The Wesley Cathedral Olowogbowo, Lagos recently celebrated its 2016 annual family re-union harvest thanksgiving service in the Church. The event however attracted clergies, dignitaries, laities and friends of the Methodist Church and Christians generally to the grand occasion. Below are images from the occassion. CEO Unity Hospital Group Ltd, Lagos Sir Dr Charles Oladeinde Williams KJW being congratulated by …

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 The 2016 edition of One Lagos Fiesta will be brought to a close Saturday night with a spectacular countdown to the New Year. The initiative introduced by the government of  Akinwumi Ambode last year to round off the year and usher in a new one in a mood of excitement is being supported for a second year running by foremost …

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As controversy continued to trail the importation of poor quality of rice into the country, over 40,000 bags of rice seized by the Nigeria Customs Service have so far being shared to Internally Displaced  Persons’ camps, Comptroller-General of Custom, Col. Hameed Ali, has said. The NCS CG, represented by its Deputy Comptroller-General, Mr. Umar Ilya, said this on Thursday in …

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CBN sells $1bn to clear backlog of forex demand The Central Bank of Nigeria has sold about $1bn on the forward market to clear a backlog of dollar obligations in selected sectors, according to foreign exchange traders. The traders said on Thursday that the dollar sale was made last week. They described it as the largest special auction by the …

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SEC, CBN Real-Out Guidelines on Securities Settlement in Nig As part of its growth strategy and development of the stock market and to further promote competitive, efficient, safe and sound post trading arrangements in Nigerian financial market, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria have introduced some sets of guidelines on securities settlements in Nigeria. …

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Fleeing Boko Haram Members: Governor Sani Bello Enjoins Nigerlites To Be Vigilant Olabode Adaramola Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has enjoined citizens’ residents in the state to keep vigilant and be wary of fleeing Boko Haram members who might want to seek refuge in parts of the state. He said the capture and fall of Sambisa Forest, the last strong hold …

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  NCAA Lacks Professionalism – Arik Air  Nigeria’s largest surviving private domestic airline, Arik Air has described the fine slammed on it by Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) as unprofessional, saying the regulatory authority did not allow it to formally respond to the letter it earlier sent to it. NCAA had on Tuesday slammed a N6 million fine on Arik …

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  Federal permsec run away with 40 cars A former Federal permanent secretary retired from office recently and  took away  40 brand new SUVs and other vehicles. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this today, while explaining President Muhammadu Buhari’s well-articulated strategy in the fight against corruption in the country. Mohammed was reacting to criticisms that the …

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Over N5tr Projects Abandoned Across Nigeria – Reps A House Representative member, representing Zaria Federal Constituency, Dr Abbas Tajuddeen, on Wednesday said more than N5 trillion government projects were abandoned across Nigeria. Tajuddeen made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Zaria, Kaduna State. Tajuddeen, who expressed “deep worry” over the situation said the country …

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Folake Sokoya   The Ogun State police command has arrested three men for robbery. They are Suleiman Waheed, Mathew Johnson and Isiaka Momoh. They were arrested during the early hours of 27 December while trying to rob one Bello Ibrahim of his motorcycle with registration number GBE 159VZ along Ijebu Ode -Ibadan road. The policemen attached to Awa Ijebu division …

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