The Lagos State Government has commenced enrolment for a graduate internship programme, which targets four thousand participants. Each unemployed graduate enrolled for the Graduate Internship Placement Programme will be paid an allowance of forty-thousand-naira every month for a period of six months. The Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, YETUNDE AROBIEKE, said the programme is designed to…
President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has called on all Nigerians to reflect on the virtues of patience, honesty, sincerity, kindness and generosity in all their undertakings. President BUHARI made the call as Nigerian Muslims join other faithful all over the world to celebrate Eid-El-Maulud, which marks the birthday of the Holy Prophet Mohammed. The President enjoined the Nigerian youth,…
The Federal Government has started collecting applications for the seventy-five billion naira Nigeria Youth Investment Fund. The fund is an initiative of the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, and it is funded by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The registration is being done online through a platform controlled by NIRSAL Microfinance Bank, which is under…
Nollywood actor turned politician, DESMOND ELLIOT, has come under strong criticism over his support for the regulation of the use of social media in Nigeria. ELLIOT, who represents Surelere Constituency One in the Lagos State House of Assembly, had warned that Nigeria may not exist in the next five years if social media remain unregulated. The lawmaker…
A dumping truck, also known as Tipper, has rammed into a school bus, killing several pupils who were being driven home in Awgu town, in Enugu State. A close source in the town, CHARLES OBASI, said at least twenty-seven school children and some teachers died in the accident. OBASI also said some of those who survived the…
A petrol tanker burst into flames in the early hours of Thursday, October 29, 2020, and destroyed several other trucks packed by the roadside around the Mile Two area of Lagos. The incident happened around 1AM, and the fire was put out after several hours by a combined team of emergency responders. The General Manager of the…