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IMSU Best Student Gets N13.7M Scholarship From Rochas Dr Chigozie Ekenze, the best graduating student at the 2016 combined convocation ceremony of Imo State University IMSU  was given  Thirteen Million Seven Hundred Thousand Naira (13,700,000) been  by Governor Rochas Okorocha to enable him proceed for his Post Graduate Program in London immediately. Dr Chigozie who lost his Father after gaining admission to study Optometry in Imo State University and was almost withdrawn for lack of funding as his mother’s vegetable trade could not sponsor his education. After becoming governor in 2011, Rochas Okorocha declared free and compulsory education from primary to university for him.

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One of Africa’s leading online classified platforms, OLX, said the need to consolidate international operations of the company led to the decision to close its Nigeria office . On Thursday, February 8, 2018 OLX through their public relation department stated why they are closing in Nigeria. The company’s statement reads: "We made a difficult but important decision in Nigeria to consolidate our operations between some of our offices internationally.” "Our marketplace will continue to operate here - uninterrupted - as it has since 2010, and we remain committed to the many people here who use our platform to buy and sell every month. We continue to be focused on constantly innovating to make sure that OLX remains the top classifieds platform in the country." OLX was founded in 2006 by Alec Oxenford and Fabrice Grinda to serve as an alternative to Craigslist. The Nigeria office of the company was opened in 2012. In 2014, a South African media group, Naspers, bought a m...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Lagos governorship candidate in the 2015 general election, Jimi Agbaje, has urged members to be united to defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019. The businessman spoke at the inauguration of the Caucus and State Leaders Council at the party secretariat in Lagos on Friday. He insisted that the ruling party had failed the people of the state and other Nigerians, adding that it was time for the PDP to take over government. “The APC has failed in the state, making one to ask if anything is working now in Lagos. “It is time for the PDP to take over government. However if we must win, we must be united. “If we must win, we must say no to impunity. We must put our acts together and work with unity of purpose; that is the only way,” he said. Speaking, Lagos State PDP Chairman Mr Moshood Salvador appealed to members to drop their differences and be more committed to the party. “I want all of us to see the best in...

As promised, Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi state have handed over 15,000 land mass in the state for cattle rearing ! Speaking during a visit to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, in Abuja, Friday, Bello said 15,000 hectares of land has been provided; 10,000 in Ajaokuta and 5,000 in Adavi Local Government areas, respectively, both in the central senatorial district of the state, sun newspaper reported.