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      According to a lady on Facebook identified as Amanda Chisom she shared all these photos with the caption '' It always amuses me the length we go to keep who does not want to be kept.A man and woman's picture kept inside a pineapple and tied with rope was found near a beach.Look what God cannot keep cannot be kept''.More photos below.

     The Federal Government has congratulated media entrepreneur and filmmaker Mo Abudu over her partnership with leading global streaming service Netflix to create two original series as well as multiple Netflix-branded films. In a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the partnership, for on-screen adaptation of Wole Soyinka's 'Death and The King's Horseman' and Lola Sho neyin's 'The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives', adds another feather to Mo Abudu's already well-adorned creative cap. The Minister also described the deal as a big boost for the country's Creative Industry, at a time the industry is reeling from the negative   effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. ''Coming after Netflix's first Nigeria original film, Lionheart, this is a great recognition of the immense creative talents that abound in Nigeria and the provision of a global platform for Nigeria

     Good people of Lagos, I bring you great news from our isolation facilities. Today, 90 fully recovered COVID19Lagos patients; 30 females and 60 males, were discharged to join the society. The patients; 28 from Onikan, 9 from Eti-Osa (LandMark), 10 from Agidingbi, 5 from Gbagada, 2 from First Cardiology, 10 from Lekki and 26 from Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Isolation Centres were discharged having fully recovered and tested negative to COVID19. With this, the number of patients successfully managed and discharged from our Isolation facilities is now 1137. As our front line health workers records successes in this battle against  # COVID19 , we urge citizens to adhere strictly to our public advisories and directives as this is the only way we can break the chain of transmission of the infection. Thank you . Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu COVID19Lagos Incident Commander June 12, 2020. One more photo below.

     The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), today, 11 June 2020, immortalized a renowned educationist, scholar and former Principal of Bethlehem Girls’ College, Late Rev Sister Henrietta Abosiogwe Alokha, who died while rescuing her students after the pipeline explosion at Abule-Ado in Lagos on 15 March 2020. The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, who unveiled a plaque in her honour and named the newly constructed 500-capacity Assembly Hall at the Air Force Secondary School (AFSS), NAF Base Shasha, Lagos after her, stated that Rev Sister Alokha was being immortalized for her selfless efforts in the propagation of learning and service to humanity. Represented by the Air Officer Commanding Logistics Command (AOC LC), Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Lawal Alao, the CAS noted that it was appropriate that a facility such as the Assembly Hall in an institution of learning and character development should be named after someone who had dedicated her life to educating future leaders.

      The Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, has agreed to collaborate with the National Population Commission on the Special Public Works Initiatives, with the aim of engaging the nation’s teeming youthful population, for Sustainable National Development. The Honourable Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, SAN, disclosed this while responding to a request by the Chairman of National Population Commission, Dr. Tayo Oyetunji, for the engagement of participants of the Public Works Programme as Notifiers of the Commission. Keyamo said the request was in tandem with the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari for collaboration of the programme with relevant Government agencies with local content input. Speaking earlier, the Chairman of the National Population Commission, Dr. Tayo Oyetunji who was on a courtesy call to the Minister, said the commission was seeking the assistance of the Minister for the posting of some of those to be engaged in the Special

      2. My dear people of Benue State, tomorrow being June 12, our country Nigeria will mark Democracy Day for the first time after the day was formally declared a public holiday by President Muhammadu Buhari. 3. June 12 is significant for us as Nigerians. This was the day in 1993 that, Presidential Election was held and widely accepted as free, fair and credible. It was a day that Nigerians and the international community described as most important in the political history of post-independent Nigeria. 4. We may not have attained the heights we desire as a nation but the truth remains that democracy, with its imperfections, remains the best form of government. 5. For us in Benue, despite economic and security challenges that our state has faced over the years, we have continued to contribute our quota to the development of the State and the country in general. 6. Between 1999 and this year, Benue has enjoyed uninterrupted transition of power from one administration to anothe

