Tayo Olanipekun The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has said Cameroon breached international and regional agreements by denying refuge to over 9,000 Nigerians who fled the violence in Borno State to the country last week, maintaining it cannot send back the refuge seekers. NRC, in a statement made available to Nationalwire on Monday night, said the authorities of the two countries …

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Lagos State government on Monday softened its stance on granting of Planning Permit for the construction of petrol stations in the state. This is as it announced the lifting of the over 16-months embargo it emplaced on the construction of new fuel stations in the mega city and its environs. At a press conference on Monday, Commissioner for Physical Planning …

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Folake Sokoya A 23 years- old man called Abel Goodnews has been arrested for defiling a six-year-old girl (Names withheld). The suspect, a resident of No 10, Dendeke street, Bariga,Lagos, was said to have taken undue advantage of the girl who had gone into his room with her younger brother to watch television. Noticing the atmosphere was in his favour few …

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Folake Sokoya Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Imohimi Edgal has advised officers of the command to be neutral and discharge their duties responsibly in the forthcoming elections. Edgal stated this during an unscheduled visit to the officers of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), a unit of the Lagos State Police Command at the Squad’s parade ground in Alausa. The …

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The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Edward Kallon, has lamented over the interruption of aid delivery to the internally displaced people in Rann, a town in eastern Borno State. Ran, about 10 kilometers from the border with Cameroon, came under a deadly attack by a non-state armed group on January 14, 2019 and the incident has led to …

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Support for the APC candidate in the ongoing race for the governorship of Lagos State has received a boost with an endorsement from a group named Team-30. The group is an exclusive body of businessmen and contractors committed to the survival of good governance and rapid development of the state. The acronym, TEAM-30, is descriptive of a voluntary association of …

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Around 130, 000 children and adolescents became newly infected with HIV in western and central Africa in 2017, making the number of persons living with the condition to reach 800, 000 that year, said agencies of the United Nations (UN). The UNAIDS, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organisation (WHO), who made this known at a …

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Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, on Tuesday, urged Nigerians to support officers and men of the armed forces fighting the war against insurgency in the country, saying their bravery must never be in vain. Speaking after performing the laying of wreath and release of pigeons in commemoration of the 2019 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration held at the Remembrance …

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has mobilised thousands of its supporters in the Ejigbo area of Lagos to campaign from door-to-door for the candidacy of President Muhammadu Buhari and its gubernatorial candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, as well as other party members vying for electoral positions. An arm of the party, The Mandate Movement (TMM), is driving the move to ensure that …

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Folake Sokoya Former Vice President and the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has promised to review the condition of service of servicemen if elected as president. He said this in a special service in remembrance of those who lost their lives in defense of the nation held at the Ondo State PDP Secretariat in Akure …

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