Ogun State APC youth chapter objects to Governor Abiodun's plans to offer 50% of all appointments to women

MEMBERS  of the youth wing of the Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have objected to plans by Governor Dapo Abiodun to allocate 50% of all appointments to women.

 

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Newcastle said to be the latest club looking to snap up Iheanacho during the January transfer window

NEWCASTLE United have become the latest English Premier League side to show in interest ion Leicester City's struggling Kelechi Iheanacho with an indication that he may be signed on loan during the January transfer window.

 

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Our Niger Delta ministry should be renamed Ministry of Coastal Affairs and be given sweeping powers to regenerate the Atlantic seaboard

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Following the deal we have just struck with the Russians, this new Federal Ministry of Coastal Affairs should be given oversight for the Lagos to Calabar railway line. This should be a high speed rail link that runs at about 250km an hour

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Gbajabiamila calls on government departments to support local manufacturers like Innoson and Proforce

HOUSE of Representatives speaker Hon Femi Gbajabiamila has called on the federal government to patronise local manufacturers producing security equipment like Innoson and Proforce to help end the dependency on foreign imports.

 

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Health minister announces radical plans to attract diasporan doctors from Europe and the US

HEALTH minister Dr Osagie Ehanire has announced radical plans to recruit doctors from the Nigerian diaspora as part of a programme to combat the nation's medical challenges using the services of experts from Europe and America.

 

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Manufacturing machine tools is just as important for industrialisation as power supply , railway lines and steel production

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) It appears we are finally getting the message that we are going nowhere as a country unless we industrialise. Over the last three months or so, the Nigerian government has entered into pacts with China, Japan and Russia designed to kickstart our economy. Even though the initiative came from these countries, it is great that we are finally playing ball. It is only manufacturing that will banish poverty in Nigeria. Anything else is just hot air

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London telemedicine company Mobihealth appoints Ade Adefeko to its board of directors

LONDON-based Nigerian telemedicine company Mobihealth has appointed the vice president of agribusiness conglomerate Olam International Ade Adefeko as a member of its board of directors.

 

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New Bromley Council chief executive Ade Adetosoye expected to oversee huge spending cuts

NIGERIAN-born Ade Adetosoye has assumed office as the chief executive of Bromley Council in Kent with a mandate to guide the local authority through a period of financial uncertainty and transformation.

 

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World Bank praises Nigerian reforms saying ease of doing business has improved dramatically

NIGERIA has moved up 15 place on World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index ranking rising to 131 from 146 in the latest survey which looked at commercial operations in 190 countries worldwide .

 

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Leicester City looks set to offload Iheanacho to Besiktas during January transfer window

ENGLISH Premier league side Leicester City have agreed to let Super Eagles striker Kelechi Iheanacho leave in the January transfer window if a good offer comes in for him with Turkey expected to be his most likely destination.

 

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