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Author: Ade Joseph

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Jamoh:  NIMASA ‘ll Eradicate Attacks  In Nigerian Waters

Ade Joseph

……As Nigeria Receives Last Batch Of Assets Under Deep Blue Project A Special Mission Aircraft was received in Lagos on Wednesday, in the final phase of the delivery and installation of assets under the Deep Blue Project designed to secure Nigerian waters up to the Gulf of Guinea. Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, received the aircraft, in company with Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, and NIMASA’s Executive Director, Finance and Administration, Mr. Chudi Offodile. Jamoh had earlier…

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Over 8000 Employed In Lagos Computer Village —- PAPDAN

Ade Joseph

The Phone and Allied Products Dealers Association of Nigeria (PAPDAN) has said that the Computer Village in Ikeja, Lagos, creates no fewer than over 8000 job opportunities for Nigerian youths. President, PAPDAN, Mr Ifeanyi Akabue, said in Lagos on Thursday that the figure was for only those engaged with his association, aside from other trade associations in the location. Akabue said that because of the rate of unemployment in the country, the hub had offered lots of jobs, including online or digital marketing. He, however, said many of the young…

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National Theatre’s Renovation ‘ll Create Over 16000 Jobs When Completed – GM

Ade Joseph

More than 16,000 jobs would be created during and after the ongoing renovation of the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, Prof. Sunday Ododo, General Manager of the 44-year-old complex, said on Thursday in Lagos. Ododo said that most of the jobs would come from the fields of music, movies, fashion and information technology. “Some of the jobs will be direct. Others will be indirect. The National Theatre will definitely be a hub for lots of activities,” he said. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Federal Government recently signed a…

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Gas Explosion Claims Lives Of Infant, Two Others In Ogun 

Ade Joseph

Three persons including an infant on Wednesday died in a gas explosion that occurred in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital. The incident occurred at Oke-Egunya, along NTA Road in Abeokuta South Local Government Area. According to an eyewitness account, the incident occurred when a technician was topping up gas of a faulty refrigerator at a residence in the area. “In the process of topping up gas into the refrigerator, there was an attraction of fire from someone cooking with firewood and there came an explosion,” an eyewitness said. Confirming the incident,…

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Marriott International Opens Hotel In Lagos

Ade Joseph

Marriot International group is set to extend its premium hospitality service into Nigeria with the opening of a 250-bed five-star hotel complex in Lagos. The seven storey hotel facility, which is located at Ikeja GRA, is co-owned by Sifax Group. Its premium facilities include four restaurants and beverages outlets, 1000-capacity ballroom, rooftop bar, outdoor swimming pool, business centre, boardrooms, spa, gym and fitness club. Speaking on Wednesday at a pre-launch event ahead of its opening next week, Mr Janse Rensburg, General Manager, Lagos Marriott Hotel, said the desire to offer…

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FG ’ll Tackle Attacks On Security Personnel With Overwhelming Force-Minister

Ade Joseph

The Federal Government has vowed to tackle those launching deadly attacks on the nation’s security personnel with overwhelming force. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said this on Tuesday in Lagos at a meeting with Online Publishers. He said the growing dangerous trend was a declaration of war against the nation which would be resisted by force. “Soldiers as well as police, customs and other security agents have been killed and maimed in some parts of the country in this growing trend of targeting security forces. “I…

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Sanwo-Olu Receives LASU Panel Report On New VC’s Appointment

Ade Joseph

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, received the report of the six-member special visitation panel on the appointment of the 9th substantive vice-chancellor (VC) of the Lagos State University (LASU). The panel, chaired by former VC of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Prof. Bamitale Omole, turned in three volumes of report to the governor (the Visitor to the university) 37 days after it was constituted. The panel was constituted to examine if the extant laws of the university and other relevant guidelines were followed in the process of…

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Coastline Terminals: Dangote Group Not Affiliated With ICTSI 

Ade Joseph

Our attention has been drawn to an online publication by Sahara Reporters titled ‘EXCLUSIVE: How Suspended NPA Boss, Hadiza Usman Awarded Coastline Terminals To Dangote’s Proxy Company In Shady Deal’, dated Sunday, May 9, 2021. We want to state without equivocation that Dangote Group does not own and has no affiliation whatsoever with ICTSI as was suggested in the publication. The Dangote Group of Companies refutes in entirety the claims made in the story and condemn the deliberate attempt by Sahara Reporters to implicate our organisation in a matter we…

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Sanwo-Olu Gets Lagosians’ Backing To Tackle Security Challenges

Ade Joseph

Lagosians have asked the State Government to take decisive actions on some security issues to rein in what they describe as a disturbing trend. Among others, they demanded action against what many described as the menace of commercial motorcycles, otherwise known as Okada, kidnapping, armed robbery, cult clashes, and violent assaults. It was all at a Stakeholders’ Meeting on Security held at the Adeyemi Bero Hall, Alausa, Ikeja where Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and leading lights in security circles listened to a group of panelists who highlighted the state’s security challenges.…

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Ogun  Re-Affirms Commitment To Boost Agric Sector

Ade Joseph

Ogun State has restated the need to boost food security, job creation and industrialisation, through an established agricultural agenda, in order to revive the state economy. Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Adeola Odedina who made this known while receiving Award of Excellence, presented to him by delegates from Ogun State Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (OGUNCIMA), in his office, emphasised government’s position to support the private sector, towards a solid footing in the agricultural value-chain. Odedina, expressed gratitude for the award, describing the 10th Gateway International Trade Fair recently…

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