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Heritage Bank Plc has once again proven to be Nigeria’s most innovative banking service provider, as Institute for Tourism Professionals, organisers of the National Tourism Transport Summit and Expo 2018 (NTTS), crowned Heritage Bank the best “Financial Institution, for Outstanding Support for Tourism.” The award, according to the organizers, was in recognition of the contribution of the bank to the …

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An aggrieved shareholder of Continental Reinsurance  Plc Mr Maduka Kanma Okafor has dragged the insurance company and its Managing Director Dr Femi Oyetunji  before a Federal high court in Lagos, alleging that Dr Oyetunji is running the company in a manner that is illegal,oppressive,and unfairly prejudicial and discriminatory to him. Joined as co -respondents in the petition filed before the …

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Dayo Emmanuel From time immemorial, football has been a favorite sport for Nigerians. Irrespective of their tribal extraction, Nigerians do not discriminate against one another when it comes to watching football matches. This is about the last strand of unity holding over 180 million people after religion and ethnicity have dealt deadly blows on national unity. Meanwhile, Daystar Christian Centre …

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A 35- year- old woman, Remilekun Familusi, on Friday, prayed an Abeokuta Customary Court to dissolve her five-year marriage to husband Olayinka, over his alleged stealing habit. She told the court that their five-year marriage was blessed with one child. Remilekun alleged that her estranged husband was a thief, fraudster and had always been declared wanted by the people he stole from. …

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The National Universities Commission (NUC) has declared the University of Accountancy and Management Studies, Christians of Charity American University of Science and Technology, Nkpor, Anambra State, University of Industry, Yaba, Lagos, University of Applied Sciences and Management, Port Novo, Republic of Benin, Blacksmith University, Akwa and 53 others illegal. They have also been shut down. According to NUC, which is …

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Majority of women in Zimbabwe may be lying about the paternity of their children if the new DNA results in the country are anything to go by, reports say. As many as 70 per cent of men in the country are probably not the biological fathers of children they thought were theirs. According to a paternity test outfit, Global DNA …

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The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, on Wednesday said she was committed to reforms aimed at ensuring that the nation’s civil service is efficient, productive, incorruptible and citizen-centred. This, she said, was in line with the present administration’s change agenda and the Federal Government’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan 2017 – 2020. Oyo-Ita spoke at …

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…Govt Condemns Attack …Says Opposition Political Leaders Behind Protest …Directs Security Personnel To Apprehend, Prosecute Armed Hoodlums   By Amos Okioma At least two protesters were on Tuesday shot dead while several others were injured  following a clash between Police and protesters at Niger Delta University, (NDU) Amasoma in Bayelsa . NDU, which was shut in March following incessant protests …

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Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, while inspecting the ongoing projects in the Lekki Free Trade Zone, at the weekend, said the massive investments being jointly made in the axis by government and the private sector was targeted at making Lagos emerge as the next destination for business in Africa. Ambode, who inspected the progress of work alongside cabinet members, billionaire …

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The police in Lagos said they have arrested a 34-year-old Celestial Church pastor for allegedly giving a deadly concoction to one Ramat Audu which eventually resulted in her death. Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Edgal Imohimi, told newsmen on Monday that the pastor was arrested with the deceased’s boyfriend who took her to the church at Akesan, Igando, Lagos. “When Ramat …

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