Metro

The on-going promotional campaign by Access Bank Plc tagged ‘Family Fortune’ Promo has produced the first winner of a family home. The family of Celestine Ikwuka Obinabor, currently a tenant and resident of Oka Afa in Ejigbo area of Lagos won one of the 3 four-bedroom terrace houses located in highbrow Lekki area of Lagos in the first Mega selection …

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) would continue to offer unflinching supports to indigenous private investors in the nation’s Oil & Gas Industry. Group Managing Director of the Corporation, Dr. Maikanti Baru, gave this assurance while speaking at the official commissioning of an ultra-modern 300 million-litre capacity tank farm built by a local private investor, Petrolex, at Ibefun, Ogun State. …

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At least 20 vehicles and four commercial motorcycles got burnt when a tanker laden with petrol fell and spilled its content on the Festac Link Bridge in Awuwo Odofin LGA of Lagos state. The fire, which started at noon on Wednesday, raged for about an hour. Firefighters arrived at the scene about 30 minutes later but did not enough have water …

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The Lagos State Employment Trust Fund, LSETF, has announced “Lagos Innovates”, a series of programs designed for the benefit of technology- and innovation-driven startups in Lagos State. By providing access to high quality infrastructure, learning, capital and networks, Lagos Innovates hopes to cement Lagos’ position as the leading destination for startups in Africa. Lagos Innovates is throwing its weight behind …

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Tayo Olanipekun Members of the Young Africa Leaders Initiative (YALI) Network on Monday kick-started a campaign that will encourage Nigerians to embrace transparency and accountable behaviour.  Tagged Transparency and Good Governance Campaign, the one-month long program was launched in Lagos by the U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Stuart Symingto, to commemorate the 2017 International Anti-Corruption Day.  The campaign will involve a mix …

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A trader, Mrs Awawu Oseni, wants an Igando Customary Court in Lagos to dissolve her 10 years marriage to her husband, Ibrahim, over the man’s refusal to work. Awawu pleaded with the court on Monday to dissolve the marriage because her husband has refused to work, to make himself useful to the family. She said that Ibrahim, with whom she …

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A 36-year-old petty trader, Mrs Elizabeth Shofunde, who claimed that her husband impregnated another woman, on Monday prayed an Igando Customary Court in Lagos to dissolve her marriage. Shofunde told the court that her husband, Babatunde, abandoned his matrimonial home to live with the woman. The mother of three submitted that she was fed up with the 11-year union because …

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Heritage Bank Plc has registered its presence in Ogijo in the Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State; with the commissioning of Dunmop Ventures as agent banking partner under the financial inclusion policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) which is designed to bring banking services to the under-banked in Nigeria. The bank recently inaugurated the corner shop as …

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Troops of 3 Battalion, 22 Brigade Nigerian Army, Sector 1, Operation LAFIYA DOLE, in furtherance of the ongoing clearance operations in conjunction with 22 Mobile Strike Team and some Civilian JTF, has on Tuesday, 28th November 2017 achieved a remarkable feat. During the operation, they were able to clear Boko Haram terrorists from their hideouts located at Kala, Jawara, Mada, …

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Some senators on Tuesday described the projections contained in the 2018 budget proposal presented by President Muhammadu Buhari as unrealistic. The senators who spoke during the debate on the general principle of the fiscal document also faulted what they described as ‘abysmal implementation of the 2017 budget’. The Senate leader, Ahmad Lawan had while giving the overview of the budget …

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