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The body of Dr. Allwell Orji, who jumped into the lagoon from Third Mainland Bridge on Sunday, has finally been recovered by the Marine Police Wednesday evening after a frantic search for over 72 hours. Orji’s body was identified by some of his family members, including his driver, in the presence of the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State command, Mr. Fatai Owoseni. According to Owoseni, “the body would be handed over to the family while investigation continues.” On Tuesday, the commissioner had erroneously made a false statement stating that Dr.…

Concluding that he is unfit to hold any public office, the Nigerian Senate has called for the resignation of the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Colonel Hameed Ali (rtd). The Comptroller-General of Nigerian Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali (retd), on Wednesday failed to appear before the Senate, contrary to a directive of the upper chamber. The senate had on Thursday asked Ali to appear before it at 10 a.m. on Wednesday in Customs uniform to explain the rationale for directing that vehicle owners should pay duty on their…

Heritage Bank Plc, Nigeria’s most innovative banking services provider, has taken another giant step towards being the timeless wealth partners with its stakeholders, as it sponsored a one-day JAMB Seminar for the Ifako-Ijaiye students. This is part of the bank’s initiative to develop the advancement of education in Nigeria; as the bank in partnership with a House of Representative member in Lagos State organised a one day seminar to educate the audience about the techniques required to scale the JAMB 2017 calendar huddle in aspiration for admission into tertiary institutions…

The body of Dr. Allwell Orji, a medical practitioner with Mount Sinai Hospital, Papa Ajao, Mushin, who jumped into the lagoon from the Third Mainland Bridge, is yet to be found by emergency responders. Orji had on Sunday evening ordered his driver to park his car, a Nissan Sports Utility Vehicle with registration number LND476EE at the Third Mainland Bridge before jumping into the water. Yesterday, emergency workers, police and local divers were at the scene all through the day with different patrol boats searching tirelessly to recover the body…

Toafeek Hassan, a 61-year-old man was, yesterday, arrested with fresh human head and other body parts of a lady he was alleged to have murdered, at Ikoga community in Badagry area of Lagos, Sunday. It was gathered that the deceased, a yet-to-be identified lady, approached Hassan, a cleric, for spiritual cleansing in Sango Otta, due to some challenges she was facing. It was gathered that he was on his way to hand over the needed body parts to a cleric yesterday, when he was accosted by curious people, as the…

To commemorate the 2017 Global Money Week promoting financial inclusion and literacy, the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) is to partner Access Bank plc. A statement by NSE in Lagos on Monday said that the 2017 Global Money Week with the theme: ‘Learn. Save. Earn’ would offer series of programmes to raise awareness and improve capabilities of youths to make sound financial decisions. The NSE said that the event, scheduled from March 27 to March 31 across all NSE offices in Nigeria, would mentor young people on investment matters. It said…

43 suspected oil bunkers have been arrested by operatives of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environment, at the weekend. They sealed-off property in which 2.5 million litres worth of adulterated diesel were recovered at Alausa, Ikeja area of the state. One of the suspects, Mr. Iyiola Adeyinka, aged 40 years, from Ilero in Oyo State, confirmed that the company where the recovery was made, Jlobjin Petroleum Ltd, belonged to one Alhaji Lukumon Ojena. He confessed that they used to mix diesel with kerosene on daily basis to be  supplied in…