Category: Metro

Nigerian To Sue US Customs Over $41,000 Seizure
May 11, 2018 No Responses

Nigerian To Sue US Customs Over $41,000 Seizure

A Nigerian woman is suing the US customs agency after it seized tens of thousands of dollars which was earmarked to build a free medical clinic in Imo state.  According to the Washington Post, Anthonia Nwaorie was carrying $41,000 (£30,000)...
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Wema Bank Reiterates Support for Arts with Isale Eko Sponsorship
May 8, 2018 No Responses

Wema Bank Reiterates Support for Arts with Isale Eko Sponsorship

Wema Bank Plc has announced  its sponsorship of Isale Eko, the popular play coming up this June.  According to the Bank, Isale Eko is one of the notable plays in Nigeria, which is bringing back the theatre culture dating back...
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Grassroots Soccer Association Marks Taiwo Afolabi’s Birthday In Lagos
April 29, 2018 No Responses

Grassroots Soccer Association Marks Taiwo Afolabi’s Birthday In Lagos

As part of activities line up to mark the birthday of the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, SIFAX Group, Dr. Taiwo Afolabi,  the Lagos Grassroots Soccer Association will on April 29, at Campus Mini Stadium, Ajele, Lagos Island, hold a foot ball...
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Buhari Condemns Killing Of Two Catholic Priests, 17 Worshippers
April 25, 2018 No Responses

Buhari Condemns Killing Of Two Catholic Priests, 17 Worshippers

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned killing of worshippers and priests at a church in Ukpor-Mbalom community in Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue, and vowed to apprehend those behind the ungodly act.   The President, in a statement by...
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Lagos Bus Reform To Create 3,000 Jobs
April 9, 2018 No Responses

Lagos Bus Reform To Create 3,000 Jobs

The Lagos State government has said no fewer than 3000 jobs would be created when the 13 bus terminals springing across the city finally comes on stream. This is as it disclosed that about 473 buses to flag-off operation of...
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Buhari Mourns Winnie Mandela
April 3, 2018 No Responses

Buhari Mourns Winnie Mandela

President Muhammadu Buhari has described the passing away of South-African anti-apartheid icon, Mrs Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, as a huge loss to Africa.   The President noted that she was a woman of uncommon determination, steadfastness and perseverance who h...
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FRSC Mobilises All Formations For Easter Special Patrol Operation
March 27, 2018 No Responses

FRSC Mobilises All Formations For Easter Special Patrol Operation

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it has mobilised all its field and sector commands for the nationwide 2018 Easter Special Patrol operations.  The exercise, according to the Corps Public Education Officer, Mr Bisi Kazeem, is scheduled to run...
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Buhari: Leah Sharibu Will Not Be Abandoned
March 23, 2018 No Responses

Buhari: Leah Sharibu Will Not Be Abandoned

President Muhammadu Buhari is as committed to the freedom of the only Dapchi schoolgirl still in captivity as he was to the girls’ freedom when all 110 were in the captivity of Boko Haram terrorists.    The Buhari administration will...
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Minister: 104 Dapchi School Girls, Two Others Freed Unconditionally
March 22, 2018 No Responses

Minister: 104 Dapchi School Girls, Two Others Freed Unconditionally

The Federal Government said a total of 106 abducted persons, comprising 104 Daphi schoolgirls, one other girl and a boy were freed by insurgents in the early hours of Wednesday. Briefing journalists in Maiduguri, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alh...
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Jacob Zuma Faces Corruption Trial
March 17, 2018 No Responses

Jacob Zuma Faces Corruption Trial

South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma is to face prosecution for 16 charges of corruption relating to a multi-billion-dollar arms deal. The case centres on a 30bn rand ($2.5bn; £1.7bn) deal to modernise the country’s defence in the late 1990s...
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Fishing Community In Lagos Laments Dredging, Sand Filling At Oworonsoki
February 28, 2018 No Responses

Fishing Community In Lagos Laments Dredging, Sand Filling At Oworonsoki

Ongoing dredging work at Oworonsoki, Lagos is causing a lot of mud to settle around the Agoegun fishing community in Bariga and this has caused the fishes in the lagoon in the axis, to migrate into the Ocean. “If we...
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