The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode
The gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress [APC} in Lagos State has promised, if elected, to set up a four-year N25 billion trust fund to cater for unemployed people in the state.
Akinwunmi Ambode said in his manifesto released Sunday that the Lagos Employment Trust Fund (LETF) would provide access a minimum of N1 billion naira annually for entrepreneurial ventures across the state’s five divisions of Ikorodu, Badagry, Ikeja, Lagos and Epe.
“We will protect the growth of small and medium scale enterprises by providing tax incentives,” said Mr. Ambode, a former Accountant-General of the state.
Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, has advised the Northern region to wait till 2019 when it will be their turn to produce the president, reports Punch.
Speaking through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Fayose said since the South-West had ruled for eight years, the South-South should be allowed to continue.
He said that four years is not too much for the North to wait for the return of the presidency to the region.
He described the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Mohammadu Buhari, as the candidate of former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu.
Esther Kanu, who participated in the 2013 edition of Most Beautiful Girl In Nigeria beauty pageant representing Abia State, has passed away. According to Pulse.ng, the 24-year-old died on the morning of Wednesday, January 7th 2014. Sources say she suddenly slumped and was immediately taken to the hospital, where she was confirmed dead. Just 2 weeks ago, she had wished her friends a Merry Christmas on Instagram.
From left: Speaker, house of representatives, Aminu Tambuwal; APC national chairman, John Oyegun; APC vice presidential candidate, Yemi Osinbajo and APC presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, at the APC presidential campaign rally in Port Harcourt, Rivers, on Tuesday (06/01/15)
The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), retired Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday said his administration would assemble competent team to efficiently manage the country.
Buhari said this in Port Harcourt at the inauguration of the party’s presidential campaign.
Banky W Musician, Song writer & now, filmmaker! BankyW just stepped things up with the release of the video for ‘Mercy‘- a track off his last album, R&BW. The music film was shot in New York City and features ‘upcoming actors and film students’
Rita Ora, her friends and her team kicked off 2015 with a fun video recreating Beyoncé’s 7/11 music video. The video was shot while the Roc Nation singer was on holiday in St. Barts and was done with her phone. The fun clip features appearances from Elizabeth Hilfiger and her father, designer Tommy Hilfiger.
After a three-year legal battle, Royal Dutch Shell has finally agreed to an $84 million settlement with residents of Bodo community in Niger Delta. They are being compensated for two oil spills that occurred in 2008 and 2009 respectively.
According to BBC, the 15,600 fishermen in the case will be given $3,300 each as compensation for losses they experienced as a result of the oil spills. The remaining $30 million will be given to the community as a whole to aid in eradicating the environmental pollution caused by the incident.
The strike embarked upon by judiciary workers on Tuesday stalled further hearing in the coroner’s inquest into the collapse of a guest house within the Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN.
On Monday, the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, commenced an indefinite strike to demand for financial autonomy for state courts.
The Ikeja High Court premises had been locked up by JUSUN members for the second day running.
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will on Wednesday formally kick off its campaigns for the February elections, President Goodluck Jonathan has said.
The president, who disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday at the inauguration of the Presidential Campaign Council, said he and the party’s governorship candidates in all the states in the elections would be presented with its flags.
He said the handing over of flags to other categories of candidates would be subsequently worked out by the PDP National Chairman, Adamu Mu’azu.
