The growth and development of the nation’s economy are something good for both Nigerian and American businesses and the United States will continue to support Africa’s largest economy in finding new avenues for growth,Consul General,John Bray, has said. Bray said this on Monday during the Closing Gong Ceremony of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) where he went to “learn firsthand” …

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Director General of the Consumer Protection Council (CPC), Babatunde Irukera, on Monday said the Lagos State has emerged one of the largest and most recognised economies in the world. Irukera made the submission when he led a delegation of the CPC, top officials from the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), and United Nations Industrial …

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Professor John Brown Okwii has been installed as the new Provost of the West Africa Theological Seminary (WATS). The investiture on 17th January at the Seminary drew guests from far and near including members of the Governing Council of the institution. Okwii, from Uganda at the event expressed deep passion for WATS and reeled out his plans to lead the …

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Folake Sokoya A 12 year old sexually abused house help, fleeing home with his master’s two sons and intercepted in Mile 2 area of Lagos by officers of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command, has disclosed that her master, 36, raped her five times in less than seven month she stayed in his house. The …

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Folake Sokoya Paramount Ruler and King of Iwo land, Osun State, HIM Oba AbdulRasheed Adewale Akanbi, has said that practice of field grazing and cattle roaming is barbaric and should be abolished at once because “It does not conform to modernization and 21st century development of any country.” Oba AbdulRasheed made this statement during a meeting with stakeholders at his …

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The Parliamentary Association of Nigeria (PASAN), Delta State House of Assembly chapter,has passed a vote of confidence on the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori,in what it has described as a welcome gift from the Christmas and New Year. PASAN also affirmed the Association’s happiness on members of the Assembly team of management for their interest in the …

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Folake Sokoya The Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed, has said no civil servant had been asked to pay for their promotion in the state. The governor made this clarification during an interactive session with youth groups and associations from Ilorin West Local Government of the state, as part of an on-going consultation with stakeholders. He said that workers were …

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Alumni of the U.S. government sponsored Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program have concluded a four-day workshop for primary school English Language teachers. The workshop, which ended on Thursday, was tagged: “A Communicative Approach to English Language Instruction,” and was held at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State (January 17-18) and Abraham Adesanya College of Education, Oyo Town, …

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Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Wednesday inaugurated the Governing Council of the Citizens Mediation Centre (CMC), urging members of the Council to work assiduously to provide free and effective alternative dispute resolution of matters. Ambode, speaking at the inauguration ceremony in Lagos, affirmed his administration’s desire to ensure growth and expansion of the CMC in recognition of the important …

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The Lagos State government on Wednesday arrested a total of 24 persons including cart pushers, street traders and some residents for dumping waste on road medians and canals,contrary to the Environmental Sanitation Laws of the state. Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) Corps Marshal, Daniel Isiofia, who made this known said the body also succeeded in impounding 150 waste carts …

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