CBN blames failure of EDC scheme on high rate of drop-out
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has blamed the failure of its Enterprise Development Centres (EDCs) scheme on the high rate of drop out of trainees.
Jega, Oritsejafor for students’ summit
INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, have confirmed their intention to participate in the upcoming first Nigerian Tertiary Institutions Summit in Abuja between March 15 and 16, 2011.
Lenten: Fashola urges Christians to pray for successful polls
As Christians commence this year Lenten period, today, with the marking of the Ash Wednesday, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has stressed the need for faithful to use the period to seek the face of God on behalf of Nigeria and all Nigerians for a successful general elections.
Arms shipment: I was misled by Aghajani – Jega
A Nigerian, Alli Abass Jega, standing trial alongside Azim Aghajani, an Iranian, before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, for arm importation yesterday, told the court that he (Jega) was misled by Aghajani to use his name and office address to bring in the seized consignments of arms and ammunition.
Bauchi air crash: Adeola, other ACN chieftains escape death
PROVIDENCE averted what would have been a disaster, yesterday, as the aircraft conveying the Vice Presidential candidate of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Mr. Fola Adeola, and other party chieftains to Bauchi for a campaign rally crash landed at the city’s air strip.
We are open to negotiations, Fashola tells striking Lagos doctors
As the strike called by the Medical Guild enters its fifth week, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, appealed to the striking doctors to follow the footsteps of their counterparts at the national level who yielded to appeals from well-meaning Nigerians and withdrew their notice to embark on a nationwide strike last Monday.
