The Lagos State Government said it has perfected plans to launch an online platform which people all over the world can access the laws enacted by the state since its creation in 1967 till date. Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, who made the announcement on Tuesday at the formal launch of Laws of Lagos State 2015, said […]
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A couple who kept a man in servitude for almost a quarter of a century after illegally bringing him to Britain have been jailed for six years each. Emmanuel Edet, 61, a former NHS obstetrician, and Antan Edet, 58, a midwife, kept Ofonime Sunday Inuk as a “houseboy” after telling immigration officials he was their […]
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized 278 kilogram of drugs ranging from cannabis, heroine, cocaine among others in Abia. The NDLEA Abia Commandant, Bamidele Akingbade, made this known during the parade of three suspects at Aba on Tuesday. Mr Akingbade hinted that the seizures were made in the last quarter of the […]
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Innocent Mbonu has confirmed the death of one of its staff who died while attempting to put out the inferno that gutted the Ochanja Market in Onitsha area of the state. The Acting Director of Anambra Fire Service, Mbonu, who confirmed the death on Monday, however, refused to make public the identity of the deceased. […]
Read More Cameroonian government says non of the recently rescued 900 hostages held captive by Boko Haram are the abducted Chibok girls. On December 2nd, a “special clean-up operation” by Cameroon’s security force rescued 900 Boko Haram hostages in some villages in Cameroon. However the Cameroonian Minister of Information, Issa Bakari told Reuters that non of the […]
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United States Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, has called for a halt to Muslims entering the country, in the wake of the deadly California shootings. In a campaign statement, he said a “total and complete” shutdown should remain until the U.S authorities “can figure out” Muslim attitudes to the U.S. At a rally in South […]
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The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has identified honesty, integrity, and hard work as integral attribute that are inherent in among Yoruba people. He made this assertion in Ile-Ife on Monday during the coronation of the new Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, as the 51st traditional ruler of the ancient town. Describing events […]
Read More “Nigerians must learn from the sociopolitical history of other countries to avoid repeating mistakes of the past”. President Muhammadu Buhari said. The President stated this at the public presentation of a book, titled; “From Opposition to Governing Party”, written by the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu. According to him, with books such […]
Read More The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has officially unveiled his short term plans to address housing deficits, provide good roads and urgently increase power generation in the country with extra 2, 000 megawatts. Fashola said, during his maiden press briefing in Abuja that the Lagos-Ibadan expressway which has been under construction […]
Read More The spokesperson of the South East chapter of the All Progressive Congress, Osita Okechukwu, has said the quest for Igbo presidency would be easily realized after eight years of President Muhammadu Buhari in power. The Igbo ethnic group is found in the five South-Eastern states of Abia, Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi and Imo. Speaking at the […]
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Mr. Oladotun Isiaka, the General Manager, Deep Water Operations, ExxonMobil, has said “Over 1.7 billion people around the world have no access to electricity”, just as demand for energy will rise significantly in the nearest future. Isiaka, at the launch of the ExxonMobil’s ‘2015 Energy Outlook Series’, in Abuja, disclosed that with the world’s population […]
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Nigeria is said to be losing billions of naira to illegal cross border trade daily. A report released yesterday by the Chatham House titled: “Nigeria’s booming borders: The drivers and consequences of unrecorded trade,” stated that the country suffers economic losses as a result of obstacles that impede trading through formal channels. “Nigeria’s context of […]
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