Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday described as shocking and sad the death of Nigerian Air Force first female combat pilot Tolulope Arotile following a car crash in Kaduna. “The death of Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile was one tragedy too many. As an advocate of girl-child education, gender inclusion,...
The APC Chieftain urged the presidency to immortalize the flying officer As she was a role model to many Nigerians. According to Mr Ajibulu Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile “ was a warrior”. The APC chieftain also Beseeched the NAF to endeavor in recruiting more brave women like Temitope as she has shown...
The Director-General of Lagos State Pension Commission, LASPEC, Mr. Babalola Obilana, has disclosed that the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu led administration had disbursed more than N8.7 billion as Accrued Pension Rights to 2,309 retirees’ savings accounts between January and June, 2020. The Director-General, who stated this on Wednesday while giving an...
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja said improved gold mining operations in the country will generate no fewer than 250,000 jobs and over $500m annually in royalties and taxes to the Federal Government. President Buhari disclosed this at the official presentation of locally mined gold bars by the Presidential Artisanal...
The Sokoto Zonal Head of Operations of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Abdullahi Lawal, on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 told a Sokoto State High Court, sitting in Sokoto, that two Chinese: Meng Wei Kun and Xu Kuai offered him a bribe of Fifty Million Naira (N50,000.000.00) on...
Three months after Oyo State government announced 50percent and 30percent salary slash of all senior political appointees and lawmakers respectively to ensure the effect of COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy does not affect the welfare and payment of workers salary, the Oyo State House of Assembly has moved...
Says Acquisition of Relevant Skills Will Boosts Academic Credentials Lagos State Government has said that there is a need for a change of approach to employment opportunities among job seekers in order to meet the present-day demands in the Labour market. Citing the instance of the COVID-19 pandemic which has...
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday commissioned a 48-Chamber morgue facility at the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Yaba in Lagos. Speaking at the commissioning of the state-of-the-art morgue facility, Governor Sanwo-Olu said the new morgue, donated by IHS Towers to the Lagos State Government will be available to serve...
Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, the first-ever female combat helicopter pilot in Nigeria, is dead. She was barely 23 years old. Arotile died from a head injuries sustained from a road traffic accident at Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Base Kaduna. Her death came barely a year after she was winged as a...
In spite of the despair that came with the COVID-19 pandemic and its attendant consequences, Nigeria decided to seize the opportunity to reset the economy amidst worldwide economic challenges, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo stated this in Abuja on Tuesday at a Webinar organised by the...