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STUDENT ARRESTED FOR FILMING CLASSROOM ASSAULT ON TEACHER IN MALAYSIA. (PHOTO).

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  Student Arrested For Filming Classroom Assault On Teacher In Malaysia Police in Malaysia have arrested a 16-year-old after reportedly injuring a teacher with an axe at a private school in Kuching, Sarawak. According to Malaysian authorities, the incident occurred at approximately 7:50 am on Wednesday, October 21, at Tunku Putra-HELP School in Sarawak. CCTV footage reportedly shows the teenager entering a classroom armed with an axe and striking a female teacher. He subsequently exits before returning through another entrance and swinging the weapon towards fleeing students. When the teacher attempts to intervene, the suspect allegedly tries to attack her again. However, one male student reportedly managed to overpower him and confiscate the weapon. Sarawak acting police commissioner Saifullizan Ishak said the police received an emergency call, informing them that the student had brought firecrackers to the school and injured a teacher. The teacher was reported to have sustained c...
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LAGOS ASSEMBLY BEGINS PROBE OF AMBODE OVER PURCHASE OF BUSES WORTH N45 BILLION.#PRESS RELEASE.

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      The Lagos State House Assembly on Tuesday during plenary set-up a committee to investigate the purchase of 820 buses by the administration of former governor Akinwunmi Ambode of the state. The House stated that it was important to investigate the purchase of the 820 buses out of the 5,000 buses proposed by former governor Akinwunmi Ambode for mass transit in the state, but which was purchased despite objection by the House of Assembly. In a motion titled; Lagos State House of Assembly Motion Number 2, Hon. Gbolahan Yishawu (Eti Osa 2), explained that the House noted that at the Executive/ Legislative parley held at Golden Tulip in FESTAC in September 2017, Ambode informed the lawmakers that 5,000 buses would be bought by the state government. He stated that the executive proposed to spend N17 billion to purchase the buses in the 2017 budget, but that this was not approved by the Assembly. "In the 2018 and 2019 budgets, the state government proposed N24 Bil...
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LAGOS ASSEMBLY CALLS FOR THE BAN OF ''SOKUNDAYE'',AND OTHER HAZARDOUS LIQUID SUBSTANCE.#PRESS RELEASE.

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      The Lagos State House of Assembly has called for the ban and sales of consumption of "Sokundaye" and other hazardous liquid substance in the state. The Speaker of the House, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa said that generally, even in the United States of America, they had not stopped the use of drugs. "But the law has to be stronger when it comes to selling to children. "We should not allow children and teenagers to have access to it. What the products are being used for is different from what the producers intend them for. "We have to stop primary school children from abusing the drugs. "We should reach out to the necessary departments in the state Ministry of Health. "The Ministries of Information, Health and Education should embark on awareness campaign on these products. "We also call on market women and men as well as transport workers to embark on campaign against these products," he said. Hon. Akeem Shokunle, who moved t...
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LASG IS SET TO ELIMINATE DELAYS IN BUILDING APPROVAL PROCESS.#PRESS RELEASE.

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      The Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako has disclosed his intention to eliminate delays in the issuance of building plan approvals as he officially assumed duties with a tour of Agencies under the purview of the Ministry. Dr. Salako, who visited the Lagos State Building Control Agency(LASBCA), Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Agency(LASPPA) and Lagos State Urban Re newal Agency(LASURA) in the company of the Special Adviser on Urban Development, Arc. Kabir Ahmed Abdullahi and the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, Arc. Foluso Dipe said that factors causing delays in the issuance of building plan approvals would be examined thoroughly with a view to easing the process and eliminating the delays. His words: “We will not hesitate to streamline the process and enhance inter-agency collaboration where necessary to eliminate delays in issuing building plan approvals as bottl...
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DO NOT BE USED AS CONDUITS TO DIVERT PUBLIC FUNDS-MAGU CHARGES CORPS MEMBERS.{PHOTOS}.#PRESS RELEASE.

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      The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has called on members of the National Youth Service Corps to refuse to be used as conduits in diverting public funds in their respective places of primary assignment. Magu gave this charge on Tuesday, August 27, 2019, during a sensitization lecture on "The Prevalent and Various Facets of Financial and Cyber Crimes" at the NYSC Orientation Camp, Ikot Itie Udung in Nsit Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The anti-graft czar, gave this charge through the Uyo Zonal Head of the EFCC, Mr. Garba Dugum, who was represented by the Head of the Counter Terrorism and General Investigation section Mr. C Iheonunekwu. He urged the 2019 Batch 'B' Stream 2 corps members to shun any illegal activity as the EFCC has in the past, prosecuted Corps members who engaged in fraudulent activities and will not hesitate to nab anyone who is being used to divert public funds. "Do no...
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TERMINATION OF APPOINTMENT OF REV TOR UJAH AS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF NCPC BY PRESIDENT BUHARI. TODAY{PHOTO}.#PRESS RELEASE.

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       President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate termination of appointment of Rev. Tor Ujah, as the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission. This is in line with the provision of Section 4, Sub-Section 3 of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission Act. Rev. Ujah has, therefore, been directed to hand over to Mrs. Esther Kwaghe, Director of Administration in the Commission, who is to oversee the Office, pending the appointment of a Substantive Executive Secretary. In a related development, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation to work out an appropriate framework for the operation of offshore account maintained by the Nigerian Christian Pilgrimage Commission, (NCPC) & all other Nigerian Government Agencies in order to streamline their operations Signed. Willie Bassey Director (Information) For: Secretary to the Government of the Federation 27th August, 2019 ...
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ONE DEAD,MANY INJURED AS DANGOTE CEMENT TRUCK COLLIDES WITH A BRT BUS IN LAGOS TODAY.{PHOTOS}.

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      A tragic accident which occurred in Ikorodu area of Lagos State, left a BRT bus passenger dead and many others injured. The sad incident occurred on Tuesday morning, after a cement truck belonging to Dangote company veered off its lane and collided with a 60-seater high capacity Bus Rapid Transit BRT. Confirming the accident which led to a traffic gridlock as the road was cordoned off on both sides for easy rescue and evacuation operation, the General Manager of the Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, LASEMA, Dr Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, said the injured victims were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment.More photos below.
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DAY 2 IN JAPAN: SOME CONCERNS AND CLARIFICATIONS.{PHOTO].#PRESS RELEASE.

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      Day two in Japan, and it was mainly for exhaling, catching our breath, receiving briefings and preparing for the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 7), which holds from August 28-31. The program outline is rich, and holds much for Africa in different spheres like deepening sustainable and resilient society, building peace and stability, agriculture, climate change and disaster risk reduction, human resource development, education, blue economy, and many others. From concerns and comments on the social media, one is compelled to make some clarifications. No, not in response to futile efforts by some shadowy group to convince Nigerians that their President was not in Japan, or that they were going to molest him. That does not really deserve any answer. To those who believe, no explanation is necessary, while to the cynics and septics, no explanation is possible. We leave them in their follies. The first concern somebody raised was w...
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