Nigeria’s leading Pension Fund Administrator (PFA), Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers Limited, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, in furtherance of its commitment to corporate social investment (CSI) and environmental sustainability, has commissioned three blocks of sanitary facilities it renovated at the Nigerian Prisons Training School, Kaduna. These facilities are expected to uplift the health and living conditions of personnel …

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Folake Sokoya In its bid to rid the Lagos metropolis of criminals, the state Police Command this evening carried out a mop up exercise to clear the state of criminal elements in various neighborhoods. The Police Command in its Saturday operation stormed the Ifako- Ijaiye area of Agege, rounding up several hoodlums. The team comprising the Nigeria Airforce, Nigeria Security …

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Saturday said it would henceforth ensure the resolution of all exam issues before releasing results of its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination to avoid cancellation. JAMB’s Head of Public Relations, Mr Fabian Benjamin, said this in Bwari, FCT, while speaking on the outcome of the mop-up examination results. He disclosed that the results of …

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Seven alleged members of the Badoo cult, accused of bestial killings in Ikorodu area of Lagos, were on Friday docked before an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court. They were charged with conspiracy and membership of an unlawful society. The accused , Afolabi Kessington, 25,Ismaila Shaibu, 36, Mutiu Nurudeen, 26, Ibrahim Bello, 25, Lukman Mohammed, 35, Gift Itafa, 50 and Sheriff Adewunmi, …

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A Nigerian passenger on Emirates Airlines on Wednesday slumped and died on arrival at the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. The passenger, who arrived on the aircraft with registration number EK783 (DX),was identified as Dr. Olusola Dada with passport number A04501199. The spokesperson for the Lagos Airport Police Command, DSP Joseph Alabi, confirmed the incident to the …

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The Permanent Secretary, Bureau of General Services, Mrs Olufunke Oluwakemi Kolawole has been murdered around Okene, in Kogi State, on her way to Abuja on Thursday. Kolawole had left Osogbo in the early hours of Thursday for Abuja, to felicitate with her friend, who is the Solicitor General in the state on her confirmation as a judge before he was …

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Workers from Organised Labour seeking autonomy for local governments on Friday staged a rally at the meeting venue of the National Assembly’s Joint Committee on Constitutional Review in Lagos. The workers gathered at the entrance of the Intercontinental Hotel, Victoria Island, at about 8:00 a.m. with placards singing and chanting solidarity songs. The workers, however, did not disrupt activities at …

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Nigeria will appreciate the assistance of the United States of America in providing technical support for the development of transportation infrastructure and its agricultural sector as the country intensifies work on its economic diversification project. The Budget and National Planning Minister, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma told the USAID/Nigeria Mission Director, Mr Stephen Haykin who was in his office in Abuja …

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The Coordinator of Standard Organisation of Nigeria in Kwara, Mr Sunday Yashim, has said that the influx of fairly used tyres forced the two major tyre manufacturers in Nigeria, Dunlop and Michelin, to relocate to Ghana. Yashim said SON is determined to rid Nigeria of imported fairly used and expired tyres. Yashim made the commitment on Friday in Ilorin while speaking with newsmen after …

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The Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, on Friday dissolved a 21-year-old between one Idowu Iyanda and his wife Florence over the wife’s infidelity and alcoholism. Mr Ademola Odunade, President of the court ruled that the marriage was dissolved due to irreconcilable differences between the couple. “When wives refuse to keep to dos and don’ts binding a union, the result is …

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