The Director General, National Automotive Council (NAC), Engr. Aminu Jalal has said that its Council in collaboration with other stakeholders have designed an automotive Mechatronics Curriculum which will enable the award of Trade Test III, II, and I certificates in automotive Mechatronics.

Jalal who disclosed this in Lagos during Motormechs and Technicians Association of Nigeria (MOMTAN) symposium and award ceremony said: “The Council will develop instructional manuals for the delivery of the curriculum.”

Plans by three suspected hijackers to convey a ship loaded with petroleum products to Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has been foiled by the Nigerian Navy, following their arrest outside the Lagos bar.

There was pandemonium Tuesday night in Amukoko area of Lagos State, as hoodlums battling for supremacy engaged themselves in a bloody clash, which left two people dead.

LAGOS—After being in limbo for about four years, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday in Lagos, rolled out 133 high capacity mass transit buses with about N1.5 billion first tranche loan secured from Infrastructure Bank.

ABEOKUTA—The crisis rocking the People’s Democratic Party in Ogun deepened yesterday as a High Court sitting in Abeokuta restrained the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party , Alhaji Adamu Muazu, the National Working Committee of the party from recognising the list submitted by Buruji Kashamu faction.

NINE hundred and ninety-nine corps members of the 2014 Batch ‘C’ posted to Lagos State have been dislodged to Oyo State for their orientation exercise due to space constraints in Lagos camp.

Speaking at the opening and swearin-in held at the Ipaja camp on Monday, the State Coordinator, Mrs Adenike Adeyemi said: “A total of 3603 corps members comprising 2115 females and 1488 males have undertaken the onerous task of service to the nation.”

Osun state Governor, Rauf Aregbesola has described education as a crucial tool to the realization of sustainable national development and achievement of national security.

He revealed this during his presentation at the 6th Prince Bola Ajibola Annual Lecture Series titled Education as a Panacea to National Insecurity and Developmental Challenges, held at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, recently.

Director-General of the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, Mr Olusegun Oshinowo, said over 40 million Nigerian youths remained unemployed in spite of the Federal Government’s efforts at reducing unemployment.

BY early last Friday morning, SKY NEWS had started reporting the scrum of humans at some supermarket outlets in places like Manchester. People went and camped out in front of the big shops very early to get advantage of being amongst the earliest customers in these shops. Didn’t they say the early bird eats the choice worm? It was Black Friday in England last week and the frenetic pace of life literally blew away the cold weather. Black Friday used to be an American phenomenon, and was usually tied to the American Thanksgiving holiday.

LAGOS—Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN, has blasted the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, over its shoddy distribution of Permanent Voters Card in the state.