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Mr. Adeniji Kazeem, Lagos State Commissioner for Justice, on Monday told men of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority(LASTMA) and other state law enforcement agencies to stop collecting bribes. Kazeem spoke at the opening of the annual mandatory training for the state’s law enforcement officers at the Law Enforcement Training institute (LETI), in Lagos. The training had 3, 550 participants drawn from the LASTMA, Vehicle Inspection Service, Kick Against Indiscipline and Neighbourhood Safety Corp Agency. “I implore you to re-double your efforts, resist bias, stop collecting bribes and see your…

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Zenith Bank has again proved its status as a leading light in Corporate Social Responsibility, as the financial institution donated an ultra modern ICT centre to the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The centre parades, among other state-of-the-art facilities, two e-learning training halls equipped with over 200 computer sets and training facilities, an exhibition and training halls, conference hall, server/online facilities, Wi-Fi facility, executive offices for the Centre’s director and other officials. During the project commissioning, the Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Benjamin Ozumba, who led the university’s management team,…

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17 junior officers has been sacked by the Nigeria Customs Service for offences ranging from drug addiction, certificate forgery, theft and absenteeism from January to September. According to a statement by the Customs Public Relations Officer, Wale Adeniyi, “investigations into offences committed by the officers in the senior category are now being concluded. Officers found guilty are expected to face similar stiff penalties. “These disciplinary measures were taken after series of investigations and deliberations by the disciplinary committee and recommendations were made to the management. “This process is a continuation…

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Herdsmen, have allegedly killed no fewer than 20 persons after laying siege to Godogodo, a semi-urban settlement in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Policemen and those who managed to escape the onslaught, said Godogodo was razed, with the casualty figure put at 20, aside from those injured. The incident was said to have heightened tension between the majority Christian population of Kafanchan, about 12 kilometres north of Godogodo, and its minority settler population of Hausa/Fulani Muslims. Following the incident, the Interim Management Committee, IMC, Chairman of Jema’a LGA,…

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Due to its strict compliance to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) rules and directives on the sales of foreign exchange, FirstBank has become the sole authorized dealer for foreign exchange proceeds to licenced Bureau de Change (BDC) operators in the country. The announcement is coming on the heels of the Bank’s strengthened money transfer services as well as its compliance to CBN’s rules. The Bank had consistently sold dollars to over 500 BDCs as directed by the CBN to improve dollar liquidity and strengthen the Naira in line with…

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Some of the judges whose homes were raided by operatives of the Department of State Service, DSS, last weekend are poised to fight back, opening cans of worm, with one of them indicting the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN. Already, two of them who are currently serving at the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, Justices Ademola Adeniyi and Nnamdi Dimgba, have concluded plans to file separate suits against the DSS for violating their constitutional rights. While Justice Ademola was one of…

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President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that his administration will continue to “to be very hard on corruption”. He gave the assurance to Nigerians in Germany today that his administration will be unrelenting in prosecuting the anti-corruption war. “If you work hard and get your money we will try and see how much tax you can pay us, but to take money from government and get away with it no more,’’ the said, wondering why some Nigerians chose to be wicked to their country. He said it was regrettable that over…

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Lagos State Government has endorsed the Heritage Bank Skoolympics project, an initiative of Heritage Bank Plc, aimed at building a heritage of champions through youth sports competition at the secondary school level Mr. Ayodeji Tinubu, Special Adviser to the Lagos State Government on Sports, gave the endorsement at a stakeholders meeting held at the corporate headquarters of the bank in Lagos recently, noting that Heritage Bank is the only bank at the moment that is undertaking such a lofty and premium sporting project in the state, which maiden event will…

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An illustrious veteran of lifestyle journalism, Dylan Jones has seen it all in the world of fashion and style, having been involved with lifestyle magazines for three decades. Since 1999, Dylan has led GQ to over 30 awards while winning nearly a dozen personal awards in the process, including being appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2013 by the Queen of England. On the 12th and 13th of November 2016, Dylan Jones will be at the GTBank Fashion Weekend to share his rich insights on…

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As the peak of a nine-day event lined up to mark the 78th birthday of Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, the Alaafin of Oyo, an ex-boxer of repute, who retired from boxing after his enthronement in 1970, has dusted his boxing gloves and will, today, mount the ring to take on his opponent at Oyo Township Stadium. One of the participants, who is the Vice President of Nigerian Boxing Managers Association, Isiaka Olatunji, said a boxing belt will be presented to the winner of the bout between Alaafin and his opponent. A…

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