EHIME ALEX, Lagos Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has signed the state’s Revised 2020 Appropriation Bill into Law, with a pledge to pay attention to health, education, infrastructure and other sectors that would boost the State’s economy. Signing the Budget, which was reduced from N449.97 billion to N280 billion...
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EHIME ALEX, Lagos To enable Ogun and Lagos state governments take over reconstruction of the Abeokuta- Ifo-Lagos and the Sagamu-Ikorodu road, Governor Dapo Abiodun has presented a request to the Speaker of House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila. According to a statement made available to NATIONAL ACCORD, the Governor...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos Polaris Bank has partnered with the global social media giant, Facebook, to provide free digital marketing training to Small and Medium-scale Enterprises in Nigeria. In a statement made available to NATIONAL ACCORD on Wednesday, the bank explained that the move is intended to equip SMEs who...
Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde (second right); signing the year 2020 reviewed appropriation bill into law, with him from left are, Commissioner for Finance, Mr Akinola Ojo; Secretary to the State Government, Mrs Olubamiwo Adeosun; Deputy Governor, Engr Rauf Olaniyan; Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Hon Adeniyi Farinto...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – As part of measures to decongest the markets in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and further check the spread of COVID-19, market operations have been extended from three days a week to all 7 days in the week from 7:00am to 6:00pm effective from...
Vice President of The Clem Agba Foundation (TCAF), Princess Catherine Agba, has called on everyone to take action and raise awareness to find the “missing millions” who are living with hepatitis, unawares. Princess Agba made the call in a statement she issued on the occasion of this year’s (2020)...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos Ogun State House of Assembly has approved the 2020 Appropriation (Amendment) Law which seeks to reduce the state’s annual budget by 38 per cent from N450 billion to N280 billion. The bill titled, “H.B. No. 050/OG/2020- A Bill for a Law to amend the Year 2020 Appropriation Law”,...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has declared that no form of “Eid” prayer would hold in the state, in line with the resolution of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA). Governor Abiodun gave the warning while playing host to the new Chief Imam of...
Russia’s first potential COVID-19 vaccine will win local regulatory approval in the first half of August and be administered to frontline health workers soon afterwards, a development source close to the matter said, Reuters reported. A state research facility in Moscow – the Gamaleya Institute – completed early human...
…say European Green Deal, Covid-19 and new technology change environmental landscape Cross sector collaboration and enabling regulatory frameworks, as well as technology innovation, can fast track the achievement of circular economy goals. This is according to industry experts who were participating in Messe München’s first IFAT Impact virtual industry...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos As the Federal Government settled on a decision to reopen schools on August 4, the Jeunesse Youth Empowerment Initiative (JYE Initiative) has, however, called on the Federal Ministry of Education to take a holistic approach to ensure inclusiveness, accountability and transparency in managing the nation’s education sector...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has announced 624 new COVID-19 cases in the country as total infections from the virus increased to 41, 804. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Tuesday. The health agency noted that eight more persons have died from...
VERA AWUAH honnyveea3@gmail.com Rice is grain that, just like wheat is a member of the grass family. The Stalk’s grow anywhere from 60 to 180cm (2 to 6 feet) tall and bloom with flowers that produce the grain as its seed in Europe, Asia and Africa. It is grown...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos Ghana’s Minister of Comminications, Mrs Ursula G. Owusu-Ekuful, on Tuesday officiated the opening of the Third African Preparatory Meeting for the World Telecommunications Standardization Assembly (APM20-3 for WTSA-20). A statement to NATIONAL ACCORD by Mrs Alice Koech, program coordinator at the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) added that the forum is...