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The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Okechukwu Enelamah, has called on the Standards Organisation of Nigeria, (SON), to contribute its quota in bailing the country out of recession. Enalama, gave the charge at the closing ceremony of the 2017 SON management retreat in Lekki, Lagos. The minister, represented by the Minister of State, […] Minister urges SON to help Nigeria out of recession Source: Business

Samuel Awoyinfa Cletus, one of the older brothers of  Emmanuel Ogah, the medical doctor who stabbed their 59-year-old mother, Janet, to death penultimate Thursday, has revealed that his younger brother (Emmanuel) graduated from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in 2007. But he said due to ‘depression relapse’ he suffers occasionally, he went for his one year national youth service in 2016, nine years after. Cletus revealed that Emmanuel was 27 years then when he graduated, having been a brilliant student. He said all the seven children of their late mother are graduates and four of them graduated from ABU. Cletus…

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Afeez Hanafi The office of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control in Oshodi, Lagos State, has been gutted by fire. Although the actual cause of the fire has yet to be ascertained, it was gathered that the fire started from the powerhouse of the agency and spread to the warehouse, where chemicals such as ethanol were stored. Our correspondent learnt that the inferno, which started around 3pm on Saturday, was put out by officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency and the state fire service around 6pm. However, as of 8pm when this report was…

With Temilolu Okeowo, temiloluokeowo@gmail.com 07086620576 (sms only) Dear Aunty Temilolu, One fateful day, when everyone had gone to work, my uncle (my mum’s younger brother), came to the bathroom where I was taking my bath, flung himself at me and raped me. I fainted out of shock and was revived. Some weeks later, I discovered I was pregnant and was forced to terminate the pregnancy. To worsen my plight, till date, my parents and entire family refuse to believe my uncle raped me as he denied it. I’ve been treated with so much disdain because according to them, I want…

Sports facilities in Cross River State are in a pathetic state of abandonment and disrepair despite gulping a whopping N2bn, reports Mudiaga Affe from Calabar in this special report Abandoned sports projects at the U.J Esuene Stadium, Calabar, and other locations in the Cross River State capital have gulped over N2bn without much to show for it, SATURDAY PUNCH investigations have shown. The projects, which are at various stages of rot, were awarded during the administration of the immediate past governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke. These projects include an ultra-modern indoor sports hall, hostel complex for athletes,…

Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested a suspected burglar identified as Promise Gbogimi (male, 23 years old). Gbogimi was apprehended on Wednesday after he broke into a Tecno shop along Okoro Road in Obio/Akpor LGA at about 4.20am and stole different types of smartphones and laptops. According to the State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Nnamdi Omoni, the suspect, who hails from Deeyor in Ogoni, resides in Woji, Port Harcourt. Omoni stated that the value of items stolen by Gbogimi was put at N8.7m, adding 19 smartphones, 15 IPads and two laptops were…

At least 464 students of Madinatul- A habab Markaz Community School in Daura, graduated from the school after completing the reading of 60 portions of the Holy Quran. The Director of the school, Malam Abdullahi Lawan, announced this in Daura, Katsina State on Saturday when he addressed guests at the 59th graduation ceremony. He said 426 students successfully completed the reading of 60 portions of the Holy Quran, while 33 students of the age of 13 years learnt the entire Holy Quran by heart. In his remarks, the Emir of Daura, Alhaji Umar Farouk, congratulated the graduating students and urged…

The Ebonyi Government on Saturday confiscated a building belonging to Mr Ikechukwu Eze, accused of collecting revenue illegally. Eze, known as “Power”, was alleged to have engaged in illegal collection of revenue for state government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Dr Kenneth Ugbala, the Senior Special Adviser (SSA) to the State Governor on Internal Security, led the chairman and members of the State’s Board of Internal Revenue (BIR) to impound the building. Ugbala told NAN that Eze had been diverting state government revenue as he was never authorised to collect revenue for the government by the BIR.…

Afeez Hanafi The office of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control in Oshodi, Lagos State, has been gutted by fire. Although the actual cause of the fire has yet to be known, it was gathered that the fire started from the power house of the agency and spread to the warehouse, where chemicals were stored. Officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency and the state fire service are battling to completely put out the fire which started around 3pm on Saturday. Source: Punch News