Day: June 3, 2021

President Buhari Calls for Global Support to Develop Niger Basin

President Muhammadu Buhari has called for global support to develop the resources in the Niger Basin area, home to over 160 million people who depend on the River as a means of sustenance. Declaring open the virtual 12th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Niger Basin Authority (NBA), the President said the…

Lagos, Google Join Forces to Build Biggest Tech Hub in Yaba

Lagos State Government is set to embark on the construction of the biggest technology cluster in West Africa. The tech ecosystem, which will be sited in Yaba, is being developed by the State Government in collaboration with Facebook and Google. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu spoke of the development on Wednesday when he toured two major innovation…

APC LG Poll:  Without Proper Primary Elections, Party Fortunes will be affected in LG Elections -Osolana

Agege Chairmanship Aspirant, Hon Sola Osolana has appealed to Lagos State Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) to organise Primary Elections as the fortunes of the party in Agege will be affected in the upcoming Local Government elections if it fails to do the needful. Osolana made this statement on Wednesday while speaking to large…

Dangote Partners German Govt. On Youth Training To Address Skills Deficit

The Aliko Dangote Foundation in partnership with Germany’s VDMA (the German Association for Mechanical and Plant Engineering) and its Foundation for Young Talent in Mechanical Engineering (NWS) have officially launched a technical training program in Nigeria, in a bid to significantly address the skill deficit in all the key sectors of the nation’s economy. Speaking…