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Academic activities to resume at Queens College Lagos following outbreak of gastroenteritis

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Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, has said that students of Queens College, Yaba, Lagos, can now resume for academic activities as analysis of water samples from all water delivery points at the college shows satisfactory result. According to a press statement by the Director, Public Affairs of the ministry, Adeola Salako, the school authority in collaboration with the Parent Teacher Association (PTA), Old Girls Association and the Federal Ministry of Education has successfully addressed the water crisis that claimed the lives of three pupils at the college,…

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Teenage sex worker sells 3-month-old baby for N200,000 in Katsina

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The Katsina State Police Command has arrested an 18-year-old sex worker, Aisha Idris, for allegedly selling her three-month-old baby for N200,000. The Commissioner of Police, Katsina State Command, CP Usman Ali Abdullahi, disclosed that Aisha Idris conspired with a nurse, Ogugua Oko, working with the Federal Medical Centre, Katsina, who linked them up with the buyer of the baby. CP Abdullahi said Aisha Idris was arrested along side one Hauwa Ibrahim alias Kaka, and the nurse, who linked them with another lady, Joy Ihenamere, 50, to sell the baby off to…

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Court strikes out Obanikoro’s bid to restrain EFCC from property seizure

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The suit by former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, challenging the seizure of his property by the commission has been struck out by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday. Obanikoro and his wife Fati, his sons Gbolahon, and Babajide and his Wife Moroophat, had sued the commission through their lawyer,  Mr Lawal Pedro, SAN, seeking a court order that the forceful seizure of their personal effects constitutes a gross violation of their rights. They  prayed the court…

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Prostitutes protest as Spanish sex doll company plans to open sex robot brothel in UK

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Commercial sex workers in the UK have kicked against the idea of sex robot brothel as the United Kingdom prepares to open its first sex robot brothel. It has only been a few months since Lumidolls set up its first doll brothel in Barcelona, Spain. But they say they’re already looking for an investor in the UK. The Spanish company says demand for lifelike androids is rising because they are legal (it’s illegal to run a traditional brothel in the UK) and men can “perform any of their sexual fantasies…

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Buhari operating as ceremonial and part-time President —Fayose

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Ayodele Fayose, the Governor of Ekiti State, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari has now become a part-time and ceremonial President who is only seen during the Friday Jumat service at the Presidential Villa. Speaking on Sunday, through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor said it was necessary for Nigerians to be properly informed about the well-being of their President. Fayose, who said Buhari, like any old man, was susceptible to illness, said the President would do well to go and take proper…

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Osun Assembly declares 3-day mourning over the death of Senator Isiaka Adeleke

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Senator Isiaka Adeleke, the first civilian governor of Osun State, is dead. The Osun State House of Assembly has declared Monday to Wednesday as mourning period in his honour. The Speaker, Mr Najeem Salaam gave the directive on Monday morning. Protesters on rampage cause traffic gridlock over ex-Gov Isiaka Adeleke’s death, yesterday, in Osogbo, Osun State. A statement by the Chairman House Committee on Information and Strategy, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye said, the flag would be flown half-staff in the Assembly during the period while all legislative activities would be suspended. It…

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The 2017 GTBank Food and Drink Fair set to hold during Workers’ Day holiday

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Food lovers from across the world can once again look forward to an unparalleled culinary experience as the 2nd edition of the GTBank Food & Drink Fair is set to hold during the Worker’s Day holiday on Sunday the 30th of April and Monday the 1st of May, 2017. The 2-day event will treat attendees to enthralling gastronomic tours across a wide variety of exciting cuisines and delicacies while offering small businesses in the Nigerian Food Industry a free and vibrant platform to connect with a wider segment of their…

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FirstMobile app relaunched for easy operation

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In order to boost convenience and ease of banking as well as enhance customers’ digital banking experience, FirstBank has revamped its mobile banking application – FirstMobile . According to the management source, the bank recently increased its maximum daily limit to N500,000.00 without the use of a token and a total daily transaction limit of N1,000.000.00. The mobile banking app which is secure and easy to use, allows users to carry out banking transactions on the go from their mobile phones anywhere in the world.  FirstMobile comes with a user-defined…

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Govt to Celebrate Lagos @ 50 with GTBank Principals Cup

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In recognition of GTBank’s contribution to the development of grassroots football in Nigeria and producing discipline and upright school children, Lagos State government has listed the bank’s pet project-GTBank Principals Cup, as part of the events to celebrate the state at 50. Making this known thursday at the corporate headquarters of GTBank, venue for the draw for the 2017 edition of the GTBank-Lagos State Principals Cup was the Special Adviser Lagos State Sports Commission, Deji Tinubu, who was represented by Dr. Oluyomi Oluwasanmi. “This year’s edition of the GTBank Principals…

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Studies reveals charcoal to treat diseases, whiten teeth

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Charcoal as revealed by several studies can be used to treat skin ailments, diarrhoea, bad breath, constipation and body odour. It can be used as a poultice to treat insect stings, mushroom poisoning, poison ivy, cholera, dysentery, bites and inflammation. It is locally used in Nigeria to make the teeth whiter, as antidote to poison, to prevent fermentation in grounded beans, among others. But scientists are now applying activated charcoal not in water purification but as antidote to adverse drug reaction from overdose as well as treatment of many disease…

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