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http://ift.tt/2q3M5LI The three-day exercise which commenced yesterday, is expected to end on Monday. The initiative being undertaken under the Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s administration is aimed at effecting cleaner, safer and healthier environment in the state. PHOTO: LASG No fewer than 5000 job seekers in Lagos State besieged the Agege Stadium yesterday to apply for job as Community Sanitation Workers (CSW) under the ongoing recruitment exercise by the Cleaner Lagos Initiative (CLI). The three-day exercise which commenced yesterday, is expected to end on Monday. The initiative being undertaken under the Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s administration is aimed at effecting cleaner, safer and healthier environment in the state. One of the recruitment officials, Mr. Ibrahim Fearon said those that will be employed will not be just street sweepers, but an employee of the state government. He said contrary to what was in place under the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), whe...

http://ift.tt/2rfTJSp JA Jebel Ali Beach Hotel Even with temperatures rising, as we head into the summer, you can kick back with a relaxing holiday in Dubai with plenty of things to see and do in the city. From accommodation and activities to theme parks and safaris – here’s a list of the best place with best offers to visit for a summer to remember in Dubai. Atlantis, The Palm This grand luxury five-star hotel on The Palm, spanning a massive 46 hectares, with 17 hectares of waterpark alone, features exciting marine and entertainment attractions for the whole family as well as a collection of award-winning restaurants. DoubleTree by Hilton Dubai This spacious 110-suite hotel boasts a fitness centre, 42-metre outdoor infinity pool and wellness centre. Only minutes away from Dubai Marina and Dubai Marina Mall, the hotel’s location is ideal for relaxing, socialising, swimming and taking advantage of nearby skydiving and shopping facilities. JA Resorts & Hotels With 30 y...

http://ift.tt/2rfI3iu The professional dancer arrived Muritala Mohammed International Airport in the early hours of yesterday to join the workshop, which continues today at the Eko Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. International dance choreographer, Hollywood, is currently in the country for the Lagos edition of The Dance Workshop 2017. The professional dancer arrived Muritala Mohammed International Airport in the early hours of yesterday to join the workshop, which continues today at the Eko Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. The theoretical and practical workshop is a project created by Kaffy to educate dancers on the ethics and business aspect of dance. The workshop will cover important topics such as Attitude & Talent, Finance in Dance Business, Branding and the best use of Social media, Importance of technique and skill acquisition. The project has successfully held in Accra, Abuja and Ibadan, reorienting dancers on vital issues and ensuring a positive impact on their career. H...

http://ift.tt/2rfnOlc <br />There are couples that on the surface appear to have little in common, yet something keeps them together. My guess is it’s their willingness to step out of their comfort zone and experiment. So one sunny afternoon, on my way to Ikeja to get a pedicure and manicure at the spa, I listened to a radio program where things got really heated. The topic was Dating lower than your standards. It sounds negative, right? I’ve never been crazy about the verbiage, because it smacks of one partner being inferior, or lacking in some way. And that is not what love or dating is all about. Naturally, you would know that the phone lines would begin to blow up with listeners calling in to say their minds. The person anchoring the show went on to explain that by dating down he meant dating someone “less accomplished”; someone lacking the curiosity gene, or simply not sharing the other’s interests. The broadcaster gave examples of professional men and women dating ...

http://ift.tt/2rfCWyZ <br />When young people who have not left school commit serious crimes, the first question anybody asks is; where do they come from? Many times, they are wondering under what types of home such kids were raised. The report from a secondary school in Lagos comes as a shock; that news report about schoolmates trying to have forceful carnal knowledge of their female students at the end of their secondary school leaving examinations. That news about some boys trying to rape their mates who most probably they had at some time indulged in youthful plays, studied together and shared their hopes and fears about the future together-the way only mates would bare their minds to none other but a kindred spirit who were brought together by a school and presumably spent some years there together. On that day, some boy/boys came to school armed with a sharp object- a pair of scissors, and caused a stampede in the school compound. They zeroed in on a victim who they fe...

http://ift.tt/2rfW4wy Chief Executive Officers and Policy Makers across a broad range of sectors on Tuesday gathered for the 2017 edition of the WIMBIZ CEO/Policy Maker Interactive Breakfast Series at the Wheatbaker Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos. The theme of the forum “Ease of Doing Business: A Policy Dialogue on Regulations” spotlighted the critical issues with starting and running a successful business in Nigeria. It stimulated open and broad dialogue between CEOs, policy makers and practitioners with a focus on key business enablers including, Transparency in Business Regulations; Harmonization of Taxes; Power and Infrastructure. The forum, which had in attendance over 100 CEOs and policymakers, was moderated by Mr. Seyi Bickersteth, Former Chairman KPMG Africa, and featured speakers such as Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman, MD Nigerian Ports Authority, Mr. Bolaji Balogun, Chairman, LaFarge, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, Head of Tax and Regulatory Services PwC; Mrs. Damilola Ogunbiyi, MD Rural Electrifica...

