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Balogun market traders lose millions of naira to fire incident

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Some traders of the popular Balogun market on Lagos Island, on Tuesday, November 5, 2019 lost goods worth millions of naira to the fire incident that consumed a five-storey building that serves as a shopping plaza to the occupiers. An eyewitness, recount “We just saw the plaza burning and we do not know what actually caused the fire.  Area boys tried to put out the fire but couldn’t because of the intensity. We then called the Fire Service’’, he said. He said the items destroyed included textile materials, shoes and…

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Oniru stool: Abisogun Family Members At War Over Succession

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Less than 40 days after the death of a first class monarch in Lagos State, the Oniru of Iruland. His Royal Majesty, Oba Idowu Abiodun Oniru, serious war has reportedly broken out in Abisogun Ruling House over his successor. It will be recalled that the respected and powerful monarch died in late September, 2019 at the age of 82 after a brief illness. Under the reign of the monarch, Iru land, the host of the highbrow Oniru and Victoria Island, became a mega location with investments and buildings worth hundreds…

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Robbery attack: Two suspects arrested insides inside BRT bus

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A robbery attack was botched yesterday by men of the Lagos State Neighbourhood Corps on Friday, which led to the arrest of two suspects – Kenechukwu  Chukwuka and Adam Isiak. According to the report, some suspects pretending to be passengers, boarded a BRT bus from Tollgate, Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, Ogun State, en route to Oshodi around 7.30am. The assailants suddenly brought out weapons on reaching Ijaiye area and started beating up the passengers. It was gathered that the driver quickly drove to a halt and raised the alarm which caught the…

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Twitter to ban all political advertising by November

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Social media platform, Twitter says it will ban all political advertising worldwide, saying that the reach of such messages “should be earned, not bought”. “While internet advertising is incredibly powerful and very effective for commercial advertisers, that power brings significant risks to politics,” says the company’s CEO Jack Dorsey in a tweet. Although, it’s rival, Facebook recently ruled out a ban on political ads. The ban by Twitter will be enforced from 22 November, with full details released by 15 November. Mr Dorsey explained his position in a thread of…

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First governor of Lagos State, Mobolaji Johnson dies at 83

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Brig. Gen. Mobolaji Olufunso Johnson, the first governor of Lagos State, is dead. According to reports, Johnson, died on Wednesday, afternoon around 4:00 pm at the age of 83. Johnson was Lagos State governor between May 1967 and July 1975 under Gen. Yakubu Gowon who was then, the military Head of State. Four years after he left office, 1979 precisely, he became a director of a foremost construction company in Nigeria, Julius Berger Nigeria. In 1996, he emerged its (Julius Berger Plc) chairman until 2009. Share on: WhatsApp

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3rd Quarter: Union Bank’s profit rises by N15.6 bn

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One of Nigeria’s oldest financial institutions, Union Bank Nigeria Plc has recorded a profit before tax of N15.6 billion for its unaudited financial statement for the period ended September 30, 2019, Q3’19 representing a growth of five per cent from N14.9 billion recorded in the corresponding period of 2018. In its financial statement sent to the Nigerian Stock Exchange, its gross earnings was down by four per cent to ₦117.2 billion from N122.2 billion in Q3’18, a situation attributed to a decrease in average earning assets.  The Bank’s interest income was…

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Court of Appeal Judge, Chioma Nwosu abducted, police orderly shot dead

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Unknown gunmen, on Wednesday, October 30, 2019 kidnapped one of the justices of the Benin Court of Appeal, Justice Chioma Nwabuzor, after killing the police orderly attached to her. The incident was said to have occurred along the Benin Agbor Expressway while in company of her driver and her orderly who died during the attack, while the driver escaped death, but with injuries. DSP Chidi Nwabuzor, the Edo State Police Command spokesman said that the incident occurred at about 11.30 a.m., along the Benin-Agbor expressway, at Christ Chosen Church of…

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How Flood caused 228 prisoners’ escape in Kogi

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Cree Torrential rain that fell on Monday morning in Koton-Karfi, Kogi Local Government council of Kogi State, according to reports, is responsible for the escape of about 228 prisoners from the medium federal prison after the collapse of some parts of the building while many houses were submerged by the flood. The rain which started at about 2:00 a.m. on Monday, wreaked havoc, leading to the destruction of some parts of the prison building, which paved the way for the inmates to escape. According to one of the residents, it…

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UNICEF: Nigeria leads in global open defecation index

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United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has announced that Nigeria is currently the number one country in the world with the highest number of people practising open defecation. With 47 million people still defecating openly, the country has overtaken India, which left the position early this month. UNICEF Chief of Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Said Jurji, disclosed this at a two-day workshop on Private Sector Engagement and Collaboration in WASH Forum organised by the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, in collaboration with UNICEF and other partners, in Abuja. He said…

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Senate Committee Clerk Chases Journalists  Out of Budget Defence Session 

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  On Friday 25, 2019 evening, journalists were chased out of the budget defence session that the committee had with management of the North East Development Commission and the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and IDPs. The man at the centre of the barring of journalists was the Clerk to the Senate Committee on Special Duties, Kabir Yaba Umar. Umar had earlier in the morning extended invitation to the Senate Press Corps to cover the Committee’s budget defence session with the two Commissions at Senate Committee Room 211 by 2p.m.…

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