Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Wednesday stepped up his government’s campaign for direct foreign investment in Lagos, where he seized the opportunity at the just concluded Commonwealth Business Forum in Malta, to invite investors to take advantage of the numerous investment opportunities that abound in the state. The Commonwealth Business Forum in Malta,
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Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti The Court of Appeal sitting in Ado Ekiti on Thursday upheld the victories of the senator representing Ekiti South senatorial district, Mrs. Abiodun Olujimi, and her counterpart in Ekiti Central, Mrs. Fatimat Rasaki in the March 28 election. Both were candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party in the election. The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Anthony Adeniyi,
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Everest Amaefule President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday appealed to broadcasting firms operating in Africa to patronise the Nigerian Communications Satellite. Speaking at the African Broadcasting Union on-going Annual General Conference which opened in Abuja on Thursday, Buhari said NigComSat offered broadcasting organisations a tool to reach the whole of Africa with their broadcast messages. Buhari,
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Ade Adesomoju, Abuja A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the entire 50 counts of fraud preferred by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission against the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in the forthcoming Bayelsa State governorship election, Timipre Sylva. The charges arose from the allegations of a N20bn-fraud against him in his previous tenure
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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday assured the people of the State of his strong political will to take tough decisions and implement effective strategies to bring about a robust traffic management system in the State. Governor Ambode, who stated this at the Traffic Management and Transportation Summit organised by the State Government,
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Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Director-General of the Centre for Management Development, Dr. Kabir Usman, on Thursday said for Nigeria to achieve his aim of becoming one of the first 20 economies in the world by 2020, more attention must be paid to human development. He said the Federal Government must ensure that its workers are
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Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Federal Government again on Thursday stalled the commencement of the trial of a former Minister of Niger Delta, Godsday Orubebe, with a proposal to amend the four counts of N70m bribery and false assets declaration preferred against him. Earlier on November 9, 2015, the prosecution asked for two weeks to prepare
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Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party has said that it will challenge the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission in court on the inconclusive governorship election in Kogi State. The party, after its National Caucus meeting in Abuja on Wednesday night, said it was wrong for the commission to allow the All Progressives
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Simon Utebor, Yenagoa The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has called for more deployment of troops in Okrika area of Rivers State to check the activities of pipeline vandals. The Managing Director, Port Harcourt Refining Company, Mr. Banfred Enjugu, made the call when the Commander, Operation Pulo Shield, Major General Alani Okunlola, paid a working visit
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Ramon Oladimeji A Lagos-based lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has headed for a Federal High Court in Lagos to challenge the directive of the Attorney General of the Federation, Mallam Abubakar Malami (SAN), that the All Progressives Congress should substitute its deceased governorship candidate in Kogi State, Abubakar Audu, with another candidate. The APC candidate, Audu’s death
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A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday ordered the remand of a 64-year-old man, Andrew Nwaochichi, at the Ikoyi Prisons for dealing in cannabis sativa, popularly called Indian hemp. Nwaochichi was arraigned on a charge of drug trafficking by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. He pleaded guilty to the charge. Following his plea,
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The Nigeria Customs Service on Thursday warned importers against trading in goods banned by the Federal Government. Malam Sani Madugu, the Area Controller, Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A’ Ikeja, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos. “We always mention those items that have been banned, but if you
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A raging night inferno razed 118 shops at the Kabong market in Jos North on Thursday morning, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. A NAN correspondent, who visited the market, could not access the burnt section as some shops were still in flames. Others also had thick smoke billowing from them, making visibility very difficult.
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