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      The Lagos State Government will be supporting secondary schools established by the military formation across the State to increase access to education for residents. The move was disclosed on Wednesday by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu while receiving the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 81 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major-General Olu Irefin, on a courtesy visit at the State House in Marina. Sanwo-Olu said the State’s intervention for the military schools would specifically address deficits in staff strength, training and teaching materials, promising that the Ministry of Education would be meeting with the Army leadership to agree on modalities of the partnership. The Governor said: “Our administration is prepared to provide quality education to all our pupils in public schools. We will also be extending the same gesture to children attending schools established by the Nigerian Army, regardless of whether their parents are personnel or not. “The...

    Justice Jude Okeke of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), High Court, Maitama, today, Wednesday September 18, 2019, heard how evidence linking the company used by the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, to allegedly defraud the federal government to the tune of N500million (Five Hundred Million Naira,) was extracted from a telephone. Lawal and his younger brother,  Hamidu David Lawal, Suleiman Abubakar, Apeh John alongside two companies, Rholavision Engineering (fifth defendant) and Josmon Technologies (sixth defendant), are facing prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on an amended 10-count charge, bordering on fraud, diversion of funds and criminal conspiracy to the tune of over N500million (Five Hundred Million Naira, only). One of the charges read: "That you Engineer Babachir David Lawal, while being the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and a director of Rholavision Engineering Lt...

     The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos zonal office, on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, secured the conviction and sentencing of one Okunrobo Osarenren Evans to seven years imprisonment before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. The convict was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on October 19, 2017 on a three-count charge bordering on forgery, an  offence contrary to Section 363(1) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2011. One of the counts reads: "That you, Okunrobo Osarenren, on or about the 24th day of August, 2009 in Lagos, within the Lagos Judicial Division, knowingly forged the National Population Commission of Nigeria Certificate of Birth No. 0273682 dated Friday 24th August, 2009 in the name of Okunrobo David and purported same to have been issued by the National Population Commission of Nigeria." The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge ...

       A Nigerian man identified as Ediozi Odi has been handed 6 life sentences and an additional 129 years imprisonment after being found guilty of human trafficking and related charges. The Nigerian national was arraigned before Judge Natvarlil Ranchod of the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Wednesday September 18, after being arrested for keeping three young girls  hostage to work as sex slaves. Victims of the Nigerian human trafficking kingpin said to be young girls mostly aged 13-14 were lured from the streets with promises of a better life by recruits (other young girls) who bring them to a brothel owned by Ediozi Odi. The girls said to come from poor homes are brought to the brothel which is reportedly a house masqueraded as a barber shop, forced to smoke a drug called “rocks” (manufactured and sold by Odi and is believed to be highly addictive) before being hooked up with clients. The girls who will reportedly do anything to get their hand...

     The second batch of Nigerians that opted for evacuation from South Africa over xenophobic attacks have arrived Nigeria after embarking on the journey by 3:00 pm on Wednesday September 18. The 314 returnees and the Head of Immigration and Consular Matters at Nigeria’s Consulate General in Johannesburg, Mr. Anthony Ogbe arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport around 7:20 pm. The South Africa returnees are currently being profiled by immigration.

     The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Air Peace airline, Allen Onyema on Wednesday received a standing ovation from members of the House of Representatives. The lawmakers had invited Onyema to commend him for offering free services bringing Nigerian citizens caught up in the xenophobic attacks in South Africa back home. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, shortly after saying the opening prayers, asked that the Order Paper be temporarily suspended to allow the lawmakers to receive Onyema for recognition. As the Chief Whip, Mohammed Monguno ushered Onyema into the chamber, the lawmakers gave him a rousing welcome and standing ovation. Others approached him to embrace and shake hands with him. Gbajabiamila, while addressing the assembly commended the airline boss over the humanitarian roles he played in the wake of xenophobic attacks on foreigners, including Nigerians in South Africa. He said the act was a ...

    According to the magazine  '' Brad Pitt is having a hell of a year. This summer, he starred in Quentin Tarantino’s   Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood   as Cliff Booth, a stuntman turned handyman to an aging movie star played by Leonardo DiCaprio. This fall, he plays the alienated astronaut Roy McBride in   Ad Astra , a cerebral space epic backed by his own production company, Plan B. The pairing perfectly captures the two sides of Pitt—the swaggering, chiseled film icon; the meditative artist—and the range between them. Now, for the October issue, he’s on the cover of   GQ . From a musty pool house somewhere in the California sprawl, Pitt spoke to  GQ  writer Zach Baron about where he stands in his career and in life. He’s learned to be selective, both as a producer and as a leading man, practicing what Plan B co-president Jeremy Kleiner calls “an intense curatorial hunger.” His approach to acting has developed—he’s foregone the theatric...