    In furtherance of the ongoing efforts to control physical development and engender livable and sustainable environment in the State, the Lagos State Government, on Thursday, sealed 19 additional buildings in the highbrow Banana Island. Ikoyi. The figure brings the total number of property sealed in the axis for lack of building Permit and other infractions of the physical planning law to 34 since the commencement of the exercise on Wednesday. The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako, who led the enforcement exercise, stated that the Government would not sit by and allow people to violate planning laws to the detriment of the wellness and wellbeing of the society through disorderly, unorganised, unapproved and illegal developments. He emphasised that the State Government would not relent in its effort to enforce compliance with the planning laws of the State in the interest of the sustainable growth and development of Lagos. Salako dec

      Lagos State Government on Wednesday disclosed that it rescued a mother and two children, male and female, who were allegedly sexually abused by an unidentified man in Idumota area of the State. The rescue operation, carried out by officials of the Ministry of Youth and Social Development, was in response to a media report published by the famous Gistlover blog on Saturday, 6th of June, 2020, regarding a woman with two childre n, a seven-year-old male and two-year-old female, on the streets of ldumota Lagos. Speaking on the incident, the Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Mr. Segun Dawodu described the occurrence as very unfortunate considering recent trending media reports on reported rape cases involving children. He maintained that despite the increasing rate of rape cases of minors in some quarters across the State, the government remains unrelenting in its efforts to put an end to the vile act and prevent future occurrences. "The Government is also

      A elderly man who has been accused of raping "more than 4 girls below 10", admitted to raping one of the girls but says it happened only once. The man made this admission while activist Kenneth Nwaka was questioning him. Nwaka promised to help him if he tells the truth so the man opened up, claiming he had sexual relations with the 10-year-old girl once. When asked where he raped the girl, he said he didn't know how to answer the question. He was then asked if he raped the girl inside his house or outside, he said it happened outside. The girl, who was allegedly raped by the elderly man is reportedly battling an infection as a result of the sexual assault. The alleged rapist was handed over to the NSCDC and the case will be transferred to Enugu for prosecution by NAPTIP, Nwaka said.One more photo below.

     - As Police, NAPTIP, NHRC Unite Against Rape and Gender-Based Violence In Nigeria The Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu NPM, mni, has called for improved partnership, strategy and joint operations by the Police and other relevant stakeholders to stage a common front against rape, child molestation, trafficking in person and other sexual-based violence in the country. The IGP stated this, today, 11th June, 2020 at the Force Headquarters, Abuja during a tripartite meeting held between the Police Chief and the Heads of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) – Dame Julie Okah Donli and Mr. Tony Ojukwu. The IGP, while noting that rape and other sexual offences have become a menace, not only in the country but globally, assures that the Force is repositioning Gender-Desk offices in all Police Commands to effectively investigate cases of gender-based violence and ensure that perpetrators

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Makurdi Zonal Office has commenced investigations into allegations of misappropriation of funds to the tune of N42million, involving an aide of Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Lieutenant Colonel Paul Hembah (retired). . . Hembah, who is Governor Ortom’s Special Adviser on Security Matters allegedly abused his office on July 12, 2019 when he transferred a sum of N42million from the official account of his office to his personal bank account and withdrew the same in cash the same day. The said sum was meant for disbursement to Benue State Vigilante Group, BSVG.

    The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has uncovered over 1000 ghost workers in the payroll of Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (KWSUBEB) and a cash recovery of over N138, 000, 000 (One Hundred and Thirty-eight Million Naira) from the state’s treasury looters. . . Head, Ilorin Zonal Office of the EFCC, Mallam Isyaku Sharu disclosed this in Ilorin, on Thursday, February 11, 2020 while speaking with newsmen on the zone’s achievement during the lockdown. . . He thumbed up the zone for living up to its responsibilities despite the social restriction and global health challenge posed by the Covid 19 pandemic.

