Lagos State government has distanced itself from fake advertorials making the rounds on the internet about admission into the state School of Nursing,saying they are fake. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr. Modele Osunkiyesi, who made this known on Friday through a signed disclaimer notice to the public, stressed that some unscrupulous group of people place the fake advertisements …

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The International Press Centre (IPC),based in Lagos, Nigeria, has called on the Senate to drop the proposed hate speech bill that seeks to recommend death sentence for purveyors of hate speech. The bill, which is being sponsored by Senate Spokesperson, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, proposes that anyone found guilty of any form of hate speech could face death by hanging …

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Folake Sokoya The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has been commended for embarking on infrastructural projects geared towards delivering dividends of democracy to the people of the State. The National President, Ilorin Emirate Descendant Progressive Union (IEDPU), Ambassador Usman AbdulAziz gave the commendation when he led the newly elected national Executives on a courtesy call on the governor on …

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Folake Sokoya Lagos Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, has said the youth must desist from sales and use of illicit drugs, unlawful possession and use of firearms, and cultism or incur the wrath of the law. Imohimi made this declaration on Wednesday in view of the recent development of some youths in the Aguda Surulere, Itire and Akala-Mushin areas of …

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American performance artist and comedian, Kristina Wong, will this week train Nigerian entertainment practitioners and their tutors as well as participate in the Lagos Theatre Festival,National Wire has learnt. With support from the United States Consulate General Lagos, Wong will conduct master classes for performing arts students, faculty, and theatrical directors at the University of Lagos, Lufodo Academy of Performing …

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The people of Ugborodo Community, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, have told President Muhammadu Buhari that the recent visit of the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Ikenwoli, to him at the Presidential Villa was a sham, restating their total support for the establishment of the Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko. President Buhari last Friday, in Abuja, met the …

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Tayo Olanipekun A total of 261,938 Nigerians got their houses and businesses connected to electricity supply for the first time in the last four years through the U.S government-backed Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Project (REEEP), benefiting from the 2.51 megawatts of power provided by the program. The access to “clean and reliable energy” thus enabled involved 16,600 connections and …

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The Border Communities Development Agency (BCDA) was on Monday inducted into the Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame by Media Rights Agenda (MRA) for its continual failure to comply with the provisions of the FOI Act, 2011. Announcing the induction of the BCDA into the Hall of Shame in a statement in Lagos, MRA’s Legal Officer, Ms Morisola Alaba, …

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Adopting practices that can protect the environment is a major way to improve the quality of life and avert the danger that climate change poses to the future of children. This submission was made by participants in a dialogue on climate change issues and environmental sustainability held on last Thursday in Lagos, championed by the Lekki Urban Forest and Animal …

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Folake Sokoya Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Edgal Imohimi, on Thursday, visited the Aguda-Surulere office of the Lagos State Neighbourhood Watch to commiserate with them over the death of one of their colleagues,Mr Moshood Bolaji. Bolaji was killed on Wednesday at about 9:30 pm, at Umunede Bar in Mallam Isah close, Aguda-Surulere,by a gang of five cultists. Similarly, the …

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