London retailer shop adopts Hausa language to woo customers
A London leading retailer shop, Debenhams, has adopted Hausa, a language spoken by nearly 45 million people in West Africa including Nigeria, to woo customers as race for summer sales starts.
Lagos House passes Tenancy Bill
Lagos State House Assembly, yesterday, passed the Tenancy Bill into law, after the third reading and sent it to the Governor Babatunde Fashola for assent.
The clamour for ‘technocrats’
THE widespread call for the new Federal Cabinet to be peopled mainly by technocrats is a scathing disclaimer of the political class.
Mark-Ekweremadu: Not a cat and mouse story
THE nearly universal acclamation of Senator David Mark’s stable steering of the Senate in the last four years was a departure from the tale of anarchy that was characteristic of previous Senates.
Day soldiers went gaga in Lagos
IT all started like the usual joke between motorists and police officers at Police checkpoints. A vehicle that was on its way from Nigeria-Seme border was flagged down by some policemen attached to the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, who were on routine patrol of the area for a search.
Bloodbath: Commandant arrested, flown to Abuja
THE Officer Commanding 242 Recce Battalion, Ibereko Barracks, Badagry, Colonel Nabasa, has been arrested in connection with Tuesday’s bloody clash between his soldiers and policemen attached to Badagry Division.
Anambra calls for review of Federal allocation
Anambra State government, yesterday, called on the Federal Government to review upwards its monthly allocation from N2 billion to N5 billion to enable it pay the N18,000 national minimum wage.
National Reading Contest winner gets scholarship to Harvard
Two-time winner of the NB Plc sponsored National Reading Competition; Miss Chisom Mildred Okpala has been offered a four-year scholarship to study at Harvard University, United States of America.
CCB quizzes Lagos Dep Gov, SSG, others
A team of Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, investigators, yesterday, were at the Lagos State Secretariat Alausa, Ikeja, and interrogated the state Deputy Governor, Princess Adebisi Sosan; Secretary to the State Government, Princess Aderenle Adeniran-Ogunsanya and some other members of the state Executive Council.
The Bukola Saraki years in Kwara State
IN the twilight of his eight-year tenure, as Kwara state governor, this week, Bukola Saraki has literally been in overdrive. He hosted Goodluck Jonathan to commission projects: the university at Malete; an aviation college; water plant in Ilorin, even flag-off of a train service.
Sapele pipeline explosion: 2 more bodies recovered
TWO more bodies were, yesterday, allegedly recovered from the NNPC pipeline explosion site at Sapele, Delta State, even as fire fighters battle to put off the inferno.