http://ift.tt/2rfu902 Set in ancient Benin Kingdom, movie stars, such as Jimmy Jean Louis, Misty Lockheart, Desmond Elliot, Chris Attoh, Bimbo Manuel, Ufuoma McDermott, Toyin Aimakhu, Jemaima Osunde and Monica Omorodion Swaida. It was a gathering of stars and a night of glitz and glamour in Houston, Texas, and later in Dallas, US, as Bini Epic movie, Esohe, premiered. The premiere attracted a capacity hall and had to be screened twice to accommodate the mammoth crowd that came out to have a feel of African culture. Some Nollywood celebrities who graced the event include Uche Jombo, Moses Efret, Bode Ojo, Alex Mouth, Christabel Momodu, president of Nollywood in Houston, Papa Gee, as well as Nollywood actors based in Houston, Benin Club of America, Houston and the eldest son of Iyase of Benin Kingdom and current president of the Bini Club of Houston. To add zest to the premiere, some members of cast were dressed in Bini regalia, arousing nostalgia among...

http://ift.tt/2rfnNOa Last year, Robert again teamed up with the stand up comedian, Makun or AY for short, and they made another blockbuster, A Trip to Jamaica, which again sold massively and broke the earlier record their first collaborative effort earned. Nearly everything he has touched as a filmmaker since he left Nigeria in 2005 has literary turned gold. Films that he has starred in, photographed and or directed have effortlessly made it to the top 10 of the very exclusive list of Nigerian top box office earners. The deep actor and later-day director and cinematographer, Robert Oyimemise Peters, had his imprint on that Ayo Makun’s blockbuster, 30 Days in Atlanta. Not only did the movie gross N164 million at the box office, the highest figure recorded by any Nigerian movie at the box office as at the time it was released (The Wedding Party grossed N452million last year), the comic movie made the Guinness Book of World Records listing as Nigeria’s first highest grossing film of...

http://ift.tt/2poKlw9 Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye • Utomi, Obada charge govt on policies, leadership The General Overseer, Worldwide of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has explained that only God has the power to revive the nation’s economy. He spoke yesterday on “No more waiting,” at a monthly thanksgiving service at the RCCG National Headquarters, Throne of Grace, Ebute-Metta, Lagos.The cleric, who also prayed for mothers, pregnant women and single parents and their families told the story of King Nebuchadnezzar in the Bible, who arrogated his success to his personal efforts and eventually paid for his pride. Adeboye stressed that any leader who relies on his effort to find a solution to a challenge would sink in such problems, adding that a mountain could only be surmounted if it is laid at God’s feet. According to Adeboye, if God could make pregnant women to be delivered safely and put smiles on the faces of families, He is able to p...

http://ift.tt/2oZN55Y Ibikunle Amosun, Governor of Ogun State. Residents of five communities in the Ado/Odo-Ota Local Council of Ogun State say the decrepit state of Igberen Road, Ota, has impacted negatively on their standard of living. They said some landlords have abandoned their property, while commercial activities had been affected due to the poor state of the road. The residents, comprising dwellers of Ifelodun, Ekotedo, Orelope, Aboloyin and Oremeji communities, during a protest on Saturday, said they had spent millions of naira in repairing the road, adding that all appeal to the state government have proved abortive. They noted that the impact of heavy-duty trucks, including those of the Ogun State Waste Management Board, which deposit refuse in a rubbish dump in the area, were responsible for the damage of the road.  The protesters displayed placards, which read: ‘Please, stop deceiving us Ogun State Government, keep to your promise on Igberen Road,’ and ‘Ogu...

http://ift.tt/2oyjnWb Alex Okoh • ActionAid seeks reversal of privitisation exercise The Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Alex Okoh, has offered reason for the inability of the Federal Government to allot the 10 per cent equity shareholding in the privatised power distribution companies to the workers. According to him, some state governments are yet to furnish the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) with details of their investment portfolios in the utility firms prior to their privatisation. The information, Okoh clarified, would enable the commission evaluate the state governments’ commitment in the distribution network within their domains.A statement yesterday by BPE spokesman, Chukwuma Nwoko, quoted his boss as making the clarification at the weekend when officials of two industry unions, led by the General Secretary of the Nigerian Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), Comrade Joe Ajaero, visited him in Abuja. According to t...

