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                           Today monday,a Federal High Court in Abuja granted bail to Raymond Dokpesi,who is standing trial over alleged more than  two billion naira fraud.In a ruling Justice Gabriel Kolawole granted bail to Raymond Dokpesi in the sum of N400 million and two sureties in like sum.He said that each surety must have a landed property with two hundred million naira each.Justice Kolawle said that one of the sureties must be a serving or retired civil servant of the rank of a director in either the Federal or State Civil service.He further said if retired,the srety must show a retirement letter indicating the organisation where he or she had served.The second surety must be a private entrepreneur with evidence of three years tax clearance certificate and a verifiable landed property worth two hundred million naira.The sureties must sign an undertaking of forfeiture of the property to the Federal Government,in the event that the defendant did not make himself available for tr

                 Today monday security forces armed guns and arrows killed two young women wearing explosive vests in a north Cameroon town,in which they are suspected to be Boko Haram members.The would be suicide bombers,described as adolescent girls,entered Kolofata just before dawn.Witnesses said ''The first suicide bomber {kamikaze} exploded near my house...When she entered,the local vigilance committee fired an arrow at her head and she set off her bomb.The other young woman was shot by special forces,known by their French initials BIR''.There were no reports of anyone else being killed or wounded in the town about 6 miles from the Nigerian border.

                   Nollywood actress Georgina Chigozie Onuoha,a mother who recently divorced her husband,decided today monday to express her displeasure at some fans who had attacked her on social media over her failed marriage.The actress shared the post of one of her critics identified as Vivian Rowland who had earlier voiced her views.The fan wrote ''I don't know why people cannot keep their opinions to themselves.Meanwhile,they are the most miserable in life.Oops i forgot,she said President Buhari made her an ambassador,she actually calls herself an ambassador.But it's not what you think,it's a student university ambassadorship recruiting,i guess so she can be paid.Looking at this picture of her speaks volumes;she desperately needs attention and a man.The last time i checked,only street girls dress this way''.Georgina Onuoha replied by saying ''Go get a life okay.And leran next time how to write on people's walls about matters and issues that

                        According to pressmen,four policemen attached to Special Anti-Robbery Squad,Lagos Police Command,have been remanded in prison,in Benin city Edo stat,for allegedly killing a car dealer,Benson Obode.The four policemen identified as 33 year old Adedeji Adeleke,34 year old Oniyo Musa,33 year old Abena John and thirty two year old Henry Shobowal,who came to Edo state to investigate a report on a stolen car and arrested the late Benson Obode on May twenty first.According to pressmen,it took the family of the deceased 63 days to locate the mortuary where his corpse was deposited.The ATM card of the deceased was collected and over two hundren thousand naira was withdrawn from the account.The state's Commissioner of police,Chris Ezike who briefed journalist on the incident,said the four policemen were arrested after Homicide Detectives from force Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department were ordered to take over the case.Ezike said the four policemen were t

                   The Lagos State Government has approved the construction of flyover bridges for two of the stat;s high density traffic zones,Ajah round about and Abule Egba junction.The repairs of 300 roads across the state in six months was also approved.The two major projects were approved by the state's Executive council and have been duly awarded to contractors for a speedy commencement of work.In a press release issued yesterday sunday,by the state's Commissioner for Information and Strategy,Mr Steve Ayorinde,the projects will be completed within 16 months as part of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode's ongoing road infrastructure projects across the state.The statement said the construction of the reinforced concrete flyover and signalized intersection at Ajah roundabout will be undertaken simultaneously with the rehabilitation of Freedom Road in Lekki,with a view to reducing the heavy traffic being recorded at the Ajah round-abot and the Lekki-Ikoyi axis.Ayorinde said the