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Daily Post Nigeria Published President Muhammadu Buhari has showered praises on Bisi Akande, the pioneer Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as he turns 82 years old. Buhari, in a copy of the birthday best wishes made available to DAILY POST by his Spokesman, Garba Shehu, described the former Osun State Governor as “one of the biggest and strongest pillars of democracy in the country.” Buhari also noted in the message, that Akande “is committed to service of the country and we...

2021 Budget: FG to inject N765bn into social investment programmes The programmes got the highest chunk among the selected projects listed in 2021 approved budget. ADVERTISEMENT The federal government has budgeted N765 billion for the Social Investment Programmes (SIPs), a key empowerment scheme of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. The programme got the highest allocationamong the selected projects listed in the 2021 approved budget. According to details virtually presented Tu...

Share SUNDAY ADEPOJU reflects on the activism or otherwise of the organised labour in 2020 and earlier vis-à-vis the workers cum public expectations as critical stakeholders in the polity, as politicians embark on subtle horsetrading ahead 2023 elections in the country. DATING back to the precolonial era, labour movement has always been in the vanguard of the political evolution of Nigeria. It consolidated the role stronger during the prolonged military interregnum. The organised labour was th...

New Year Honours: Rotorua doctor Janette Irvine made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit 30 Dec, 2020 05:00 PM 5 minutes to read When Rotoruas Dr Janette Irvine started medical school in the 1970s she was told she was only there to find a husband and then she would drop out. Many of her classmates, then made up of only 30 per cent women, had stuck their noses up at females in the profession at her time as they believed they had taken the spot of a more deserving man. ...

By Adesina Wahab IN the bid to promote harmony between it and its host communities in Edo and Delta states, Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc, SEPLAT, in a Joint Venture (JV) partnership with the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC, has embarked on a number of projects and programmes to improve the living standards of the people in the host communities. The programmes are designed in line with the Sustainable Development Goals. SDGs, 4 and one of which is the annual PEARLs Quiz ...

Sanwo-Olu empowers indigent Lagosians  Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State. One Thousand and Fifty Lagosians were Thursday presented with various items by the Lagos State Government under the auspices of the Empowerment Programme of the Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Ministry. The items include Hair Dryers, Pepper Grinding Machines, Generating Sets, Sewing Machines, Popcorn production machines, Clippers, Sterilising Sets and Generators. In his remarks, the Governor of Lagos State...

Share The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has empowered 400 constituents of the Surulere Federal Constituency 1 on farming. The three-day Empowerment Programme commenced training the constituents on Fishery, Snailery, Rabbitary, and Bee farming at both Teslim Balogun Stadium and Calabar Hall within the Constituency. Speaking at the programme, The Director-General, Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria (RIIN), Dr. Aireguamen Aigbodion lauded the Speaker for such in...

“I don’t think we [rural women] were on the agenda,” said Mawubuye Land Rights Movement activist Denia Jansen, referring to the devastating impact that the Covid-19 lockdown has had on South Africans.  A key challenge was the limited access to institutional support during lockdown, she said, sharing a view that emerged in a report released during 16 Days of Activism by the Women on Farms Project (WFP). Jansen has her ears close to the ground on matters related to gender-based violence in...

Share Lagos State government under the auspices of the Empowerment Programme of the Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Ministry, on Thursday, presented a total of 1,050 Lagosians with various items, including hairdryers, pepper grinding machines, generating sets, sewing machines, popcorn production machines, clippers, sterilising sets and generators. Governor Sanwo-Olu, while making the presentation, restated the commitment of the administration to provide succour to citizens especially in t...

Gbajabiamila empowers 400 constituents on fishery, other farming On By Gabriel Olawale The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has empowered 400 constituents of Surulere Federal Constituency 1 on farming activities. The Empowerment Programme, which involves training on Fishery, Snailery, Rabbitary, and Bee, begins on Thursday and will span till Saturday at both Teslim Balogun Stadium and Calabar Hall within the Constituency. Speaking at the programme, The Director-G...