Photos: Fashola receives Poland Ambassador

Former governor of Lagos state Babatunde Fashola received the Poland Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Andrezj Dycha who paid him a courtesy visit at his Surulere residence today September 1st

Real, United agree De Gea deal

Manchester United and Real Madrid have agreed a deal for David de Gea, according to Sky Sports.

The former Atletico Madrid goalkeeper is set to return to the Spanish capital in a deal worth £29m, with Keylor Navas also agreeing to move the other way and join United.

Sky revealed that the deal had been held up as Costa Rican goalkeeper Navas decided on his future, but he has ultimately chosen to swap the Bernabeu for Old Trafford.

“He (De Gea) is a Real Madrid player – 40m euros, that’s £29m and Manchester United are happy because it is a near record for a player who had only one year left (on his contract),” Spanish football expert Balague told Sky Sports.

“Since early this morning the communication started going more fluently with Manchester United. The fear was that they didn’t have enough time to finish the deal. That was because it was all pending on Keylor Navas.

“He has been thinking about it, he did not travel with the national side with the intention of actually deciding on his future.

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“Finally he has decided, I believe he is going to earn double what he earns at Real Madrid, he has accepted to be part of the deal.

“And that’s what sped things up eventually. As you know the transfer [window] finishes at 11pm UK time in Spain and Real Madrid, the highest possible sources, only about an hour and a half ago were saying they were scared that there would be no time to do it.

“There was eventually, Keylor Navas said ‘OK, I’m coming to Manchester United’.”

Ekiti teachers get N144m vehicle, housing loans

   

Ekiti State Government has disbursed about N144m as vehicle and housing loans to 712 teaching and non-teaching staff in the state’s teaching service.

The Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development, Chief Toyin Ojo, who made this known in Ado Ekiti, said N63m of the sum was disbursed as car loans to 257 teaching and non-teaching staff, based on their grade levels.

‘Polytechnics should be more popular than varsities’

 

A country blessed with numerous natural resources should have its polytechnics more popular than its varsities. But on the contrary, students attending polytechnics see it as a stopgap and cannot wait to secure admission into universities.

That was the submission of the Chief Executive Officer, Lonadek Engineering, Dr. Ibilola Amao, while delivering a keynote address at a media parley organised by the Nigerian Academy of Science on Friday.

In her keynote address entitled, “Investing in youths and building their capacities — Pathway for national transformation,” Amao decried the focus on paper qualification at the expense of skill development, entrepreneurship and technical education available in the nation’s polytechnics.

Nigerians kick as APC disowns Buhari’s campaign promises

 

The Presidency and the ruling All Progressives Congress have come under fire for saying that President Muhammadu Buhari never promised Nigerians that he would achieve specific things within his first 100 days in office.

Nigerians on social media expressed disappointment at the party and Presidency’s excuses.

The protest on Twitter, which was titled, #100dayspromise, was directed at the APC and the Presidency for being insincere with Nigerians during the electioneering.

Lateness: Civil servants prostrate for Fayose

The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has asked the state Head of Service, Dr. Gbenga Faseluka, to take appropriate disciplinary action against 31 civil servants who resumed late to work on Monday.

The governor gave the directive when he paid an unscheduled visit to the state secretariat on Monday.

Fayose, who arrived at the place around 7.45am caught many of the workers who arrived after the official resumption time of 8a.m unawares.