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Mr. Ibe Kachikwu, the Minister of State for petroleum Resources, Thursday, stated that until the downstream sector of the Nigerian petroleum industry is liberalized and subsidy of petroleum products removed, the country would continue to struggle and face challenges in terms of ensuring stable fuel supply. Speaking in Abuja, at the presentation of the key achievements of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources in three years, 2016 to 2018 and award to staff of the ministry, Kachikwu, argued that to address fuel supply challenges, the country needed to find a way…

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The Lagos State Police, through it’s spokesperson, Chike Oti, has described as misplaced a tweet credited to the head of the Police Complaint Rapid Response Unit, Abayomi Sogunle, that having sex in a car is not a criminal offence. Oti said it was an indecent act to have sex in a car in a public place not only in Lagos, but in the entire country. He said lovers who engaged in sexual activities in vehicles parked in public places, under Lagos laws, were liable to between two and three years’…

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Kenya has dropped the images of presidents from newly minted cash coins, in what is seen as an attempt to prevent their glorification. Previous coins bore the images of Kenya’s three ex-rulers: Jomo Kenyatta, Daniel arap Moi and Mwai Kibaki. Many Kenyans saw this as an attempt by their leaders to promote themselves, and to personalise the state. The new ones have images of the country’s famous wildlife, including lions, elephants, giraffes and rhinos. President Uhuru Kenyatta – the son of Kenya’s first leader Jomo Kenyatta – said the new…

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The Head of the Police Public Complaints Rapid Response Unit, Mr. Abayomi Shogunle, while responding to a question on Twitter said having sex in one’s car is not a crime. He however, said it could be considered a crime if one has sex with underage person; or if the car is parked in a religious institution when the act takes place. The Police also say car sex is unlawful if both persons are of the same sex. The Police, therefore, asked that anybody who is harassed for having sex in…

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The Department for International Development (DFID) says Nigeria needs to invest more in healthcare, education and economic reforms. The country head of the oganisation, Debbie Palmer, said this on Monday during a conference organised by the Not Too Young To Run group in the nation’s capital, Abuja. She explained that there are projections that soon Nigeria could become the third largest nation on earth which could mean a rise in the number of the working age and potentially, a boost in the nation’s GDP. However, according to her, this can…

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President Muhammadu Buhari, has appointed his wife, Dr. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari as member of Presidential Advisory Committee on the Elimination of Drug Abuse. The Committee has the former Military Administration of Lagos, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, retd, as its chairman. President Buhari also inaugurated the Ministerial Steering Committee which is headed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Boss Mustapha. The president presides over Inauguration of Two-Tier Presidential Intervention Structure on the Elimination of Drug Abuse in State House, Monday. Inaugurating the two committees at the Presidential…

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