The global unveiling of the print edition of The Podium International magazine continues in Ibadan on Wednesday, 31 August from 10.00 am at Le Ville Event Centre, Eleiyele. The unveiling event will also feature a business talk on “The Role of Effective Communication in Career and Business Success”, to be delivered by a renowned communications scholar, Mr Femi Ipadeola. He …

Lagos State has flagged off the construction of what will be the largest Food Security Systems and Central Logistics Park in sub-Saharan Africa. On Wednesday, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu performed the sod turning at the site of the facility being built on 1.2 million square metres of land in Ketu-Ereyun, Epe. Establishment of the food park is a component of an …

… as NIPR holds Citizens Summit Reputation management and communications specialist, Dr Jossy Nkwocha has identified solutions to Nigeria’s integration crisis. While addressing the two-day Citizens Summit for National Integration, Peace, and Security organised by the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Nkwocha said that government should muster the political will to re-order Nigeria in line with the national anthem, …

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has banned rotational number plates. In a statement by the Assistant Corps Marshal, Bisi Kazeem, FRSC made the announcement following the circulation of a video of a vehicle that displayed rotating number plates with different detail on either side of the plates. “The attention of the FRSC has been drawn to a video circulating …

Four Chemical Engineering graduates of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso have been awarded fully funded scholarships at the Louisiana State University (LSU), Los Angeles, United States. LAUTECH’s Principal Assistant Registrar for Public and Alumni Relations, Mr Olalekan Fadeyi said in the Oyo State town that the students were directly admitted into PhD programme with their first degrees. He …

Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has secured two-month jail terms for three persons for various environmental offences, while another person, who allegedly patronised a cart pusher, has a pending judgment. According to a statement by LAWMA’s Director of Public Affairs, Mrs Folashade Kadiri, the ruling is coming on the heels of the agency’s collaboration with the police to stop incessant …

The National Executive Council of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will meet on Sunday, to take a decision on whether to suspend or continue with the industrial action. Sources among the union’s NEC members told The PUNCH that the meeting would hold at the union’s national headquarters at the University of Abuja. The council is expected to …

The United States government will repatriate over $23 million of the Sani Abacha loot to Nigeria, according to a fresh agreement signed by both parties on Tuesday. General Sani Abacha was Nigeria’s military dictator from 17 November 1993 to 8 June 1998 when he died in mysterious circumstances. With the latest decision, the US would have repatriated $335 million Abacha …

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) and the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) have dragged President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to court over what they called the “arbitrary use of the NBC Act and broadcasting code to threaten, revoke and shut down 53 broadcast stations in the country for failing to renew their licences”. Last …

The Lagos State government has expressed the hope that the 2022 budget would hit 95 percent performance by the end of the year. This is as it continues to engage stakeholders in preparation for next year’s financial plan. About a fortnight ago, the Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr Sam Egube reviewed the Y2022 total budget performance at achieving …