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It is more than gratifying to mark my birthday in this good way. To all of you – many who have travelled great distances – I am honored that you joined me today. Though the event banners speak my name, this gathering is not about me. It is about that which a people united in purpose must do to improve their beloved country. We build the nation we seek by forcing ourselves to become that nation, day by day, step by difficult step. We do so by casting aside the prejudices of yesterday to forge a more just society where no Nigerian is held down because of his place of origin, his faith or social station. But where all have the chance to rise by dint of honest labor and constructive enterprise. This is as God intended us to be. We have no choice but to achieve this destiny. Before we go further, I give special thanks to Vice President Osinbajo. Leading a group of fellow commissioners who worked together during my time as governor of Lagos, Yemi and this creative group have turned...

A delivery man with an online marketing store, Jumia, Mr. Chukwuma Eleje, has been killed in a house on Ada George Road, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The victim was said to be delivering two iPhones to some customers, who had ordered for them through the Internet on Saturday, when he was attacked and killed. The assailants were reported to have dumped his remains in a septic tank in a desperate attempt to cover up the crime. However, operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad were said to have been alerted by residents. The officials were reported to have swooped on the suspects in their apartment on Monday. 

…Empowers Neighbourhood Corps With 177 Vehicles, 377 Motorcycles, 4,000 Bicycles, Others …Says Bill To Regulate Domestic Workers, Security Guards Underway Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday launched the rebranded Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corps, with a pledge that the security of lives and property in the State is now non-negotiable. A total of 177 Salon Cars and Vehicles equipped with necessary communication gadgets, 377 motorcycles, 377 helmets, 4,000 bicycles, metal detectors for ensuring that illegal weapons are not smuggled into public places, among other operational equipment were handed over to the Corps by the Governor. Speaking at the official launch held at Agege Stadium, Governor Ambode said the move was another giant step towards enhancing security all over the State and a vital part of the ongoing efforts of his administration to reform the security and justice sector. The Governor, who on August 15, 2016 assented to the law that create...

Exchange Rate today 24/3/2017: Interbank v Parallel 👉 $1= ₦308 ₦380 👉 £1= ₦385 ₦480 👉 €1= ₦332 ₦420

By this point everyone is aware that despite the riches of talent available to Argentina coaches, consistent displays at the club level are not essential to make the cut. The presence of Sergio Romero and Marcos Rojo in Thursday's starting line-up demonstrated as much, as the intermittent Manchester United men took up positions at the back.  The man in the spotlight, however, belongs to the sky blue half of Manchester. Sergio Aguero put in another joyless, apathetic shift for his nation as they stumbled to a 1-0 win over Chile, and the most pertinent question is just what he was doing there in the first place.  Argentina's problem has been clear in international football for at least the last eight years. The defence is flimsy, Romero an occasionally inspired shot-stopper but vulnerable under the high ball, and the midfield short of invention unless Lionel Messi drops back to forage far from the danger zone. Five coaches have come and gone in that same period, all battl...

A 66-year-old man was stabbed to death in Manhattan late Monday, police said, for one reason: being black. In the early hours of Wednesday morning, James Harris Jackson walked into an NYPD substation in Times Square and announced that he was responsible for Timothy Caughman's death. "I'm the person you're looking for," he said, adding that he had knives in his pocket. The 28-year-old Baltimore, Maryland resident took a bus to New York on March 17 with the goal of targeting black men, according to NYPD Assistant Chief, Bill Aubry. Jackson is being charged with second-degree   murder. "The attack was clearly racially motivated," Aubry said Wednesday. "It's well over 10 years he has been harboring these feelings of hate towards male blacks." Aubry said that Jackson randomly singled out   Caughman and stabbed him in the back multiple times while   Caughman was going through garbage on a Manhattan sidewalk. After the attack, ...

DAMASCUS, March 22 (Xinhua) -- A U.S.-led airstrike against a school in northern Syria killed at least 33 people, said a monitor group on Wednesday. The U.S.-led coalition strikes hit a school housing displaced people in the town of Mansura in Raqqa city's countryside, the Islamic State (IS) group's de facto capital, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The UK-based watchdog group said on-ground activists said 33 bodies of slain people were dug up on Wednesday. It said that the coalition recently increased its airstrikes against IS-held areas in Raqqa. The U.S. coalition previously admitted there were civilian casualties due to the strikes against IS-held areas.