     The Ogun State Government has begun the construction of mass housing estates in Abeokuta and other parts of the State to provide decent houses to the people at affordable prices. The State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, speaking at the Thanksgiving Service held at June 12 Cultural Centre, Abeokuta in honour of his victory at the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, noted that the housing project was embarked upon to address the housing deficit in the State. The Governor who described shelter as one of the basic needs of man, said the construction of the houses, which would be sold to the people at affordable prices, would employ the services of artisans and other auxiliary workers. "I have told our people that the houses should not be more four million naira each. This is to enable people have access to quality houses," he said. Prince Abiodun who used the occasion to intimate the people of his stewardship in the last 100 days, said apart from reconstitu...

     The Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has called on Nigerians to help in the fight against corruption by given useful information to boost the whistle-blowing policy of the government. He gave the charge on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 in at a Town Hall meeting, which held at the Banquet Hall, Arewa House, Kaduna State. The event, which was organized by ActionAid International, Nigeria, had as its theme, "Governance and Citizens Dialogue on Service Delivery". He reiterated that the whistle-blowing policy was still very much in effect, and remained one of the many ways in combating corruption, which has yielded significant results. Magu who was represented by Mailafia Yakubu, Head, EFCC Kaduna Zonal Office, however, urged them not to give false or misleading information to the Commission, stressing that such was a crime that was punishable in the court of law. "The fight against this monster called corruption, is ...

         Operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested six fraudsters who specialize in defrauding innocent Nigerians by using bank details obtained through sim swaps and Automated Teller Machines (ATM). The suspects include Urulo Ikenna Henry, an Inspector with the Enugu Command of Nigerian Correctional Service. Others are Ugonna Nelson Owete, Ugonna Samuel Okafor Obinna, Chigbo Paschal Chidiebere, Oha Chukwujekwu Kingsley, Ahamefula Francis Izuchukwu The suspects were arrested in separate operations, sequel to a petition by a customer of Access Bank, alleging that monies were illegally transferred from his account without his authorisation. According to the petitioner, sometime in February, 2019, he opened an account with Diamond Bank (now Access Bank) which he funded to the tune of N5m and instructed the bank to open a fixed deposit account, with the sum of N1m from the earlier account, as...

      They were spotted on a movie set with other popular Nollywood actors. Recall that Kingsley Abasili had gained much popularity for looking so much like the legendary actor Pete Edochie.Above is a recent picture of the two which has gotten many wondering if they are related or not. Kingsley Obasi captioned this photo above on twitter ''  ... And I met the legendary Nollywood Actor Pete Edochie, my Daddy in Nollywood.  ''.One more photo below.

      This Young man lost his family to a ghastly motor accident involving a heavily loaded truck and Benue links along Lafia-Akwanga road in Nasarawa state on Sunday. May God give him the hearts to bear the loss. This is quite devastating!.They will all be buried today in Benue state.See poster below for more information. MAY THEIR SOULS REST IN PEACE.One more photo below.

     The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum and Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has declared that the frequency with which Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike churns out quality projects justifies his world acclaimed name, "Mr Project ". Commissioning the Rumuwoji International Market built by the Wike Administration in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, Governor Kayode Fayemi commended Governor Wike for his outstanding performance. He said: "We are proud of him (Governor Wike) . We are proud of the work he is doing in Rivers State. He is going to continue to Commission projects till 27th September. That is almost 10days from now. "Even if it is one project per day, it will be almost 10days. Now I understand why they refer to him as Mr Project". Fayemi said that governance is about improving the living standard of the people, noting that Governor Wike has worked hard for Rivers people. He said: "The promise that the governor made is what he is...

   Though Laura Ikeji is yet to confirm her pregnancy,but she raised an alarm on Instagram one hour ago when she shared this photo above with the caption '' I’ve kinda gained weight o. 😮😮😮😮 what have I been eating  ''.80% of Her fans was like,''you are pregnant''.You be the judge,what do you think?.One more photo below.

      The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of two suspects linked the murder of two young girls at a hotel in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital. The state Commissioner of Police, Mustapha Dandaura who gave an update on police effort to address the killings which led to an outcry of a serial killer being on the loose, said an agreement was reached with hotel owners and managers some weeks ago over a compulsory installation of CCTV cameras. The Police boss said any hotel that fails to comply with the directive will be shut down at the end of the ultimatum. Expressing shock that some hotel owners are yet to comply with the directive, Dandaura revealed that eight young women had been murdered in the state by suspected ritual killers in the past two months and each victim always had white clothes strapped around their necks and waists. The Commissioner of Police added that one of the suspects was arrested in Kaduna after a young lady reported t...