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PRESIDENT TINUBU APPOINTS JIM OVIA AS CHAIRMAN OF THE NIGERIAN EDUCATION LOAN FUND. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE  PRESIDENT TINUBU APPOINTS JIM OVIA AS CHAIRMAN OF THE NIGERIAN EDUCATION LOAN FUND.  President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Jim Ovia, CFR, renowned banker and businessman, as the Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). Mr. Ovia is the founder of one of Nigeria's leading banks and a respected business leader, with a surfeit of efforts and benefaction towards nurturing and empowering young Nigerians. He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School and holds a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Louisiana.  The National Student Loan Programme is a pivotal intervention that seeks to guarantee sustainable higher education and functional skill development for all Nigerian students and youths. The Nigerian Education Loan Fund, the implementing institution of this innovation, demands excellence and Nigerians of the finest professional ilk to guide and manage. The President believes Mr. Ovia will

TONTO DIKEH IS SHARING TIPS ON HER SHE LOST HER BABY WEIGHT.{PHOTO}.

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                She wrote one day  ago that '' I have been asked too many times by so many woman struggling with their weight(baby fat etc) how I successfully shed all of my weight.. ME:-I USED THE SSF DIET PROGRAME.. The SSF DIET has an advice diet and fitness program that deals with human organism and their blood types. Different blood groups response differently from each other when it comes to DNA analysis,There are different diet programs all over the world that deals with keeping healthy and Lossing weight with dif ferent perspective .BUT SSF diet program believes in nature.Nature made us and at the same time provided us with energy food we need to stay healthy. The SSF diet focusses On our blood chemistry and the BMI. The body can not function properly or respond the way it was created without the blood type and DNA Research has shown that blood O risk ulcer ,inflammatory disease such as arthritis if they don't eat correctly. Eating according to your blood type

A.P. YEMI OSINBAJO WITH PAUL KAGAME TODAY+BOARDS TO FUNCTION IN ACTING CAPACITY PENDING SENATE CONFIRMATION.{PHOTO}.

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             Acting President Yemi Osinbajo with President Paul Kagame of Rwanda at the Presidential Inauguration of Kagame earlier today in Kigali.. To ensure that there is no vacuum in certain important Federal Institutions, His Excellency, the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON, has directed that the underlisted appointees should resume duties in acting capacities only, pending the confirmation of their appointments by the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The appointees are: A. NATIONAL PENSION COMMISSION (i) Alhaji Ali Usman Ahmed - Acting Chairman (ii) Mr. Funso Doherty - Acting Director-General (iii) Mr. Manasseh T. Denga - Acting Executive Commissioner (iv) Abubakar Z. Magawata - Acting Executive Commissioner (v) Ben Oviosun - Acting Executive Commissioner (vi) Nyerere Anyim - Acting Executive Commissioner B. CODE OF CONDUCT BUREAU (i) Dr. Muhamma Isah - Acting Chairman (ii) Murtala Kankia - Acting Member (iii) Emmanuel

PASTOR ADEBOYE SPOTTED WITH PRESIDENT BUHARI TODAY IN LONDON.{PHOTOS}.

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                    Earlier today, President Muhammadu Buhari received the General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor E.A Adeboye at the Abuja House in London.One more photo below.

PHYSICAL INSPECTION OF THE EXTENTION OF INNER SOUTHERN EXPRESSWAY BY FCT MINISTER YESTERDAY.{PHOTOS}.

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                Photo News: Inspection of the Extension of Inner Southern Expressway by FCT Minister, Mallam Mohammed Musa Bello; Minister of Information and Culture,Alhaji Lai Mohammed; others, in Abuja on Thursday August 17,2017.More photos below.

SOUTH EAST EFCC SECURES 5 CONVICTIONS,RECOVERS OVER N5.8 MILLION.{PHOTOS}.

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               The South East Zonal Office of the EFCC Enugu has recovered the sum of Five Hundred and Eighty Eight Million, Eight Hundred Thousand Naira only (N588,800,000) from the 2015 PDP Presidential campaign probe and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) bribery cases respectively being investigated by the Commission accross the south east zone of the country. This was disclosed on Tuesday August 15, 2017 by the Zonal Head of the Commission in the South East, Mr. Johnson Babalola while briefing newsmen on the activities of his office since January 2017 at the Commission’s office in Independence Layout, Enugu.More photos below.    

