiating donations into the funds also advocated for improved welfare for journalists in Oyo State. He stated this
Rebuilding Lagos
Rebuilding Lagos city is a task that must be done. That seems the central concern of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, after the destruction of lives and property that followed the #EndSARS protest in the state last month. The governor said about one trillion Naira is required to fix the damage. Lagos State is the pride of
I will work with Gbajabiamila to implement legislative agenda — Akubueze
I will work with Gbajabiamila to implement legislative agenda — Akubueze The new Clerk of the House of Representatives, Barr. Chinedu Francis Akubueze has promised to assist Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, actualize the legislative agenda of the 9th Assembly. Akubueze who assumed office recently, as Clerk of the House
Lagos Begins Recruitment For Agripreneurship Program
Lagos Begins Recruitment For Agripreneurship Program Lagos State Government has begun the recruitment of eligible and interested candidates for the batches four, five and six of its Lagos Agripreneurship Programme (LAP), under its Agriculture-based Youth Empowerment Scheme (Agric-YES). The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms. Abisola Olusanya, who disclosed this, noted that the programme was in
300 Oyo North Trainees In Makeup And Cosmetology Smile Home With Startup Packs, Certificates And Cash.
300 Oyo North Trainees In Makeup And Cosmetology Smile Home With Startup Packs, Certificates And Cash. The three hundred selected(300) trainees in Makeup and Cosmetology in Oyo North Senatorial smiled home today with a startup pack, certificate and twenty thousand naira (#20,000) training allowance at the end of the three (3) days programme at the
Widow of vendor shot by speaker’s aide distance self from family over N500M demand as compensation
Widow of vendor shot by speaker’s aide distance self from family over N500M as compensation Josephine Okereke, the wife of the newspaper vendor, Ifeanyi Okereke who was shot dead by a Department of State Services operative attached to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has distance self from her husband’s family