      The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu has attributed the rising successes of the Commission in the anti-corruption fight to the political will of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government which allows for non-interference in its works and zero tolerance for any act of corruption. . . He made this disclosure in Abuja on Thursday, June 11, 2020 at the EFCC’s Headquarters in a World Press Conference to mark the 2020 Democracy Day and Anti-corruption Summit. . .According to Magu, "The political will we have enjoyed from the present government in the fight against corruption is unprecedented. That the president allows the EFCC to operate without interference has been one of our biggest strengths." . . Based on this strength and many other conducive enablement, the EFCC's boss said that strings of achievements have been made in the last couple of years. According to him, the EFCC has secured 2,240 convictions and recov

      ADDRESS DELIVERED BY THE GOVERNOR OF OGUN STATE, HIS EXCELLENCY, PRINCE DAPO ABIODUN MFR, AT THE YEAR 2020 JUNE 12 COMMEMORATION ANNIVERSARY, HELD ON FRIDAY, 12TH JUNE, 2020 My dear people of Ogun State,​ This day 27 years ago, Nigerians defied all their traditional fault-lines to vote en-mass for Chief Moshood Kasimawo Olawale Abiola as the President of our great nation. That day, there was no North, South, East or West. Nobody cared about tribes and tongues. It did not matter that it was a Muslim-Muslim ticket. Everybody wanted progress and voted for change in a manner unparalleled in the history of Nigeria. 2.​It was a day Nigeria came together and there has never been a day like it again. This is because MKO Abiola won the election, fair and square. Abiola scored 58.36% of the 14 million votes cast. Abiola won in 20 of the then 30 States of the federation. He had a spread across all the geo-political zones. The election was declared Nigeria’s freest and fairest Preside

        This is to inform the public that effective Monday, 15th June, 2020, Eke Awka Market, in Awka South Local Government will be shut down. This is as a result of non-compliance by the market traders and customers with Covid-19 protocols including wearing of protective face masks, provision of running water and soap for washing of hands, keeping of physical distancing etc. Also, effective Monday, 15th June, 2020, curfew in Awka South local government will be from 8pm to 6am daily, until further notice. These actions by the government is as a result of increased cases of Covid-19 in Awka South Local Government. The government is also putting other market leaders and local government councils in the state on notice that a similar curfew action will be taken, and markets in the local government closed down if it is observed that such markets do not observe Covid-19 protocols. All should please be guided and take the issue of observing Covid-19 protocols seriously. An

       *Recover Firearm and other exhibits* On the 11/6/2020 at about 3:30pm,following a tip off, police operatives attached to the Command Special Anti Robbery Squard (SARS) in conjuction with Local Vigilante Group arrested one Ikechukwu Jude 'm' aged 23 years of Isielu,Enugu State. Suspect had on the 10/6/2020 at about 8:45pm within Amakwu village Oraifite allegedly robbed one Jennifer Okwueze 'f' of her infinix phone valued #45,000 at gunpoint. Exhibits recovered from the suspect include one single barrel revolver pistol and the snatched phone.Case under investigation after which suspect would be charged to Court for prosecution. *SP Haruna Mohamned,PPRO* Anambra State Pilice Command, For-Commissioner of Police Anambra State Command.

      Theme: GREAT LEAP TOWARDS A GREATER LAGOS BEING AN ADDRESS BY MR. BABAJIDE OLUSOLA SANWO-OLU, GOVERNOR OF LAGOS STATE, ON THE COMMEMORATION OF HIS ADMINISTRATION’S FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE, ON FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2020. Fellow Lagosians, 1. On Saturday, March 9, 2019, you demonstrated great confidence in me and in our great party, the All Progressive Congress, APC, by overwhelmingly electing me as the 15th Governor of our dear State. 2. For me, it remains a humbling privilege to be the leader of a government that you freely and massively elected into office. I remain truly grateful for your trust and confidence. 3. You will recall that in my acceptance speech, I told you, dear Lagosians, that while the victory may bear my name, because it must bear a name, it actually belongs to you. 4. One year on, that view has not changed. This government is and will continue to be for you and about you; about your welfare, and our collective future. 5. Good people of Lagos, in my inau