Ambode takes over Access Bank/Lagos marathon
With an aim to make the Access Bank/Lagos Marathon a sought after international event, Lagos State governor, Mr. Akinwumi Ambode has taken over the running of the 2017 edition of the race fixed for February 11, 2017.
Yakasai hails approval of Pharm D. Programme for pharmacists
PRESIDENT of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, Pharm Ahmed Yakasai, has commended the approval of the Pharm. D Programme by the National Universities Commission, NUC.
Mobilise all eligible NYSC members, despite cash constraints — FG
The Federal Government has given the leadership of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, the nod to mobilize all eligible Nigerian graduates for the compulsory one-year programme, despite budgetary constraints.
Abductors of Ambassador Hirse yet to make contact
THE family of former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bagudu Hirse, abducted by gunmen in Kaduna, said, yesterday, that the kidnappers were yet to contact any members of the family more than 24 hours after the incident.
Orji Kalu was a liability— PPA
ABIA State chapter of Progressives People’s Alliance, PPA, has applauded the exit of the party’s founder and former governor of Abia State, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu, describing his defection to All Progressives Congress, APC, “as a movement of a confusionist who has lost focus in his political pursuit.”
I didn’t demolish ex-minister’s house, says Okorocha
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has challenged the ex-Minister of Interior, Captain Emmanuel Iheanacho, to prove to the public that his house was demolished and not his fence.