SURE-P: COURT ORDERS INTERIN FORFEITURE OF PERM SEC'S N664M,$137,680.11 & PROPERTIES AT DELTA STATE.{PHOTOS}.

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                                      Justice Abdulaziz Anka of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi,Lagos has ordered the temporary forfeiture of the sums of N664,475,246.6 and $137,680.11 allegedly linked to the Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment,Clement Onubuogo,to the Federal Government.Onubuogo was alleged to have diverted the money from the Sure-P programme inaugurated by former the Sure-P programme inaugurated by former President Goodluck Jonathan.The court also ordered Onubuogo to forfeit a mansion located at Ikem Quarters,Issala-Azegba,Delta State and a hotel located at 19,Madue Nwafor Street,Off Achala Ibuzo Road,Delta State,which he allegedly acquired with funds diverted from the youth empowerment programme.The order followed an ex-parte application filed by the EFCC through its counsel,Rotimi Oyedepo.One more photo below.

POLICE IN BENUE ENGAGED IN A GUN DUEL WITH GANG MEMBERS OF THE WANTED CRIMINAL ''GHANA''.{PHOTO}.

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             The Operation Zenda Special Crack Squad of the Benue State Command were engaged in a gun duel with Gang members of the wanted criminal aka "Ghana" on 11/08/2017 at about 0300hrs.   The gun battle ensued when the Crack Squad stormed a criminal hideout at a location on the border with Taraba State, following a reliable information that Terwase Akwaza aka Ghana and his gang members were holding a meeting. The bandits immediately opened fire on sighting the Police  team and in the ensuing gun duel, one Danladi Awudu aka Jerry who was hosting the meeting was hit by a bullet while others escaped with bullet wounds as there were traces of blood stains all over the place, however, he was confirmed dead on reaching the hospital. The team recovered an Assault rifle No. 2051679 with one hundred and fifteen (115) rounds of live ammunition, ten (10) live cartridges, assorted charms, two (2) army camouflage shorts and other items. Search for the fleeing members and the Gang l

LAGOS STATE GOVT,COMMISSIONS BUS PARK TO DECONGEST TRAFFIC ON BROAD STREET,MARINA-APONGBON.

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               As part of efforts at decongesting traffic on the Marina - Apongbon axis, the Lagos State Government has commissioned a newly built bus park at Ajeigboro, Marina. Speaking at the commissioning and official handing over of the park to members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Central Business District, Mr. Agboola Dabiri said the decisi on to create a bus park at Apongbon axis was taken at the State Executive Council meeting in line with the present administration’s commitment to proffer lasting solution to the incessant traffic situation on the axis. The Special Adviser revealed that with the commissioning and handing over of the facility to members of the Union, the State Government will no longer tolerate the indiscriminate stops by commercial vehicles along the routes, warning that any commercial driver caught flouting the directive along the designated routes will have their vehicle impounded and pro

TACKLING ILLEGAL MIGRATION: DENMARK BACKS GOV OBASEKI'S INITIATIVES.{PHOTO}.

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                  The Minister for Development Cooperation, Denmark, Ulla Tornaes, who was part of a delegation to Government House in Benin City on Thursday, led by the Ambassador of the country to Nigeria, Torben Gettermann, pledged her country’s readiness to collaborate with the state government in tackling illegal migration in the state. The visit is coming two days after Governor Obaseki set up a task force against human trafficking, which is fuelling illegal migration and few days after the governor visited the Edo State-Saro Maize Farms, an agricultural initiative of the state government for unemployed Edo youths. According to the Danish minister, full knowledge of the root causes of illegal migration of Edo people to Europe would enable her country to collaborate better with the Edo State Government in addressing the negative trend. “ We want more knowledge of the root causes why people leave Africa to Europe because we know you need these people to contribute meanin

A VALEDICTORY COURT SESSION WAS HELD IN HONOUR OF THE FIRST BENIN SUPREME COURT JUSTICE YESTERDAY.{PHOTOS}.

