Author: Newsjaunts
Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday announced his intention to repeal the Public Office Holder (Payment of Pension Law 2007), which provides for payment of pension and other entitlements to former Governors Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday announced his intention to repeal the Public Office Holder (Payment of Pension Law 2007), which provides for payment of pension and other entitlements to former Governors and their Deputies. He made this known while presenting the 2021 budget to the Lagos State House of Assembly. Sanwoolu said the bill would be sent to the Lagos Assembly for legislative…
Crown Flour Mill Limited an Olam Group company, has emerged the Most Active Corporate in the FX Futures Market, in the domestic (non-bank) category, at the 2020 Financial Market Dealer Quotation (FMDQ) Gold Awards announced on Friday, November 6, 2020. The wheat milling firm and makers of a rich portfolio of food brands beat two other contenders to the award. Currently in its third year, the FMDQ Gold Awards recognises principal market participants who have demonstrated excellence and diversity in the fixed income, foreign exchange and derivatives markets; driving development through their activities and raising the standards of the domestic…
The Chairman, Federal House of Representatives’ Committee on Rural Development in the 8th National Assembly and a leader of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Hon. (Dr.) Oladipupo Adebutu, has sent his warm words of condolence to the entire family of Chief Edward Kayode Oke (EKO), members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and indeed, the entire political class in Ipokia Local Government on the transition of late Chief Oke to eternal glory on thursday, 5th November, 2020. Adebutu, in a condolence message made available to the Press on Monday, 9th November, 2020 by his Media Consultant, Afolabi Orekoya,…
In furtherance of his 25 years Silver Jubilee celebrations of great works behind the Nollywood camera, Edo born multiple award winning filmmaker and culture activist, Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen will be commencing the production of a massive blockbuster movie that will star some of Nigerian best artists.Ambassador Lancelot Imasuen who was recently named by the Federal Government of Nigerian through the Film and Video Censors Board as one of the icons that has shaped the video and film industry in Nigeria’s 60 years of independence is undoubtedly a game changer in Nigeria film industry. In a chat with Newsjaunts Online, the…
South-west governors and monarchs have bemoaned the composition and arrangements of the Nigeria’s security architecture. Subsequently, they have called on ofPresident Muhammadu Buhari to rejig the nation’s security apparatus. The leaders made the call at an event hosted by south-west governors in Lagos on Sunday, This call is coming in the wake of the #EndSARS protests that rocked the country whose aftermath led to widespread violence and looting, particularly in Lagos state. Buhari, represented by Ibrahim Gambari, his chief of staff, pledged to address the root cause of the protest. After the meeting the forum issued a communique which read:…
Professionals in the nutrition and healthcare industry have agreed that using the food-based approach is one of the most cost-effective ways to prevent malnutrition. This, they explained, begins with adequate nutrition in the first 1,000 days of life and adequate maternal and adolescent nutrition. This assertion was made by panelists at the Protein Challenge Webinar Series 5, themed: ‘Bridging the Knowledge Gap’ held on Thursday, November 5, 2020. Prof. Henrietta Nkechi Ene-Obong, Professor of Human Nutrition, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Calabar, Cross River State, stated that capacity must be developed, to bridge the knowledge gap, and…
Newsjaunts learnt from a source close to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq that the much anticipated N-Power batch C Successful Applicants List will soon be out this November. The source who pleaded anonymity stated that, ‘N-Power batch C Successful Applicants List will be out this November, the listed experienced a setback due to the #EndSARS Protests but I can assure you that the list is at the final stage. This is coming few months after the applicants of the N-Power Batch C 2020 to the Twitter to express their impatient over the next…
President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his administration’s commitment to reform the Nigeria Police for better performance and service delivery that will make every Nigeiran proud. The Chief of staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, made this known when he led a delegation of federal government representative to meet with south east leaders on Saturday. President Buhari called on the Nigerian youths to embrace peace, saying that they should not fall victim to messages of hate, divisiveness and vitriol, that only inspires violence. Other federal government delegation at the meeting were, Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, Inspector General of Police,…
Donald Trump has lost re-election as United States President following the victory of Democratic candidate, Joe Biden.Biden won the 20 electoral college votes in Pennsylvania to cross the 270 he needed to win the White House with 273 against Trump’s 214.Meanwhile, Biden continues to lead in three more battleground states of Georgia, Nevada and Arizona with Trump challenging the counting of ballots in court.Also Read : American hostage rescued: Trump sends warning to terroristsTrump campaign however says the election is not over and the president who had earlier declared himself winner does not intend to concede defeatThe 77-year former vice…
There comes a time in the life of a people that a consensus is reached for a change of the status quo. The barometer to measure this change comes from a variety of arithmetics ala societal values, mental psychometrics of the people, human re-engineering and the driving propulsion of government. Nigeria with a soaring population of nearly 200 million people is blessed with so much talents. Over the years, the harnessing this huge talent pool has been the bane of socio, economic, political and national development. The world over, men and women of Nigerian descent ‘hold their own’ in sports,…