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Akinwunmi Ambode, the Lagos State Governor, on Sunday expressed a heartfelt gratitude to President Muhammadu Buhari for approving the hand-over of the Presidential Lodge in Marina to the Lagos State Government. The President’s gesture followed a request by Governor Ambode to have the presidential lodge released to the Lagos State Government in its bid to transform the Marina-Onikan axis into a world-class arts and tourism hub. The President’s approval was communicated in a letter signed by his Chief of Staff, Mallam Abba Kyari, to Governor Ambode. In a statement signed…

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Bisi Alimi, a United Kingdom-based Nigerian gay and LGBT rights activist, has married his British lover, Anthony. The two lovers, who have been dating for some years, got married on Saturday in England. Alimi, who expressed his excitement on social media, said,  “In the presence of friends and family from around the world, Anthony and I will say ‘I Do’. But we remember places in the world where love is (a) crime.” The rights activist posted the message on his Twitter handle on Saturday, displaying a picture of him and…

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Pastor Nimi West and his company, Nimak and Company Nigeria Limited was yesterday arraigned before Justice U.N. Agumoh of the Federal High Court Port Harcourt, Rivers State by the EFCC, on a 4-count charge of obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of N22.4 million. Mr. West is alleged to have received the said amount from one Emmanuel Dike at different times in 2013 as payment for a bungalow at D/Line, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. However, the complainant later discovered that the property had been sold to another person…

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Former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro was on Friday released from the EFCC detention. Also, former Special Adviser to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, has submitted his passport to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Abati was arrested last week following allegations that he received N50m from the Office of the National Security Adviser for unstated reasons. Meanwhile, Obanikoro was on Friday evening released from the custody of the commission. A source said, “The EFCC released Senator Obanikoro around 5pm. He is…

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According to a statement in Abuja, the Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mr. Maikanti Baru yesterday, unveiled plans to collaborate with the Republic of Niger on the purchase of crude oil from the country for supply to the Kaduna refinery. He stated this after a bilateral discussion with the Minister of Energy and Oil of the Republic of Niger, Hon. Foumakoye Gado, in Abuja. Baru also stated that the NNPC would partner with Niger in the area of sharing geological data to further boost the ongoing exploratory activities in the…

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The Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director, Heritage Bank, Ifie Sekibo, has set aside a N10m trust fund for any athlete that can break the 200 metre record set by ex-international, and Skoolimpics Ambassador, Mary Onyali. The MD while declaring the pilot edition of the Heritage Bank-Lagos State Skoolimpics 2016 open said he would be setting aside the sum of N10m that would be yielding interests and handed over to any athlete discovered at the competition who was able to break Onyali’s record. Onyali’s 200-metre record of 22.07secs was set 20 years…

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Pending the trial of judges that we’re being investigated over allegations of corruption, the National Judicial Council, NJC, yesterday, succumbed to pressure from the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, as it agreed that all the judges should step down from the Bench pending their trial. The NJC, which is headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, took this new position at the end of a two-day emergency meeting that ended in Abuja yesterday. A statement by the Acting Director of Information at the NJC, Mr. Soji Oye,…

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After signing peace pact with members of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, yesterday released nine cows arrested for contravening the state’s anti-grazing law. The cows were seized a couple of weeks ago by the Ekiti State Grazing Enforcement Marshals for contravening anti-grazing law. The Miyetti Allah at the meeting signed a peace pact with the government, promising to co-exist peacefully with the farmers and residents of the state . Fayose, at the meeting  held in the government house with the…

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Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, (FRSC) in Ogun, Mr Clement Oladele has said that Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, will temporarily close a section of the Ibadan/Lagos corridor by Sagamu Interchange to effect repair. Oladele disclosed this on Thursday in Abeokuta. He said that Julius Berger Nigeria Plc had informed the FRSC that the reason for the closure was to effect repairs on the section from Nov. 3 to Nov. 12. “There will be temporary closure by Julius Berger Nigeria (JBN) of a section of the Ibadan/Lagos corridor…

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