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Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, on Wednesday said his administration’s plan to carry out a total reconstruction of the International Airport Road from Oshodi was being frustrated by the Federal Ministry of Works. Governor Ambode, who spoke to Government House Correspondents at the Lagos House, shortly after carrying out an extensive inspection of some critical projects in the state, said Muritala Muhammed International Airport Road required immediate attention. He said the State Government has a design for the reconstruction of the road as well as the funds to embark on the project but the Federal Government was yet to…

Ex-Big Brother Naija housemate Kemen has apologised for his sexual misconduct to his fellow housemate,  Tboss after he was disqualified and received a lot of backlash from Nigerians. Kemen deemed it fit to apologise today being International Women’s day. He said, “I also use this medium to apologise to all women being the International Women’s Day. “My name is Ekemini Ekerette, popularly known as Kemen, one of the Big Brother Naija 2017 Housemates. I am a Fitness Trainer and a Model before joining the Big Brother house. “Firstly ,I hereby tender my sincere apologies to TBoss and ask for her…

Femi Makinde, Osogbo The Osun State Government has imposed a curfew on Ile Ife after a clash between Hausa and Yoruba youths left several people dead and many injured. According to the government, the 6pm to 7am curfew, which was announced on the Osun State Broadcasting Corpration Television on Wednesday evening, is meant to prevent hoodlums from using the cover of darkness to attack innocent people. During the clash, several vehicles were burnt, while houses and shops were set ablazewhile some other, forcing many residents to desert their homes. It was gathered that the clash was the fallout of a…

A 200 level student of Lead City University, Ibadan, Moshood Owolabi, is to die by hanging for stabling his fellow student to death. Delivering judgment on Wednesday, Justice Adegboye Gbolagunte of an Ibadan High Court sentenced Owolabi to death by hanging for causing the death of one Seun Kolawole, two years ago. Owolabi of the Physical and Health Education Department caused the death of Kolawole by stabbing him with a bottle. Gbolagunte said the counsel prosecuting the case, Mr A. Olawale, a Deputy Director in the Oyo State Ministry of Justice had proved the case beyond reasonable doubt. The judge…

The Police in Niger on Wednesday arrested a 45-year-old-man, over alleged rape of his three-year-old stepdaughter. The suspect was arrested in Kundu, a village in Rafi Local Government Area of the state. Police Inspector Abdullahi Mayaki, attached to the state Child Rights Protection Agency, said that the mother of the girl, Malama Fatima Bawa, reported the matter to the agency. He said that the suspect, however, denied the allegation during investigation, claiming that he only intervened whenever his wife beat the girl. But Bawa had told the agency that she caught her husband sexually abusing her daughter after he approached…

Nigerian women have become bolder and more powerful, and can now challenge for every available post in the land, says Mrs Rashida Bello, wife of Kogi governor. Bello, who spoke on Wednesday in Lokoja, at a ceremony to mark this year’s International Women’s Day, said that the women have made their marks in all human endeavours and could no longer be ignored. The theme for this year’s women’s day is “Be Bold For Change”. Bello commended women for rising to the pinnacle of their various careers, including male-dominated callings, and enjoined them to be instruments of the change the world…

Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti Workers in Ekiti State on Wednesday shut their offices to celebrate the 2017 International Women’s Day with Governor Ayodele Fayose in Ado Ekiti. The state government had declared a public holiday for Wednesday for women in the state to troop out to Oluyemi Kayode Stadium to celebrate women. At the event, the governor announced a N500m empowerment fund for 1,000 women. He also dispelled fears that the ongoing litigation over leadership crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party would affect the party in the 2018 governorship election in Ekiti. Fayose again hinted at the prospect of moving…

WikiLeaks on Tuesday dumped thousands of classified documents onto the Internet, exposing hacking programs used by the CIA. The torrent of data is just the first in a series of dumps WikLeaks is calling “Vault 7.” This first installment includes 8,761 documents and files stolen from an isolated high-security network within the CIA’s Center for Cyber Intelligence. This first batch of data introduces the scope and direction of the CIA’s global covert hacking program, its malware arsenal, and dozens of zero-day product exploits, WikiLeaks claimed. Source: Techy

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday, credited commercial banks with $100 million for school fees, personal travel allowances (PTA) and medical bills abroad. This fresh injection by the apex bank brings the amount so far pumped into the interbank forex market within the last two weeks to $1.138 billion for both forwards and […] Fresh $100m brings CBN forex interventions to $1.138bn in two weeks Source: Business

The federal government has finally released its economic recovery and growth plan (ERGP), which has been in the works since 2016. The document seen by TheCable is a medium term plan aimed at revamping the economy between 2017 and 2020. “The ERGP differs from previous plans in several ways. First, focused implementation is at the […] FG releases much-awaited economic recovery plan, wants oil at 2.5mbpd by 2020 Source: Business