***Says Bank Issued False Statement Tayo Olanipekun Milost Global Inc. said it ended talks to provide $1 billion to Unity Bank Plc, following threats it received from Nigeria that the investment company will be forced out of the country if the deal continues, Bloomberg has reported. The private-equity firm also told the media outlet on Monday that Unity Bank issued …

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The Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, Prof. Olusola Eleka, is set to donate textbooks to all public secondary schools in Ekiti State. The books will be presented to the schools through the officials of the ministry of education at the maiden edition of Ekiti Book Picnic, which will hold at the Fajuyi Memorial Park, Ado Ekiti on March 28, 2018. …

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The three senators representing Lagos, on Sunday, endorsed Governor Akinwunmi Ambode for a second term in office, noting that the impacts of his administration were being felt across the State.  The Senators, Gbenga Ashafa (Lagos East); Oluremi Tinubu (Lagos Central) and Solomon Olamilekan (Lagos West), said they were “proud of his achievements and the renewed vigour he had brought to bear …

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Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has commended religious bodies in the state for their support of the amended Land Use Charge and their unanimous endorsement of his second term in office. His message was conveyed to the clergymen by the Commissioner for Home Affairs, Dr. AbdulHakeem AbdulLateef, who expressed the appreciation of the state government to the body of religious leaders …

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Folake Sokoya The Kwara State Civil Service Commission has denied media report that some of its officials receive bribe from applicants before offering them employment in the state civil service. The Permanent Secretary of the Commission, Alhaji A.B Mohammed, in a statement on Thursday, described the allegation as not only untrue, but a deliberate attempt to cause disaffection and tarnish …

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Folake Sokoya The Lagos State Police Command has dismantled what it described as a major fraud haven, situated at No. 48, Allen Avenue, Ikeja and operated by a 26-year-old cyber criminal cum fraud kingpin, Samuel Olowobola Gboyega. His arrest followed a petition addressed to the Commissioner of Police (CP), Lagos State, Edgal Imohimi, by one Antonio Kaplanis of the Embassy of …

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The University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) community in Gwagwalada, FCT was on Monday thrown into mourning by the sudden death of one of its longest serving lecturers, Dr. (Mrs). Cecilia Kato. Dr. Kato, 59, was a lecturer in the English and African Literature and Gender Studies departments. According to a statement from her family, the late Kato was a well-known writer …

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Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has said there is need for civil servants in the state to ensure optimal management of time and stress, in order to be able to deliver quality service to the public in the course of discharging their dutie   The governor made this assertion on Thursday, as he was represented by Commissioner for Establishments, Training …

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Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Thursday held a meeting with the Japan-African Union Parliamentary Friendship committee in Tokyo, an influential group in the Japanese parliament. Governor Ambode said the meeting, which was attended by members of Japan House of Representatives – Hon. Ichiro Aisawa and Hon. Asahiko Mihara – was in furtherance of his quest to woo Japanese investors, …

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Folake Sokoya The Kwara State Government has said it would enact a law to curb indiscriminate felling of trees in the State. The State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, made this known while flagging off tree planting activities in the state in commemoration of the International Day of Forest on Wednesday at the Government House, Ilorin. He said the law would …

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