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  The action of this Nigerian lady has just proven to all that Indeed good people still exists in our nation. I have heard of people who received an amount which is even smaller than this but refused to return it back to the owner. But this lady proved to be different, and I pray that God will reward her for such an action.  According to reports online, a young Nigerian lady have shocked a lot of people after sending back millions of Naira that was sent into her account. This lady revealed that a company who was supposed to send her N38k mistakenly sent in N38million. Instead of spending the money (like many people would do), She returned the money back to the company and this have really caused a lot of reactions online.More photos below.

  The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, Lagos, has seized lion bones and pangolin scales worth N952 million. The Customs Area Controller of the command, Comptroller Mohammed Abba-Kura, disclosed this during a press briefing yesterday, Jan 27. Abba-Kura said the items were billed for export to Vietnam when they were intercepted. He added that the contrabands were in a 20-feet container with number CSLU 2362640, heading to Haiphong, Vietnam. He said the items, comprising 162 sacks of pangolin scales weighing 8,800kgs and 57 sacks of mixed endangered species of various sizes such as ivory/animal horns, lion bones and others were falsely declared as furniture components. He added that the total weight of the items stood at 854,719 tonnes, valued at N952 million. He said: "On January 21, based on credible intelligence, Customs operatives at the export seat of Apapa command, successfully detected and arrested one unit of 20-feet container which was processed for export ...

  There is compelling reason to alert the nation of another orchestrated smear campaign against President Muhammadu Buhari, using some online newspapers and blogs. The campaign, scheduled to be launched anytime soon through editorials and purported special investigative stories, is designed to further exacerbate tension in the land, by portraying the President as pandering to ethnic and other primordial tendencies, contrary to his pledge to belong to all Nigerians. Impeccable security findings indicate that those behind the plot have procured online blogs and newspapers, which are to launch coordinated publications, alleging subjugation and suppression of a particular religion and ethnic groups. A specific medium has so far contacted some opinion leaders, especially those very critical of President Buhari. Part of the planned publication is to make unwary readers believe that the President has continually used the powers of his office to shield and protect an ethnic group against c...

  Over 8,000 Rural Women across Local Government Areas in Lagos State today benefitted from the Federal Government Special Grants of N20,000 for rural women in the State. Speaking during the flag-off ceremony held at the Police College, Ikeja, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, who spoke through his deputy, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, stated that the objectives of the initiative are in line with the present administration’s T.H.E.M.E.S agenda and reflect the commitment of the government to the Sustainable Development Goals. He described the event as a further testament of government’s determination to change the socio-economic development narrative of Lagos State to a different level, where rural women become the centrepiece of a strategy in poverty reduction through women empowerment. According to the Governor, “We have continued to demonstrate this commitment through the numerous gender-based intervention programmes being implemented by the Ministry of Women Affa...

  ... As MD Attributes Feat to Investment in Qualitative Healthcare The Ijede General Hospital, on Thursday, recorded a successful and historic birth of a set of triplets since the establishment of the hospital almost four decades ago. Speaking on the feat, the Medical Director/CEO, General Hospital, Ijede, Dr. Olufunmilayo Bankole expressed profound joy over the landmark achievement, attributing the development to investment in qualitative healthcare delivery by the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu led administration. In her words, "The Lagos State Government has done a lot in putting up infrastructures, providing state-of-the-art equipment and recruiting professionals, who have been highly trained in their respective fields, as evident in our success story". Dr. Bankole congratulated the parents of the triplets and assured the mother of adequate post-natal care as well as more qualitative healthcare for the babies. The consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist, General Hospital, ...

  President Muhammadu Buhari received in audience Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong at The State House, Abuja.More details later and More photos below.

  SaharaReporters also learnt that the escapees are still with the military. BY SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORKJAN 28, 2021 A number of victims kidnapped by Boko Haram, including some of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls have escaped from their captors, SaharaReporters can confirm. SaharaReporters also learnt that the escapees are still with the military. A source privy to the information confirmed the news to SaharaReporters, saying, “They are many and not only Chibok girls alone; they are made up of a variety of women abducted by Boko Haram terrorists.” It was that some parents had been contacted by government officials and may reunite with their loved ones in Maiduguri, Borno State, soon. According to Daily Trust, some parents had been contacted by officials handling the girls and that they might be invited to Maiduguri on a later date. A source indicated that Halima Ali is one of the girls believed to have escaped five years since the escape of her sister Maryam. Halima was allegedly m...

  A Vessel, MV Kamsi and its crew of five, arrested by officers of the Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS Beecroft, Apapa, Lagos for illegal dealing in petroleum product, were on Wednesday, January 27, 2021 handed over to the Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for further investigation and possible prosecution. The crew members are: Ugochukwu Obasi, Christian Nwaigwe, Ekundayo Segun, Kadiri Jimoh and Olamide Koledoye According to the Navy, the vessel and its crew members were arrested around South West off Lagos Fairway Buoy for illegally being in possession of about 120,000 litres of automotive gas oil, (AGO). They will be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded.

  The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has been drawn to a Wanted Person notice on a certain Matthew O. Ezekiel, who is purportedly wanted by the Commission over an alleged N117billion Ponzi scheme fraud. The alert which has been circulating in the social media, triggered several calls and inquiries by Nigerians seeking to authenticate the notice. The Commission wishes to inform the public that the so-called Wanted Person notice did not emanate from the EFCC, and should be disregarded.