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GTBank Lagos Principals Cup set to kick off

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The GTBank Lagos principals cup 2017 is set to kick start this week with no fewer than 400 schools, comprising boys and girls teams. The tournament, the 8th in the series, is aimed at engaging the students through sports and also creating an avenue for the discovery of young talented footballers for the future. Speaking at the pre-tournament press conference Friday, a top official of GTBank, Oyinade Adegite said, apart from helping in identifying and nurturing budding talents, “the competition also promotes the core values of excellence and competition in the…

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Ogun Community resists Amosun’s demolition plot as Finance Commissioner escapes mob

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Attempt by the Ogun State government to demolish an ongoing borehole project in Ilugoke community in Iperu Remo, Ikenne Local Government community yesterday was resisted by residents of the community. The Federal Government Constituency intervention borehole project being constructed at the Community was facilitated by the Chairman of House Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, Honourable Oladipupo Adebutu. Mr Wale Oshinowo, Ogun State Commissioner for Finance, who incidentally is an indigene of the community had led some hoodlums to the site in an attempt to demolish the project on the…

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ICON Joins Music Train With Emergency

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Creative and talented artiste, ICON has dropped a new club banger, titled Emergency. The song is an afro street hit which is enjoying massive rotation at different clubs and even on radio stations. Emergency is a song that paints the picture of a fun-loving guy that took his girlfriend to a party, and after he went to get some stuff for his girl, he was surprised to see his girl’s attention taken by another guy, and the guy cried foul. The song was produced by a prolific music producer Flyfree, mixed and mastered…

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Lumos alongside MTN to launch mobile solar electricity system

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MTN Nigeria has partnered Lumos, a global solar firm to launch mobile solar electricity systems for the benefit of families and businesses nationwide. The national roll-out billed for the 20th of this month in Abuja, would formally announce the presence of the innovative product in the country. Termed Lumos Mobile Electricity Service and powered by MTN, the solution promises to catalyse growth and improve the daily living of Nigerians. With the new product, people can enjoy accessible, noise and fume-free electricity for daily use and pay with airtime from an…

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Lagos bus conductors to wear uniforms, badges from 1St March

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Mr. Israel Adeshola, the National President of Bus Conductors Association of Nigeria (BCAN), has said from March 1, it will become mandatory for bus conductors in Lagos State to wear uniforms, nametags and badges. Adeshola, who made this known this known in Abuja yesterday, said the Lagos State government has approved wearing of uniforms and badges. He said that the use of badges and wearing of uniforms by over 3,000 bonafide members got the approval of the government on Monday. “We are in collaboration with the Lagos State government on…

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Maiduguri hit by Eight female suicide bombers

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Nigerian Northeast city of Maiduguri was hit by suicide bombers, who tried to attack the city but only succeeded in blowing themselves up, emergency services officials said. 14 trucks were Burnt, Many terrorists, civilians were Killed in the blasts and cross-fire In what would have been one of the most audacious attacks by Boko Haram insurgents meant to cause maximum damage, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said eight suspected suicide bombers in a Volkswagen Golf laden with explosives, attacked the eastern flank of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital late…

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Pastor sets to burn church, chase worshippers with stick

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A pastor at the Minister of Gospel of God Church, Jones Nwabueze, 56-year-old, was on Friday arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrates’ court in Lagos for allegedly chasing worshippers with sticks and threatening to burn down his church. Nwaeze, a resident of Oba Akinjobi Road, Ikeja, Lagos, is being tried for breach of peace and assault before Magistrate Mrs Y.O. Ekogbule. The prosecutor, Insp. Clement Okuoimose, said the accused committed the offences on Feb. 12 at No. 95, Tina St., Ojodu, Lagos. He said that the accused, a pastor of Minister…

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Step mother’s brutality: Nine month old Buhari undergoes penis surgery

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First corrective surgery has been carried out on nine-month-old Buhari Muhammad, whose genital was cut off by his step-mother, at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Bida, Niger. Mrs Mariam Kolo, the Director-General of the state Child Rights Protection Agency, made this known in Minna on Friday. Kolo told journalists that the surgery was part of the series of operations that the boy would undergo. “He was operated upon by four neurologists and he is responding to treatment. “Several other tests will still be conducted to prepare him for the next…

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Appeal Court endorses Sheriff as PDP National Chairman

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The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt yesterday has sacked the Senator Ahmed Makarfi led National Caretaker Committee which enjoys the support of the mainstream of the party and its organs. The Appellate Court by a 2-1 majority affirmed that the party offended its own constitution in the way and manner it sacked the Senator Ali Modu Sheriff led executive and in the disobedience of court orders against the holding of the May 21 Port- Harcourt Convention. The court asked that the party should return to the status quo.…

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Heritage Bank facilitates disbursement of N3bn YIEDP fund to beneficiaries

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Heritage Bank Plc has continued to take the lead in empowering youths to become entrepreneurs, which is amongst others is geared to creating jobs and distributing wealth across the Nigerian economy. Recently, Heritage bank made a “measured” entry into financing and empowering youths with the N3billion Youth Innovative Entrepreneurship Development Programme fund by the Central Bank of Nigeria, with the active participation of the National Youth Service Corps and the bank as the sole financial institution and operating vehicle for the disbursement of funds to approved beneficiaries. The bank in…

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