Metro

Officials of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) on Tuesday shut down five facilities housing commercial banks as well as over 80 other buildings on Allen Avenue, Ikeja over illegal conversion. Zenith, Access, Sterling, Unity and UBA branches at Allen Avenue were the affected banks. Also shut were Tantalizers, Adebowale Electronics, Panasonic and several other buildings used for commercial …

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Appalled by the way some pupils of public schools turn up for classes,wife of the Lagos State Governor, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, on Tuesday started the distribution of about 50,000 shoes and branded socks to pupils in Primary I across the state. Ambode, speaking at the Cherubim and Seraphim Primary School, Ikorodu, said the initiative was aimed at boosting the morale …

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Olabode Adaramola Against the backdrops of the discovery of Hydrocarbon in Bida Basin, Niger State Government has  said it has engaged a Consultant to carry-out preliminary works to determine the availability of Crude Oil in the area. The state Commissioner for Mineral Resources, Hajiya Rahamatu Mohammed Yar’adua disclosed this in Minna, the state capital on Sunday in a statement titled, …

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Olabode Adaramola Niger State Governor,  Alhaji Abubakar Sani- Bello has approved the renewal of the appointment of the Rector, Niger State Polytechnic,  Zungeru, Dr. Umar Ahmed Egbako , for another Four years tenure and final tenure, with effect from Tuesday, June 1st, 2018. The letter for the renewal of the appointment of the Rector of the State Polytechnic, Dr. U. …

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Excessive intake of alcohol and cigarettes are major contributory factors to male infertility, Dr. Olawale Oba, an Obstetrician and Gynecologist, has said. Oba, a Senior Registrar at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Lagos, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Lagos. “In the cause of evaluations, it has been identified that …

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The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has called of their nine weeks strike. Addressing journalists in Abuja on Thursday, Mr. Josiah Biobelemonye, President of the union, said the industrial action, which commenced on April 18, will officially end on Monday, June 4, 2018, when workers are expected to resume work. He said the suspension is a show of respect for …

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A Lagos couple, Mr Michael and Mrs Roseline Oaikhena, have been denied the custody of their newborn baby, Ighodalo, for three months over an unpaid medical bill of N650,000. According to PUNCH Metro, it learnt that the hospital holding on to the child, Inton Hospital, Ogba, Ikeja, Lagos, had allegedly vowed to put him in an orphanage unless the debt was …

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Tayo Olanipekun Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has ordered the Task Force on Human Trafficking and Irregular Migration to ensure eradication of the issues by 2020. The Senior Special Adviser to the Governor on human trafficking and illegal migration,Mr Solomon Okoduwa, said in Benin on Monday that that the Task Force, which the governor set up in 2017, has …

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Leading commercial bank, Sterling Bank Plc has partnered with Tata Africa Services Limited to unveil a revolutionary auto loan scheme which offers free spare parts and attractive discounts to business owners in Lagos at the weekend. The novel financing scheme, which has a maximum tenure of three years, will sort out the logistic challenges facing business owners as they strive …

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Conoil, one of the leading nation’s complete energy providers, has advised teachers, parents, governments, non-governmental organisations and all well-meaning Nigerians on the need for vigilance and urgent action to stem the growing negative influence on the children. In its goodwill message to the Nigerian child to commemorate Children’s Day celebrations, the company entreated parents, leaders and every adult to lead …

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