..As 36,540 students graduate from institution Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday revealed plans by his administration to build a 6000-bed hostel within the campus of Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo in partnership with the private sector to improve on the learning experience in the institution. Speaking at the 21st Convocation ceremony of LASU held at the university's auditorium complex, Governor Ambode said government will continue to invest in infrastructure in tertiary institutions in the State including LASU to make them emerge as great citadels of learning and pride of all. While commending the management and governing council of the institution for the professionalism with which the affairs of LASU had been piloted, Governor Ambode charged them to build on the ranking of the institution as the Best State University in Nigeria to become one of the best five universities in the country by 2020. The Governor particularly encouraged the manag...

Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday assured that his administration will complete the ongoing construction of Ajah Flyover by the end of May 2017, just as he revealed the plans of government to remove three more roundabouts in Lekki-Ajah corridor to ease vehicular movement. Governor Ambode, who spoke at Lagos House in Ikeja when he received the management of Chevron Nigeria Limited led by its Chairman and Managing Director, Mr. Jeffrey Ewing, said the roundabouts would be removed starting from next week, adding that the action was in line with the resolve of government to totally eliminate traffic in the axis. The affected roundabouts, according to Governor Ambode, are Igbo Efon, Chevron and Third Roundabout. He said since assumption of office, his administration had tried as much as possible to improve on the business environment, and assured that government would continue to invest in security and infrastructure to make life comfortable for residents and ...

Pastor Abel Eku, who served the Christ Chosen Church of God for 25 years, has been arrested for planting explosives at the headquarters of his church. It was gathered that the Benin-based Pastor planted explosives at the church headquarters on January 22, scheduled to be the day for the church’s international conference. The Pastor who was arrested after the bomb was detected and detonated by security operatives of the Edo State Police command, confessed to committing the crime. He further disclosed that he manufactured and planted the bombs, as  a way of revenging his bitter dismissal from the church over marital issues. The 57-year-old Pastor further told newsmen, that he had a rethink and called the church’s officials telling them about the location of the bomb, which he alleged wasn’t meant to kill but to scare his church members and elders. I am 57 years old. I had marital issues with my wife. We came to the church to resolve it and it was not resolved. It led t...

Exactly 4;pm on sunday march 19th 2017, a man was caught at Muwo along Ikoga Badagry with freash head and hans of un-identify lady.

In a very shocking turn of events, a medical doctor, now identified as Allwell Oji, jumped into the Lagos lagoon on Sunday the 19th of March 2017, after he allegedly received a call. The incident happened at  4:45pm  on Third Mainland Bridge when the 35-year-old was on his way to Victoria Island where he was going to attend a Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) meeting. Orji, who left his house at Abule Ijesha in Yaba, was said to have told his driver, Henry Ita, to park his Nissan Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) marked LND476EE at the Adeniji Adele end of the bridge on the excuse that he wanted to pee. As he came down, the doctor was said to have climbed the bridge’s rail guide and jumped into the ocean. Orji is said to be a staff of the Isolo branch of Mt. (Mount) Sinai Hospital. A commercial bus passenger, who gave his name as Uche Magnus, said the doctor jumped into the ocean immediately after he came down from his vehicle. The vehicle Ma...

(CNN) Islam is the world's fastest growing religion - and not just in Muslim majority nations: 10% of all Europeans are projected to be members of the Muslim faith by 2050, according to  a recent Pew Research Center study . The study estimates that from 2010 to 2050, Muslims will have increased across the world by 73%, followed by Christians who are projected to grow by 35% during the same time period, and Hindus at 34%. That means that Islam -- currently the world's second-largest religion -- will surpass Christianity as the world's biggest religion by the end of the century, the study projects.

