Over 400 people killed in Niger East in 2016—Sen Umaru Olabode Adaramola Over 400 people across various communities in the Niger East Senatorial district lost their lives to cattle rustlers and armed bandits in 2016, Senator David Umaru has disclosed. This he said, was aside what he referred to as “unprovoked military invasion” of Kpadna, Legbe and other communities in …

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    Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has described the Awujale and Paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Dr. Sikiru Kayode Adetona as a serial liar for causing him of using the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to torture him while he was President of the country. Obasanjo while responding to some accusations levelled against him in Awujale Autobiography titled “Awujale: …

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A Lagos-based medical practitioner, Olugbenga Farajimakin, was on Wednesday arraigned for allegedly partnering a “self-acclaimed doctor” to perform a Caesarean Section on a woman that led to her death. Farajimakin, 44, was docked at an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on a charge of conspiracy. The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The prosecutor, Insp. Adebayo …

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Nigeria is planning to overhaul about 50 bridges nationwide, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said. Mr. Fashola unveiled the plan when he was inspecting the rehabilitation of Lagos Ring Road Bridge Abutment and Approach to the Third Mainland Bridge project on Tuesday in Lagos.  He told journalists that some columns and beams of the Third …

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Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has described the N5,000 the federal government  said it had started paying to the poor in Nigeria as a mere propaganda and advised them to stop running government and governance on propaganda. He said: “A blind man will say it is when it gets into my mouth that I will say you are feeding me, …

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2019: Gbagyi people threaten to withdraw support from APC government over marginalisation. Olabode Adaramola The Gbagyi people in Niger East Senatorial District, of Niger state and  the second largest ethnic group in the state, have resolved that they would not support the current All Progressives Congress- government in the state come 2019 for its failure to recognize the tribe  in the …

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Glo reaffirms commitment to Lagos’s growth at One Lagos Fiesta   Nigeria’s fully integrated telecommunications company, Globacom, has restated its support for the government of Lagos State in its efforts to boost the profile of the state and improve the quality of life of its residents.   Speaking in the early hours of Sunday at the Grand Finale of One …

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NSE Reviews Composition of Market Indices The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has announced the review of the NSE-30, and the seven sectoral indices of the Exchange. These Indices are NSE Consumer Goods, NSE Banking, NSE Insurance, NSE Industrial, NSE Oil & Gas, NSE Pension and the NSE Lotus Islamic Indices. These indices are normally reviewed bi-annually (June and December) except …

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The Acting Managing Director, Bank of Industry (BoI), Waheed Olagunju has said the bank is committed to its five-year plan of growing the small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) by pumping N310 billion into the sector. Olagunju who spoke with reporters at the weekend in Offa, Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State, added that the bank will continue to support …

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The quantum of employment in the domestic economy has not been adequate to meet the ever-growing labour market, thus leading to continuous rise in the level of unemployment in the country, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said. In the 2016 second and third quarters of job creation survey, NBS noted that unemployment and underemployment stood at 13.9 per cent …

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