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          A valedictory court session in honour of the first Bini indigene to become a Supreme Court Justice, Late Retired Justice Andrews Otutu Obaseki, held on Thursday at the High Court of Justice in Benin City, Edo State. The session attracted legal luminaries from across the country, who gathered to pay their last respects to the foremost jurist who participated in a total of 658 judgements while at the apex court. Declaring the court session open, Chief Judge of Edo State, Justice Esohe Ikponmwen, who was represented by Justice Ikpomwonba Ehigiamusoe, recounted landmark judgements of the late justice and extolled his sagacity on the bench. “ He was a man of great intellect and wisdom, a passionate and erudite icon of the bench, among the finest and the best. His lordship will always be remembered for his deep knowledge of the law and as an advocate of morality, integrity, excellence and a strong defender of the rule of law,” Justice Ikponmwen said. In their tribute

2000 STUDENTS WERE RECENTLY SCREENED BY LAGOS STATE FOR ADMISSION INTO JSS 2 & SS 1.

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                   Two thousand students seeking transfer into public schools in Lagos State recently wrote screening tests for the 2017/2018 academic session admissions into JSS II & SS 1. The first-of-its-kind written examination is aimed at testing the applicants’ academic capabilities for admission into the respective classes of choice in State public schools. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Mr. Adesina Odeyemi who led a monitoring team to assess the conduct of the test which took place simultaneously in all the Six Education Districts of the State, expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the exercise. While assuring the candidates that results of the exercise would be ready next week, he said parents of the successful applicants will be notified through short message (SMS) to the phone number supplied by them. Odeyemi said the early release of results will give parents and successful candidates ample time to prepare for school resumption on 11t

TROOPS OF 8 TASK FORCE DIVISION NEUTRALIZE 10 TERRORISTS+RECOVER LOGISTICS AND RUSTLED ANIMALS.{PHOTOS}.

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                  In continuation of ongoing efforts to deny terrorists freedom of action in it's Area of Responsibility, troops of 8 Task Force Division have neutralized 10 terrorists in Maza village in Marte Local Government Areas of Borno State. The terrorists fell into an ambush laid by troops at about 9pm last night, as they attempted to sneak back into their swampy hideouts in the Lake Cha d. Items recovered from the terrorists include 10 bicycles, 11 carts containing food items and 2 cows. In a related development, troops also recovered 50 cows abandoned by fleeing terrorists, during clearance operations conducted in Danari and Mowo villages in Monguno Local Government Area. It should be noted that as the noose continue to tighten on Boko Haram terrorists, couple with the wet season, they have resorted to the use of bicycles and charts as means of transportation. Col Timothy Antigha  Deputy Director Public Relations  8 Task Force Division More photos bel

CUSTOMS INTERCEPTED SMUGGLED EXOTIC CARS & CONTRABAND SOAPS ETC IN OWERRI.{PHOTOS}

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               NCS intensified Anti-smuggling activities has continued to yield more results as the Federal Operations Units, Zone "C" Owerri, intercepted smuggled exotic cars and contrabands such as soaps, Bales of used clothes and bags of Rice concealed in container laden with car parts, luxurious bus and trucks respectively.More photos below.

RE: POLICE OFFICERS, JUDGES MOST CORRUPT IN NIGERIA – NBS.#POLICE PRESS RELEASE

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                                                         · IGP Assures Nigerians And International Community Of Sustained Efforts Based On International Core Values Of Policing With Integrity And The Determination Of The Force To Shun Corruption And Bribery In All Its Ramifications. · NIGERIA POLICE OFFICERS NOT CORRUPT AS ALLEGED The attention of the Nigeria Police Force has been drawn to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reports published on the 16th August 2017 captioned “Police officers, judges most corrupt in Nigeria – NBS (Bribery as experienced by the population)”. The report was claimed to have been based on a survey conducted in April and May, 2016 across the Thirty Six (36) States of the Federation and the FCT. 2. The deliberately ill-timed release of the findings from a survey carried out two years ago this week is coming at a time when the Nigeria Police Force has fully keyed into the change mantra of the

OSINBAJO ATTENDS PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION IN KIGALI, RWANDA TODAY.

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                     Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, is attending the presidential inauguration of President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, taking place today in Kigali, the country's capital. The inauguration ceremony which is expected to be witnessed by several African Heads of State and Government, follows President Kagame's victory at the August 4 Rwandan presidential election. Prof. Osinbajo who is accompanied by the Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama. He is expected back in Abuja later today. Laolu Akande Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity Office of the Vice President 18,August,2017.