Babatunde Fashola, immediate past governor of Lagos state has emerged the star in the newly constituted cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari. The former governor was appointed minister of Power, Works and Housing. This is obviously the largest of the 25 ministries into which the federal government collapsed all federal ministries. Hitherto the ministries of power…
Algeria To Boost Organ Transplantation
Abdelmalek Boudiaf, Algeria Minister for Health, Population and Hospital Reform, has disclosed a strategy to boost organ transplantation in the country, starting with kidney. Boudiaf who disclosed this on Wednesday, February 11 said Algeria’s aim was to revive the national agencies for organ transplantation, tissues and cells with the help of national register of patients…
Pakistan To Hang Convicted Militants
Prison authorities in Pakistan are set to hang convicted terrorists after the government lifted a six-year moratorium on executions, officials said. The decision follows the massacre of 135 school children and 12 others by Taliban gunmen at an army-run school in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Tuesday. Army Chief, Gen. Raheel Sharif signed the…
‘Nigeria To Launch First Indigenous Satellite in 2018’— Minister
The Minister of Science and Technology, Abdu Bulama, on Monday, announced thatNigeria would launch its first “made-in-Nigeria” satellite by 2018. Bulama said this in Abuja while adding that science and technology would hasten the Federal Government’s transformation agenda and sustain the growth of the national economy. “The African economy, I believe in the last couple…
Lady Mechanic Initiative Marks 10th Anniversary
It was another milestone for management, students, and sponsors of Lady Mechanic Initiative, LMI School of automotive engineering on Thursday when the school marked its 10th anniversary in Lagos State. As part of activities marking the event which held at the Federal Palace Hotel and Casino, Lagos, the organisation also unveiled the Association of Female…
TELL’s Conference on Tertiary Education Begins
In a quest to seek long term and sustainable solution to challenges confronting Nigeria’s higher education, a two-day conference of higher education stakeholders involving the government, educational institutions and industries has opened at the Nicon Luxury Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria’s capital on Monday. The conference put together by the National Higher Education Forum, NHEF a nongovernmental…
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