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No fewer than 5,222 persons have been vaccinated in Lagos State, Commissioner for Health Prof. Akin Abayomi said in a statement yesterday. Abayomi said none of the people vaccinated experienced any serious side effect. He said 268 persons were vaccinated on March 12 and 4,954 received the shot on March 15. According to Abayomi, the […]
Winifred Bosa The United States and the United Kingdom governments have pledged more support for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA after expressing satisfaction with the successes recorded by the new leadership of the Agency in just eight weeks in the saddle. According to a press release from Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy NDLEA, Consul […]
The National Metrology Institute (NMI) of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has taken delivery of additional weight standards to boost the ongoing calibration of various weighbridges in use in the Country. A statement from the office of the Director General, SON, Mallam Farouk Salim disclosed that the investment is in line with its determination […]
Winifred Bosa The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has said that it expects all operators in the Nigerian financial system especially bankers to declare their assets latest June 1, 2021. As was maintained in a press release signed by Wilson Uwujaren, Head, Media & Publicity ,the Commission’s Executive Chairman, Abdulrashed Bawa, dropped this hint recently , while […]
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) said the performance of the manufacturing sector has been constrained by the Nigerian inclement macroeconomic environment. The Association noted that with the triadic rates: high and rising inflation rate, double digit lending rate and unfavourable exchange rate parity. The Director General, Segun Ajayi-Kadir mni stressed that the regulatory […]
The wave of top level confirmation of appointment and success in 2020 promotion exercise for 15 senior and junior levels in the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD), has been commended by the Executive Secretary, Dr. Chioma Ejikeme. A statement by Head, Corporate Communications, Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD), Olugbenga Ajayi, stated that two acting directors […]
The Lagos State Education District I, Agege, has held its 14th Annual Merit Award for Teachers with Miss Adefemi Adeola Adedunke of Oke-Odo Senior High School, emerging as the Overall Best Teacher in the District. Speaking during the event held at the Government Senior College Hall, Agege, the Tutor General/Permanent Secretary of Education District I, […]
Winifred Bosa Lagos State Government has began a two-week decontamination of 26 major poultry markets against the resurgence of avian influenza (bird flu) in some parts of the country. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms. Abisola Olusanya, who disclosed this in Lagos , explained that the decontamination exercise was informed by the reported resurgence of […]
Lagos State Government’s massive investment in human capital development of the workforce is now yielding dividends as the State Public Service has produced the first Forensic Dentist in the whole of West Africa. The State Commissioner for Establishments, Training and Pensions, Mrs. Ajibola Ponnle, disclosed this while introducing Dr. Victor Adekunle, who just completed a […]
As the world marks this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD), women have been urged to strive for excellence and choose to challenge to be at every table where decisions are being made in the workplace, politics, economy and the society at large. This was the summary of the virtual event held by new-age financial solutions […]