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The Odugbese-Abereoje chieftaincy family of Ajah, Lagos State has filed an action before the High Court of Lagos State, seeking to nullify the allocation of their family land at Ajiwe, Lagos, by the Lagos State Government. In the suit filed on their behalf by activist lawyer, Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, the family is contending that the Lagos State Government is incompetent …

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The Federal Road Safety Commission’s Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi, has ordered the recall of the Rivers State Sector Commander and other officers concerned in the raving issue of cutting of some female officers’  hair. The female officers were allegedly carrying long hair in the Rivers State Sector Command, Portharcourt. In a latest interview granted on Tuesday, by  Head Media Relations …

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  The Kano State Hisbah Board said it had arrested 489 beggars in February and March for allegedly violating the law banning street begging in the state. Malam Musa Tsangaya, Head of the Anti-begging Unit of the board, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano that 192 of those arrested were children while 228 were adults. “Our men arrested the street beggars around …

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The Federal Road Safety Corps has deployed 25,000 Regular and Special Marshals, as well as 869 Patrol Cars, 267 Motor Bikes, 106 Ambulances and 22 Tow Trucks for the Easter Special Patrol to commence nationwide from April 13 to April 18, 2017. The Corps is anticipating a mass movement  of people and goods across the length and breadth of the   …

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The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has said the federal and state governments were not prepared for the Type C meningitis outbreak that has ravaged 19 states in the country. Adewole said this on Monday during the stakeholders’ meeting with the Governor of Zamfara State, Abdul-Aziz Yari, and the Meningitis and Prevention and Emergency Response committee at the State …

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The United Nations warned Tuesday that “the risk of mass deaths from starvation … is growing” among people in conflict and drought-hit areas of the Horn of Africa, Yemen and Nigeria. Due to drought and a “severe” funding shortfall “an avoidable humanitarian crisis … is fast becoming an inevitability”, said UN refugee agency spokesman Adrian Edwards. Violent conflicts and increasing displacement …

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The Federal Government on Tuesday announced a new policy for tomatoes, in line with its  objective  of boosting production, improving the value chain and attracting investment. The Minister of Industry,Trade and Investment, Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah, made the announcement at a media briefing at the headquarters of the ministry in Abuja. He said the tomato sector policy was developed and is …

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The Federal Government will recapitalise the Bank of Agriculture to the tune of N3 trillion in order to enable farmers in the country to have access to funds at affordable interest rates. The Minister of State for Agriculture, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, said this on Monday at the inaugural harvest of a Tilapia from a fish farm belonging to Premium Aquaculture …

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Barring any last minute change in decision, the Nigerian Stock Exchange may soon clampdown on the shares of 11 companies who had missed the deadline to file their audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016. The NSE who on Monday made this announcement said it might suspend trading in their securities. The defaulting companies are A.G Leventis …

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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) is to intensify its patrol and other activities in 2017 as part of measures to curtail road accident across the country. In 2016, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Nigeria recorded not less than 11, 363 road accident nationwide, leading to the dealth of 5,053 road users. To reverse the trend drastically, …

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