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Federal High Court Lagos on Tuesday, further adjourned till June 29, the hearing in a suit by Sterling Bank against a former Aviation Minister, Sen. Stella Oduah, over alleged indebtedness. The bank alleged that Oduah and her company, Sea Petroleum and Gas company Ltd, were indebted to it in the sum of $16.4m and N100.5m. The suit, which was earlier …

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Scientists at the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases of Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State, has developed and patented two rapid diagnosis test kits for the Ebola Virus Disease and Lassa Virus. According to the university, the kits are able to detect the virus in human body fluids in 10 minutes. The Vice Chancellor of the university, …

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Fourteen states are insolvent as their Internally Generated Revenues (IGR) in 2016 were far below 10 per cent of their Federation Account Allocations (FAA) in the same year. The index, which was released on Monday by Economic Confidential, an Economic Intelligence Magazine, showed that without the monthly disbursement from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), many states are unviable, and …

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Smoking and other tobacco use kills more than seven million people each year, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, also warning of the dire environmental impact of tobacco production, distribution and waste. The UN agency said tougher measures were needed to rein in tobacco use, urging countries to ban smoking in the workplace and indoor public spaces, outlaw marketing of …

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The Nigerian security forces must exercise restraint when policing demonstrations marking the 50th Anniversary of the end of the Biafra War on 30 May, and avoid a repetition of the bloodbath caused by their heavy-handed response last year when more than 60 people were gunned down, said Amnesty International on Tuesday. “Last year’s heavy-handed response against pro-Biafra activists further stirred …

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Shops, schools and businesses were shut in south-east Nigeria on Tuesday, 50 years to the day since an independent rRepublicof Biafra was declared, sparking a brutal civil war. In Onitsha, the economic hub of Anambra state on the banks of the River Niger, most markets were closed and the streets were largely empty of people and traffic. Separatist sentiment persists …

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The Dangote Group (www.Dangote.com) shone at the just concluded 2017 Gateway Trade fair held in Abeokuta, emerging as the second most patronised exhibitor, just as the Group disclosed that it was investing N10 billion dollars in rice cultivation in five states to boost food self-sufficiency. To mark its Day at the Fair, a subsidiary of the Group, Dangote Cement, gave …

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Dayo Emmanuel   The governor of Lagos State, Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has said that children bear the greatest brunt of poor environmental management. Ambode said this while signing the Environmental Management, Protection Bill into Law on 1st March 2017 in Lagos. This law is expected to help the state to become a cleaner place and attract …

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In a bid to expose the citizenry to financial literacy at a very early age in life, Heritage Bank Plc, Nigeria’s Most Innovative Banking Services Provider, has exposed children between the age bracket of five and seven years to banking services. The programme, which is part of activities to mark the bank’s Children Banking Month, tagged: My Day as a …

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The training for 60 Nigeria police anti-bomb officers by the U.S. for one month has ended in Lagos. Police officers drawn from different commands in the country that were trained in four sessions of 15 participants each  as  Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) mentors,yesterday received their certificate. The training was facilitated by the American Embassy in Nigeria through the office of …

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