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How I lost my limb on mission field-Missionary

Working for God often comes with its challenges which at the end culminate in victory. Ajisafe Kunle Emmanuel was a promising young man, a gospel singer who had ministered in various states in Nigeria. He was also a footballer with Santos Football Club, Ilorin. He later left all to serve as a missionary teacher with a mission outfit called The …

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Politics mustn’t be seen as way to distribute resources-Swedish researcher

Henrik Angerbrandt is a Swedish researcher from Stockholm University. He was in Nigeria to work on issues surrounding election violence. He has visited Nigeria a few times but his last visit provided a brief and first opportunity to visit Lagos, Africa’s most populous city. At the International Press Centre, Lagos, Henrik met DAYO EMMANUEL and explains what his project is …

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Christian Pilgrimage: Lagos begins sale of forms in installment

Tayo Olanipekun The Lagos State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board on Monday commenced the sales of forms to intending pilgrims to Jerusalem, Rome and Greece for either the March/April or the October 2017 pilgrimage. According to the Commissioner for Home Affairs in Lagos State, Abdulakeem Abdulateef, the purchase of forms to the Holy Land could be done in installments, and was …

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Lagos Hands Over 100 Homes To Scheme Beneficiaries

Tayo Olanipekun The Lagos State Government on Monday handed over keys to the first batch of beneficiaries in the Rent-To-Own scheme of the state, signaling ownership of various apartments in all the five estates already available for in programme. The Commissioner for Housing in Lagos State, Gbolahan Lawal, while handing over keys to the beneficiaries numbering 100 in Alausa, Ikeja, …

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Liqour vendors in Niger without license risk arrest

Olabode Adaramola The chairman of Niger state Liqour licensing board, Barrister Yahaya Halidu has warned all liqour vendors operating in the state to obtain their licenses before the end of February as anyone caught selling liqour without a license would be arrested and arraigned before the court of law. Barr.  Halladu , said the board will no longer tolerate the …

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Gov. Sani Bello tells Doctors to Check Quackery

Olabode Adaramola Niger State governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has challenged professionals in the  health sector in the country to check the increasing rate of quackery, complaining that many people have been victims of wrong diagnoses. He also decried the high mortality rate of pregnant women, new born babies  and children, saying the development is not acceptable and should be …

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Lagos Suicide Attempt A Ruse- Police PPRO

Tayo Olanipekun The Nigeria Police has declared untrue an online report making the rounds on Monday that an unidentified young man attempted to commit suicide by jumping down the ledge of a pedestrian bridge at Jakande along the Lekki-Epe Expressway before policemen stopped him. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Dolapo Badmus, debunked the news that went viral …

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Collapsed Building: Lagos Files Criminal Charge Against Lekki Gardens Boss, Others … Charges Manslaughter, Failure To Obtain Approval

Tayo Olanipekun Lagos State Government has filed criminal charge against the Managing Director of Lekki Gardens Estate Ltd, Richard Nyong and others over the collapse of a five-storey building under construction on Kushenla Road, Ikate-Elegushi, Lagos, in which no fewer than 35 persons lost their lives. Charged along with the companies involved, Lekki Gardens Estate, GT Rich Ltd, HC Insight …

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No N250m Provision for VP’s Gate-House in 2017 Budget—FG

The attention of the Ministry of Budget and National Planning has been drawn to a series of misleading information circulating and being given prominence in the media regarding some purported provisions in the 2017 Budget proposals. This development has been going on for some time now, the latest being the false statement to the effect that a provision of N250 …

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Fire razes factory in Lagos, destroys property worth millions of naira

Tayo Alani A fire incident occurred at a plastic manufacturing company along Apapa-Oshodi Expressway, close to the office of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on Sunday afternoon. According to General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Authority (LASEMA), Adesina Tiamiyu, the fire incident was very severe, ravaging a company. “I can authoritatively report a fire outbreak at Rida Plastic …

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