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Nana Hotel set to host Aare Gani Adams

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In line with its commitment to rewarding excellence in the society, the management of Nana hotel will be Rolling out the drums to celebrate the 15th Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Chief Iba Abiodun Ige Ganiyu Adams, on Sunday 18th August 2019. The celebration which will come in form of a Cultural banquet and grand reception is coming on the heels of previous banquets in honour of HRM Oba AbdulKabir Obalanlege, the Olota Of Ota & Senator Akin Odunsi, the father of Advertising in Nigeria. Aare Gani Adams whose hosting…

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Court Sacks Nwajiuba, Upholds Okafor’s election

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One of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Ministerial nominee, Emeka Nwajiuba, has been sacked by the Appeal Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday and Chike Okafor was declared in his place as the winner of the House of Representatives seat for Ehime Mbano /Obowo/Ihitte Uboma Federal Constituency of Imo State. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had declared Honourable Okafor of the All Progressives Congress, APC, winner and issued him with Certificate of Return, for Ehime Mbano/Obowo/Ihitte Uboma Federal Constituency but the Federal Capital Territory High Court nullified the result of the…

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Tekno, producer invited for questioning as FG probes Lekki strippers’ video

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Lagos State Police Command, on Tuesday, invited Tekno, his producer and one other in connection with the video of semi-nude women dancing seductively in a display truck around the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge in Lagos on Friday. The footage, which has since gone viral on the social media, showed half-clad ladies dancing seductively with singer, Tekno, in a transparent display van in traffic around the bridge. The footage, which was said to be a scene from Tekno’s unreleased video titled: ‘Agege’, in which he featured Zlatan Ibile, had the musician dancing…

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Four students killed as bridge collapses in Bauchi varsity

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Following the death of four students in a flood disaster that hit the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi, the institution has been shut. The Vice-Chancellor of ATBU, Prof Muhammed Abdulaziz,  who announced the closure of the school on Tuesday in Bauchi while addressing reporters over the incident, said the students died after the bridge in the school collapsed following hours of downpour. According to him, the incident occurred on Monday night at Gubi Campus of the university. Seven students were also injured. He said, “The students were trying to return…

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Fidelity Bank Rewards Customers in Northern Market Activation Campaign

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Under its Northern Market Activation Campaign currently going on across the northern states and Abuja, Fidelity Bank Plc has doled out over N74 million as cash reward to 190 customers in the northern part of the country. The loyalty cash reward packaged under the Fidelity Savings Loyalty Scheme was splashed on 190 customers/beneficiaries, comprising 130 Fidelity Personal Savings Scheme (FPSS) and 60 SWEETA account operators The bank has so far doled out about N3 billion to close to 7,000 customers across the country since the introduction of its loyalty cash…

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Two Chinese arrested for operating Toxic e-waste Factory in Lagos

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A factory in Ikeja where e-wastes are assembled and exported to China and Vietnam has been uncovered by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command (Area F) yesterday. The detectives also arrested two persons allegedly behind the e-waste company- 22-year-old Lin Piehao and Li Ruoneng, 27. It was gathered that despite the fact that the visas of the two suspects had since expired, they continued to stay in the country unperturbed. The Area F police operatives stormed No 19 Sule Abuka Street, Opebi, Ikeja, the location of the factory, which…

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FG declares 12th and 13th as Public Holidays in celebration of Eid el Kabir

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Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th August has been declared public holidays by the Federal Government to mark the 2019 Eid-el-Kabir celebrations. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Barr. Georgina Ekeoma Ehuriah, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated the Muslim faithful on the occasion and called on all Nigerians, at home and in diaspora, “to use the period of this year’s Eid-il-Kabir celebration to embrace the virtues of love, humility, peace and sacrifice as exemplified by the Holy Prophet Mohammed (Pbuh)”. She urged Nigerians to shun any…

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N10b belonging to Lagos government frozen on EFCC’s request

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The sum of N9.9 billion belonging to the Lagos State government and domiciled in three new generation banks has been frozen on the order of Justice Chuka Obiozor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi yesterday. The judge gave the order following an ex-parte application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). It had prayed the court to freeze the accounts pending the conclusion of investigation and possible prosecution of Adewale Adesanya, a worker in the office of the Chief of Staff to immediate past Governor Akinwunmi Ambode.…

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Kim Sends Missile ‘Warning’ to S.Korea, US as Tensions Rise

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North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un says the country’s latest missile launches were a warning to Washington and Seoul over their joint war games, state news agency KCNA reported on Wednesday, as tensions rise on the Korean peninsula. The latest launch by the nuclear-armed North came after the South Korean and US militaries began mainly computer-simulated joint exercises on Monday to test Seoul’s ability to take operational control in wartime. Those drills are taking place despite Pyongyang’s warnings that the exercises would jeopardise nuclear negotiations between the United States and…

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Bordeaux Sign Laurent Koscielny

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Arsenal have sold defender Laurent Koscielny to Ligue 1 side Bordeaux for a fee of up to 5m euros (£4.6m). The 33-year-old centre-back had a medical on Tuesday and has returned to France after nine years with the Premier League club. Frenchman Koscielny had a year left on his contract at Emirates Stadium and the Gunners wanted him to stay. But he asked for a free transfer and refused to travel on a pre-season tour of the United States. “We decided to sanction his move to Bordeaux once we agreed…

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