SAMSUNG Engineering Academy, a Public Private Partnership (PPP) initiative between Samsung Electronics and the Lagos State government, through the World Bank supported Eko Project, has graduated 67 technicians from the academy. They join 118 graduates who have passed through the academy over the last 4 years.

LAGOS—Lecturers in the Faculty of Arts, Lagos State University, Ojo, have said the exit of Britain from the European Union, EU, would raise the spirit of freedom, and nationalism across the world, and bring about the down fall of globalization. They made this known at a roundtable discussion organised by the Faculty of Arts, Lagos State University, LASU Ojo, on the implications of United Kingdom split from EU on Africans and, indeed, Nigeria, the largest of Britain’s former colonies.

LAGOS—THE management of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has said the agency was broke and managing to pay salaries. Disclosing this to newsmen yesterday, NIMASA’s Director- General, Dr. Dakuku Peterside said the agency was managing to pay salaries due to the current economic down turn, coupled with low cargo throughput. Peterside also said that the new forex regime will also impact on the finances of the agency, adding that it had taken some level of creativity to pay staff salaries.

TALENTED Afro-pop cum RnB singer, Adewale Lawanson Junior better known as Minjin has released another hit single ‘Jare’ which is already receiving massive airplay. Not putting a stop at just the audio alone, he has equally shot the video; an imprint that will serve as his official video on Swaga records. Endowed with raw stage energy and vocal prowess,

TEN teachers from public schools in Lagos State have obtained Masters Degree certificate in various courses from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, through an on-line programme which started in 2011 and sponsored by the Commonwealth of Nations.

Ado-Ekiti—Barely five days after a lifeless body of a day-old baby was found inside a canal in Irona area of Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, residents of Ojido Market in Ejigbo, another community in the state capital, discovered the dismembered body parts of a young man inside Ghana-Must-Go bags inside the drainage.

Gunmen stormed a hostel in Ilishan Remo area of Ogun State, Sunday, and abducted Justina Anochie, a student of nursing at Babcock University.

EUROPEAN leaders told Britain on Tuesday to act quickly to resolve the political and economic chaos unleashed by its vote to leave the European Union, a move the IMF said could put pressure on global growth. Financial markets recovered slightly after the result of Thursday’s referendum wiped a record $3 trillion off global shares and sterling fell to its lowest level in 31 years, but trading was volatile and policymakers said they would take all necessary measures to protect their economies.

LAGOS—pandemonium broke out, yesterday, along Ikorodu Road, Lagos, following the destruction of over 10 BRT buses by a mob protesting the death of a hawker allegedly caused by officials of Kick Against Indiscipline, KAI.

In demonstration of its support for educational development in the Nigeria, non-alcoholic beverage giant,Nigerian Bottling Company Limited (NBC) sponsored the 2016 Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Spelling Bee Competition in Abuja. The event which took place on June 18, 2016is aimed at increasing the knowledge impact on lives of the participants, their schools and families. Representatives of schools in the 13 Local Government Areas in Abuja were in attendance, along side teacher and parents of the participating students.