Students in LUTH protest over armed robbery attacks

Students studying Medicine and Surgery, Pharmacy,Dentistry and other courses at Lagos Univeristy Teaching Hospital (LUTH) protest over incessant armed robbery attacks on their campus. Punch reported that the student locked the gate leading to LUTH yesteday.

 There was pandemonium in the Lagos University Teaching Hospital on Sunday as students of the College of Medicine trooped out to protest against incessant robbery attacks on the campus.

This is how Punch reported it

The campus gate in the Idi-Araba area was condoned off by the angry students, who prevented vehicular movements, while the school security guards were reportedly chased out of the institution.

Our correspondent gathered that the protest started

Tony Elumelu rallies support for African private sector in Oxford,Paris and New York

Chairman of Heirs Holdings Tony O. Elumelu and Oxford University Dean Peter Tufano at the historic Oxford Union, where Mr. Elumelu delivered a speech on Africapitalism as a Catalyst for Africa's Development at the weekend

Oxford, United Kingdom.  African businessman and philanthropist Tony Elumelu has called on business leaders to make decisions that will increase economic and social wealth, and promote development in the communities and nations in which they operate. Mr. Elumelu, the Chairman of Heirs Holdings and the Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, stated this in a closing keynote speech titled,“Africapitalism as a Catalyst for Development in Africa” delivered

Skye Bank Plc Empowers 125 Nigerian Journalists

No fewer than 125 correspondents and reporters across the South West zone would be trained on digital journalism by ‎the Skye Bank Plc.

The bank's Head of Corporate Communications, ‎Mr. Rasheed Bolarinwa, disclosed this at the flag-off of the training exercise in Abeokuta with the theme: "Digital journalism in 21st Century."

Bolarinwa ‎said the need to improve the capacity of journalists and fill the gap created by the increasing patronage of online journalism in the country informed the training.

He stated that lots of applications and tools exist in the digital space to enhance and enrich the work of Nigerian journalists‎, urging them to key into it.

According to him, the South West would be used as a pilot ‎for the training before the bank replicates it in other parts of the country.

Bolarinwa said, "We realised that when you train journalists, you build their capacity. Journalists have the tendency to impact society positively and we felt the best way

PHOTOS:UNITY BANK FACTS BEHIND FIGURES PRESENTATION AT THE NSE

L – R: MD/CEO Unity Bank Plc, Mr. Henry J. Semenitari; Mr. Ade Bajomo, ED, Market Operations & Technology, NSE presenting the gong to the Chairman of the  Board of Directors, Unity Bank Plc., Mr. Thomas Etuh at the presentation of the Facts Behind the Figures by the Bank at the Exchange, recently.

L : Managing Director/CEO Unity Bank Plc, Mr. Henry J. Semenitari; Executive Director, Market Operations & Technology, Nigeria Stock Exchange, Mr Ade Bajomo; Chairman,  Unity Bank Plc Mr. Thomas Etuh and Executive Director, Unity Bank Plc, Mrs Aisha Abraham at the presentation of the Facts Behind the Figures by the Bank at the Exchange, recently.

L – R: Mr. Haruna Jalo Waziri, Executive Director, Business Development, NSE; Mr. Ade Bajomo, Executive Director,Market Operations & Technology, NSE; Mr. Thomas Etuh and the Managing Director/CEO Unity Bank Plc, Mr. Henry J. Semenitari at the presentation of the Facts Behind the Figures by the Bank at the Exchange, recently.

L – R: Gboyega Asabia, Independent Director, Unity Bank Plc; Mr. Oladipo Omotosho, Head, Product Management, NSE; Mrs. Taba Peterside, GM/Head, Listings, Sales & Retention, NSE; Mr. Henry J. Semenitari, MD/CEO Unity Bank Plc; Mr Ade Bajomo Executive Director, Market Operations & Technology, NSE; Mr. Thomas Etuh Chairman,  Board of Directors, Unity Bank Plc; Mrs Aisha Abraham Executive Director, Unity Bank Plc; Mr. Ahmed Yusuf, Executive Director, Unity Bank Plc; Mrs. Tomi Somefun, Executive Director, Unity Bank Plc and Mr. Abubakar Abba Bello, Exective Director, Unity Bank Plc during the presentation of the Facts Behind the Figures by the Bank at the Exchange, recently.

Chocolat Royale Shut Down By NAFDAC Over expired products

The popular hangout on Etim Inyang in Victoria Island,Chocolat Royale was shut down by NAFDAC following what insiders alleged to be use of expired and banned products. National Agency For Food and Drug Administration Control.

While several commenters on Linda Ikeji Blog today says they have been warned before now over what the patries they take there.
A particular commenter wrote " I heard from one of their workers that they use loads of expired products in making their pastries, ice creams and even tea! My source told me this about a Month ago. 

My source also said they intentionally buy products that have few months of validity when ordering abroad because the manufacturers sell those ones with huge discounts... I wanted to come to you with the news, but I thought it wasn't my business plus you've used my gist in the past without any credit. i also didn't want the news to come back to me, so it was really not about the credit, but my safety because those lebanese don't joke! Trust me! You can contact me for more gist...no, I'l write you.

 In a related development,  The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) yesterday arrested three traders of Surgical Devices Section of Bridge-Head Market, Onitsha for selling fake and unregistered medical devices.

The NAFDAC operatives from the Investigation and Enforcement directorate of the Agency in Lagos who stormed the market in company of security men and journalists also sealed four shops where the fake and unregistered medical devices, which are mostly used for test for blood pressure, temperature and insulin levels, were sold.

The leader of the team, Mr Babatunde Omoyeni,

Genevieve Official website is down

Genevieve

 When Genevieve launched her official website in 2012, there was so much buzz.So many people rushed there and click the gallery for photos and videos, the actress also added latest news post for people to see her latest achevements.

The website lost its viable presence some months back when the news page stopped functioning.There was no new information and fans of the nollywood actress started complaining. As if that was not enough,the entire website known as Genevieveofficial has gone down completely.

When Gistmaster visited the website on

When Omotola's daughter told Gistmaster she wanted to be a model, she was not Joking,she is now a knorr ambassador

When Meraiah, the beautiful daughter of actress,Omotola Ekehinde told Gistmaster some years ago that she wanted to be a model, she was not joking. Now, it is a reality. Omosexy and her daughter have just been made brand ambassadors for Knorr.

Omotola, who is delighted that she got a good deal from the makers of knorr, published photos from