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Toyin Saraki Takes Youth Empowerment To Ogun Schools

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Wife of the President of of the Senate, Mrs. Toyin Saraki, has taken her pioneering Personal , Social , Health and Economic (PSHE) and Water , Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) education programme to school children in Ogun State through her Non-Governmental Organization – the Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA).   The pilot programme which took place over two days, educated 237 children at the Ogun State Summer Camp, as part of activities to mark this year’s International Youth Day, before an anticipated roll-out across the state and throughout Nigeria.   Mrs.…

Lai Mohammed to Declare Open 4th Asa Day festival in Abuja Tomorrow .. As Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Princess Ebunoluwa Oladunni, 13 others make Awardee list

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The 4th edition of Asa Day festival will be declared opened by the honourable Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed in Abuja on Saturday at the Cyprian Ekwensi center for Arts and Culture formerly FCT Center for Arts and Culture in the morning   ASA DAY festival which was recently endorsed by Federal Ministry of Culture , Tourism and National Orientation with the support of National Council of Arts and Culture NCAC, is annual event organised by a Nigeria based company Royalprince Media Services under the leadership of…

Aregbesola has provided opportunities for business to thrive in Osun- Obaleye

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An Osun industrialist and Chief Executive Officer of Yinka Oba Foams Nigeria Limited, Dr Eunice Olayinka Obaleye (MON), has lauded the administration of Governor Rauf Aregbesola for providing businesses the conducive atmosphere to succeed. The octogenarian business woman commended Governor Aregbesola for the tremendous achievements recorded in the last seven and half years, describing the feat as unprecedented in the history of the state since creation. Dr Obaleye made the statement while hosting the Governor and his entourage who were on a congratulatory visit to her residence in Ilesa, on…

Children’s Day: Full text of Buhari’s Message

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Today affords me another opportunity to re-affirm our Administration’s commitment to the protection of children, a day to reflect on our roles and responsibilities as Parents and Leaders towards our children, and also assessing how far we have fared in this regard.   As you may recall, one of the cardinal objectives of this Administration is the provision of quality education to our children as a fundamental foundation of economic and social development. In this regard, I am pleased to inform you that this Administration has recorded measurable success in…

Ogunwuyi Felicitates with Soun at 92, Describes Him Architect Of Modern Ogbomoso

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Lawmaker representing Ogbomoso North, South and Oriire Federal Constituency Honourable Segun Ogunwuyi, and has described the Soun of Ogbomosoland, Oba (Dr.) Jimoh Oladunni Ajagungbade III, as the architect of modern Ogbomoso with the level of development he has brought to the ancient town.   The lawmaker said the king has taken the lead among his peers in the area of new developments as manifested in the spate of developments the town has recorded in the past years of his reign.   Ogunwuyi ‎contented that no monarch has matched Soun’s achievements…

EMPOWERMENT: GOV SANI-BELLO COMMENDS GARKUWAN TALBAN FOUNDATION

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Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani-Bello has commended Garkuwan Talban Minna Foundation for its contribution towards alleviating poverty in the state. The Governor gave the commendation at the presentation of merit award , Empowerment of beneficiaries on skill acquisition, financial support to Non Governmental Organizations and Distribution of exercise books to the 25 Local Government Areas in the state. Governor Sani-Bello who applauded the activities and impact of the NGO on the lives of citizens said it will go a long way to empower both youths and women in the…

NIPR to Resuscitate Niger Chapter- Council Member

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The newly elected member of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations Governing Council, Mr. Ohaeri Osondu has pledged to resuscitate and scale up Public Relations practice in Niger State during his tenure. The Immediate Past Chairman of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja Chapter who was among the 17 candidates elected into the Institute’s Governing Council at the 2018 NIPR AGM/National Conference recently held in Umuahia, Abia State. In a post-election’s statement, Mr. Ohaeri who will be coordinating public relations activities in the Federal Capital…

WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY: GOV SANI-BELLO CHARGES MEDIA ON FAIR, BALANCED REPORTING

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Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani-Bello has acknowledged that the growth and development of democracy in Nigeria is essentially dependent on the level of freedom of the Press.   The Governor, who stated this in Minna to commemorate the 2018 World Press Freedom Day, said freedom of speech and information are a fundamental rights of individuals and cannot be trampled upon.   In the statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary Malam Jibrin Baba Ndace, the Governor also affirmed that the freedom of the Press is not negotiable in any…

Dabiri, Ooni, storms Ile-Ife for UNIFEMGA Reunion … As Diaspora Tops Agenda

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The issue of the Nigerians in the Diaspora will take the centre stage as Hon.Abike Dabiri-Erewa is the guest speaker at 2018 annual national reunion of Obafemi Awolowo University Muslim Graduates’ Association, UNIFEMGA on Saturday May 5, at Ile-Ife, Osun state. According to a statement by the Chairman Planning Committee of the Reunion, Luqman Obileye and Mohammed Buari, Public Relations Officer, the three- day programme would hold at Oduduwa Hall from Friday May 4 to May 6 from 10 a.m. The statement added that Dabiri-Erewa would speak on the theme…

I Can’t Stop Accusing Jonathan Of Treasury Looting – Osinbajo

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Here is the full speech of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the 10th Bola Tinubu Colloquium in Lagos on Thursday that former president Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) do not want published. ”Let me first say that we started this colloquium now about 10 years ago, and I’m sure that most of us have heard the story. Many of those who started the idea of the colloquium probably are here with us today. Most of us had worked with the then Governor of Lagos State, Governor Bola…