http://ift.tt/2oUQTSn Delta Police Commissioner, Mr. Zanna Ibrahim Mopols face shelter challenge, AIG intervenes in Idumuje-Ugboko crisis The Commissioner of Police, Delta State Command, Zanna Ibrahim has cautioned armed youths of Ogbe-Ijoh and Aladja communities to either lay down their arms or be prepared to face the full weight of the law. Ibrahim gave the warning at the weekend amid renewed hostilities between the two communities during which a mobile policeman and other persons were injured.He wondered why the people fail to appreciate the efforts and sacrifices of the state government and security agents towards restoring peace to the warring communities. The CP also warned that the command would henceforth not condone any attacks on security personnel and law-abiding citizens of the areas. Meanwhile, two weeks after mobile policemen were deployed to Abraka from Oghara and Asaba to check Fulani herdsmen killings in the area, the officers are yet to find a place to sleep. ...

http://ift.tt/2rHWG1U NIDO stated further that other reasons for ultimatum include immediate provision of licences to Itsekiri to own and operate oil blocks and modular refineries in their land, completion of the Koko-Ogheye-Lagos road project, employment of Itsekiri indigenes by the IOCs Itsekiri youths, under the aegis of Niger Delta Omega (NIDO), have issued a 14-day ultimatum to Federal and Delta State governments and all International Oil Companies (IOCs) operating in their land to rename the location of the Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko as Okerenghigho as allegedly recognised by the law of Nigeria. NIDO stated further that other reasons for ultimatum include immediate provision of licences to Itsekiri to own and operate oil blocks and modular refineries in their land, completion of the Koko-Ogheye-Lagos road project, employment of Itsekiri indigenes by the IOCs, provision of light, drinkable water, hospitals and motorable road with bridges to connect Itsekiri area...

http://ift.tt/2rp2FZh The kidnappers had given parents of the abducted students Tuesday last week as deadline for payment of N20 million as ransom for the release of each of the students, threatening to relocate them if their demand was not meant. • We have been abandoned, parents cry out The six Senior Secondary School students of Lagos Model College, Igbonla, who were abducted in Epe, nearly two weeks ago, have been relocated to another camp outside Lagos and Ogun creeks. The kidnappers had given parents of the abducted students Tuesday last week as deadline for payment of N20 million as ransom for the release of each of the students, threatening to relocate them if their demand was not meant.On the expiration of the deadline, three members of the gang who had gone to survey the waterways prior to the planned relocation were arrested in Benin/Edo state capital by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team last Tuesday
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http://ift.tt/2pkKlQH Emeritus Prof. Mercy Olumide The resurrection of Christ is the foundation for Christ’s gift of the Holy Spirit and spiritual life to His people (John 20:22; Rom 5:10; 1 Cor 15:45) and for His heavenly ministry of intercession for the believer (Heb 7:23-28). Christ’s resurrection assures believers of their future heavenly inheritance (1 Pet 1:3-4) and of their resurrection or translation, when the Lord returns (see John 14:3; 1 Thes 4:14ff). It makes available Christ’s presence and His power over sin in our everyday experience (Gal 2:20; Eph 1:18-20). Jesus’ resurrection is the key to the Christian faith. Why? (1) Just as He promised, (Mat 17:22,23; Lk 18:31-34), Jesus rose from the dead. We can be confident, therefore, that He will accomplish all He has promised. (2) The Resurrection is the basis for the church’s witness to the world. Jesus is more than just a human leaders; He is the Son of God. Because Christ rose from the dead as He promised, we know that...

http://ift.tt/2pnijTz Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige. • Obi Explains Gordian Knot In Senatorial Rerun • Ngige Waits In The Wings The most competitive election known to Anambra State in recent memory was the senatorial contest between the late Minister of Information, Professor Dora Akunyili and present Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Nwabueze Ngige in 2011. While Ngige contested on the platform of defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Akunyili, who just quit the federal cabinet stood on the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). So keen and hard fought was that singular electoral battle that during the repeat election in areas where polls were cancelled, money could not favour a decider. At one of the communities in Dunukofia, for instance, while Ngige reportedly dropped N30m for logistics, Akunyili was said to have provided N45m. The difference in fiscal strength was explained in part by the fact that the former Information Minister h...

http://ift.tt/2qQxynp Managing Director, Brother Gulf, Mr. Soichi Murakami (right) and his counterpart in Skysat Technologies Ltd, Mr. Izzat Debs and Mr. Taku Miyazaki from Jetro Lagos during the formal launch of Brother range of products last week at Sheraton Hotel… in Lagos Brother International officially launched its print, scan, and copy technology solutions products into the Nigerian Market on Tuesday at Sheraton Hotel and towers Lagos. It was done in conjunction with its partner and authorised representative in Nigeria, SKYSAT technologies. Brother products includes a wide range of Laser and Inkjet printers/MPF, high-speed document scanners and innovative labeling printers designed for use in homes, offices or corporate environments. According to the Managing Director, Brother International, Mr. Soichi Murakami, the official launch of Brother International in Nigeria is to fulfill a long time dream to introduce to the Nigerian market affordable and highly efficien...