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A Pentecostal Pastor, Bernard Towoju, has urged an Igando Customary Court, Lagos to dissolve his marriage to his wife, Abosede, for allegedly using her private part to invoke curses on him. Towoju, 53, said in his divorce petition on Monday that “I cannot continue to make love with a woman who always goes naked and swears for me with her …

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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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Residents of Iju Station area of Lagos have called on the Lagos State government to ensure the agency responsible for emptying the waste containers tagged ‘Cleaner Lagos,’ is up and doing. A member of the community who talked with National Wire on the condition of anonymity noted that the refuse dump at the front of the group of schools located …

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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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The Lagos DNA and Forensic Centre in the last three months has resolved 35 cases out of the over 150 requests for forensic analysis it received from within and outside Nigeria. This is as the state government said it had awarded the contract for the expansion of the operations of the Centre to include a world class Forensic Toxicology and …

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Following the crisis rocking the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Lagos Island Chapter, the state government on Tuesday ordered the immediate suspension of all union activities on the Island indefinitely. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, who disclosed this in Lagos, shortly after the Security Council Meeting chaired by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, said the decision was to …

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