Habeeb Okunola Foundation flags off tertiary scholarship scheme for 500 students
In line with the commitment of Habeeb Okunola Foundation to fostering enrolment in tertiary education and building future leaders, the organisation flagged off its 2022 Tertiary Scholarship Scheme for 500 undergraduate and postgraduate students drawn from public tertiary institutions across the six geopolitical zones of the country. Speaking during the flag-off ceremony held in Lagos, […]
N10 per litre tax on soft drinks: 15,000 direct, indirect jobs on the line — NLC, LCCI, MAN, NACCIMA
Stakeholders in the Nigerian economy have faulted the Federal Government on the introduction of excise duty of N10/liter on non-alcoholic carbonated and sweetened beverages, noting that the move will lead to contraction of production output, loss of industry revenue and ultimately loss of jobs.
2023: National mood favours Southern presidency — Anyim
THE Presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP from the South East extraction, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, Thursday explained that the “mood of the nation favours the rotation of the Presidency to Southern Nigeria”.
Timi Frank flays clearance of suspects in Dowen College students’ death
Political activist, Comrade Timi Frank has condemned the clearance of 10 suspects arrested in connection with the death of 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni Jr.
Politics or forced labour: The new America-China tango
By Owei Lakemfa Super heavyweights, the United States, US, and China wrestled in the last week of last year into 2022 on the issue of forced labour. The US had drawn the first blood when on Thursday, December 23, 2021, President Joe Biden signed into law the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. It is an “Act […]
Oromoni: Lagos chief coroner fixes Jan 15 for inquest
By Olasunkanmi Akoni – Lagos Lagos State Chief Coroner, Justice Mojisola Dada, has fixed January 15, 2022, for the commencement of inquest into the cause of death of Sylvester Oromoni, a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos. It would be recalled that Lagos Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, Ms. Adetutu Oshinusi, has absolved the […]
