Category: NEWS

‘Female Soldiers Should be in Charge of Women in Most IDP Camps’
July 20, 2017 No Responses

‘Female Soldiers Should be in Charge of Women in Most IDP Camps’

Nigeria must empower women and girls if the country must attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed has said. UN Deputy Scribe argued that for a nation to make meaningful progress, women must be part of...
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Taking Fanta, Sprite with Vitamin C is Poisonous, Court Insists
July 20, 2017 No Responses

Taking Fanta, Sprite with Vitamin C is Poisonous, Court Insists

A Lagos high court has insisted that its order that the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) must mandate the Nigeria Bottling Company (NBC) to include on all bottles of Fanta and Sprite soft drinks manufactured by...
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Diezani ‘paid $37.5m cash for Banana Island property’
July 20, 2017 No Responses

Diezani ‘paid $37.5m cash for Banana Island property’

Ex-minister loses house, $2.7m, N84.5m to govt Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the interim forfeiture of a property on Banana Island, Lagos bought for $37.5m in 2013 by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. Justice Chuka O...
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Tanker Drivers Burn Diamond, Sterling Banks in Apapa
July 19, 2017 No Responses

Tanker Drivers Burn Diamond, Sterling Banks in Apapa

Tanker drivers on Wednesday morning went on rampage at Apapa, Lagos, and set ablaze two commercial banks – Sterling and Diamond. The tanker drivers were protesting the killing of their colleague by a mobile policeman. It was gathered that the...
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NYSC: Printing of call-up Letters Begin July 21st.
July 18, 2017 No Responses

NYSC: Printing of call-up Letters Begin July 21st.

 NYSC Confirms resumption date for Batch A Stream 2 corps members National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) 2017 Batch ‘A’ members taking oath during their swearing-in ceremony in Abuja on Thursday (25/5/17). 02806/25/5/2017/Anthony Alabi/BJO/NAN The National Y...
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NO ICT MALL IN IKEJA MODEL CITY PLAN, says LASG
July 18, 2017 No Responses

NO ICT MALL IN IKEJA MODEL CITY PLAN, says LASG

Lagos State Government on Tuesday denied involvement with an infrastructural firm, Master Realty International Concept Ltd, allegedly reported to be parading itself as having approval to construct an ICT specialized mall directly beside the newly built Ikeja B...
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30,000 Policemen for Lagos Local Government Election 
July 18, 2017 No Responses

30,000 Policemen for Lagos Local Government Election 

Fatai Owoseni, Lagos State Police Commissioner The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Mr Fatai Owoseni, on Tuesday announced that 30,000 police personnel and other security agencies would provide security during the July 22 local government election in the...
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Nigerian Artistes React as APC Plots To Arrest P-square for “insulting” FG
July 18, 2017 one Response

Nigerian Artistes React as APC Plots To Arrest P-square for “insulting” FG

The All Progressives Congress, APC, youth renaissance group has reacted to Peter Okoye of P-square’s perceived ‘insult’ on the Federal government of Nigeria. The brothers via their Instagram pages had questioned the federal government’s purported move ...
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Lagos Moves to Slash Fashola, Tinubu’s Pensions, Others
July 17, 2017 No Responses

Lagos Moves to Slash Fashola, Tinubu’s Pensions, Others

The Lagos State House of Assembly says it is making moves to reduce the pension of former governors in the state. The Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, at a parley with civil society organisations, explained that the action was to save money....
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WAEC Releases SSCE Results, 59.22% Pass
July 17, 2017 No Responses

WAEC Releases SSCE Results, 59.22% Pass

Precisely 59.22 per cent of 1,559,192 candidates who wrote the May/June 2017 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) made credits in five subjects, including English and Mathematics. Announcing the results yesterday (today) at the WAEC head...
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