The Naira on Thursday consolidated its gains against the dollar at the parallel market, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. The Nigerian currency gained two points to exchange at N455 to a dollar, from N457 it posted on Wednesday, while the Pound Sterling and the Euro traded at N550 and N480, respectively. At the Bureau De Change window, the Naira traded at N400 to a dollar, while the Pound Sterling and the Euro closed at N550 and N487, respectively. Trading at the interbank segment of the market saw the Naira closing at N306.75 to a dollar. Currency traders said that the boost in liquidity by the CBN had enabled the Naira to sustain its gain against the dollar at the FOREX market. NAN reports that the CBN had sustained its intervention at the market to clear the backlog of genuine FOREX buyers.

he Apapa Command of Nigeria Customs Service has impounded a forty foot container laden with Tilapia Fish from Turkey Addressing newsmen in Lagos, Customs Area Controller of the Command, Jibrin Musa disclosed that the importer declared apples as the content of the container before scanning proved it to be 2700 cartons of prohibited frozen fish. Jibrin told journalists that aside the offence of false declaration, the import also contravened the law as it failed the requirement for license and quota expected for importers of allowable fish species into Nigeria. He said '' As part of our collective resolve to ensure strict compliance with government import prohibition rule, we recently uncovered an attempt to smuggle tilapia fish into the country. In a bid to evade detection and arrest, the importer made a false declaration that that the 1x40ft container was laden with apples'' ''Upon scanning, we discovered this to be untrue as the container contained...

Hijab targeted as court rules workplace bans on political and religious symbols are not discriminatory. Employers are entitled to ban staff from wearing visible religious symbols, the European Union's top law court ruled on Tuesday, a decision Muslims said was a direct attack on women wearing hijabs at work. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) said it does not constitute "direct discrimination" if a firm has an internal rule banning the wearing of "any political, philosophical or religious sign". The court gave a judgment in the cases of two women, in  France  and Belgium, who were dismissed for refusing to remove hijabs, or the headscarf worn by many Muslim women who feel it is part of their religion.

The remains of a former Governor of the defunct Mid-West region and old Bendel State, late Samuel Ogbemudia, arrived Benin, the Edo State capital on Tuesday.  Punch.

A team of German and Egyptian archaeologists made a colossal discovery on March 9th – literally and figuratively. Parts of a massive, 3000-year-old statue, which is believed to depict the legendary Pharaoh Ramses II, were found buried in the Cairo slum of Matariya. The findings tell an ancient story of the world’s origins, and could start a new chapter for Egypt. The recovered bust and head of the antique statue measure 8 meters in length and are made of quartzite. The upper part of a smaller statue, depicting Pharaoh Seti II (Ramses II’s grandson), and pieces of an obelisk bearing hieroglyphics were also excavated. Experts have already begun restoring the artifacts, which will later be displayed at the Grand Egyptian Museum set to open in 2018. Ramses II is often considered to have been the greatest Pharaoh to ever rule the Egyptian Empire, and he believed that the world was created in Heliopolis, modern-day Matariya. This latest unearthing of history could help to jump-start th...

Lot of stories had been told since president Buhari took his leave since January 2017 from opposition parties and the citizens. Though the Senate and other party members claimed to have visited the president and said people should shun sidelook any person with a claim that the president is dead. Meanwhile the president extend its greetings and appreciation through his spokesman saying; Nigerians shown him love and care for their continuous prayer so as to recover very fast, and he also plead with Nigerians to please endure the hardship in the country so as to bring about the change being promised.

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According to reports, the local currency has strengthened to N462 per Dollar as against the N465 rate it was on Wednesday, March 8. The Naira also appreciated to N550 against the Pound from the previous rate of N560. However, the local currency crashed to N477 per Euro as against the previous rate of N475. At the official market, the currency remained pegged at 305.80 to the dollar. An economist, Mr Harrison Owoh has attributed the instability in the exchange rate in spite of liquidity boost in the FOREX market to excessive demand for dollars. Owoh said that the injection of 1.14 billion dollars by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to the interbank market were majorly at the service of letters of credits and invisibles. And according to him, it is the cash at hand that brings down the exchange rate not mere letters of credit. It has been gathered that a market-driven exchange rate regime is in the works, going by the federal government’s economic plan released on Tue...