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Members of Nigerian Legion are to be deployed to all public primary and secondary schools as well as in ministries and agencies in Lagos state to provide security. Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos state who launched the 2018 emblem and appeal fund in commemoration of the Armed Forces Rememberance Day celebration on Wednesday announced he had approved the deployment. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Jan. 15 of every year is marked as the Armed Forces Rememberance Day. “We have taken it as a policy that all our public primary and secondary schools will now be secured by…

Police in rural Virginia have released disturbing details about a woman who they say was killed by her two dogs while taking them for a walk last week. Four days after Bethany Stephens, 22, was found, police held a second press conference to describe her death and refute rumours of foul play. When deputies found the dogs on Friday they were guarding what police at first thought was an animal carcass. But the body was Stephens’s, and police say the pit bulls were eating her. Warning: Some people may find the details below upsetting “I observed, as well as four…

An Italian judge has ordered Royal Dutch Shell and Eni to stand trial over alleged corruption in Nigeria with the CEO of Eni among past and present managers involved, legal sources said on Wednesday. The case involves the 2011 purchase by Eni and Shell of Nigeria’s OPL-245 offshore oilfield – one of Africa’s most valuable oil blocks – for about $1.3 billion. Besides the two companies, 13 people including Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi and former chairman of the Shell Foundation Malcolm Brinded were put on trial, the sources said. Under Italian law a company can be held responsible if it…

Cardinal Bernard Law, who was forced to resign as archbishop of Boston in 2002 over a sex abuse scandal, has died aged 86 in Rome. Cardinal Law was accused of having moved paedophile priests from parishes rather than confront accusations. After leaving Boston he took a post at the Vatican where he worked until 2011. The Boston diocese was rocked in January 2002 by allegations of sexual misconduct by dozens of priests over a time span of decades. It avoided bankruptcy by agreeing to sell land and buildings for more than $100m (£74m) to fund legal settlements for more than…

The Police Command in Jigawa on Wednesday said it had arrested four suspected armed robbers in Dutse Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Spokesman, SP Abdu Jinjiri, told newsmen in Dutse that the suspects were arrested in Nerawa village at about 3:30 a.m. Jinjiri said the suspects, aged between 22 and 30, were arrested by a joint team of police and a vigilance group operating in the area. He said the suspects allegedly attacked and robbed one Alhaji Umar Maiwake at his residence in Kudai village at about 3:00 a.m. “The three suspects were arrested over alleged criminal…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has 21 days sufficiency of Premium Motor Spirit otherwise called petrol. The 21 day sufficiency of petrol translates into 750million litres of the white product. In a statement by Ndu Ughamadu, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital the Corporation urged consumers not to ‘panic buy’. NNPC has also increased the amount of PMS truck supplies to cities across the country, with Abuja receiving additional 100 trucks of petrol from its normal 70 trucks daily supply. Lagos is being supplied 300 trucks of petrol daily. READ: Buhari swears-in Comfort…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday swore-in the remaining seven permanent Secretaries out of the 22 appointed earlier in the year. The inauguration preceded the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting and had the cabinet members and serving permanent secretaries as well as some guests of the new officials in attendance. The President did not deliver any inauguration address after the signing of the inauguration register as the FEC meeting progressed afterwards. Those sworn in are: Mr Mustapha Suleiman (Kano); Mr Adekunle Adeyemi (Oyo); Mrs Comfort Ekaro (Rivers) Mr Adebayo Akpata (Ekiti). READ: 10 things you don’t know about Benedict Peters of…

Founder and Executive Vice Chairman of integrated energy company, Aiteo Group, Benedict Peters, clocked 51 on Tuesday, December 5, 2017. And in the past two weeks, the elusive billionaire who has changed the face of Nigerian football and is taking us to the World Cup in Russia, has received 3 big awards from New Telegraph, BusinessDay and Leadership. A consummate businessman with an unassuming personality, there is a lot about the gentleman fondly called Benny that many do not know about. Here are 10 of them Born in Abakaliki Although of Delta State origin, Benedict Peters was born in Abakaliki,…

The Nigerian Consulate in New York has said that applicants for the Nigerian visa can now get it in 48 hours with the introduction of the issuance of the biometric visa. The acting Consul-General, Tanko Suleiman, who disclosed this at the commencement of the biometric visa processing in New York, said the new process had simplified the issuance of Nigerian visa. Suleiman said with the commencement of the biometric visa issuance, no applicant should spend more than 25 minutes to complete his or her enrollment. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Federal Government on Monday commenced the…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says active subscribers have soared to 140,766,653 in October as against 139,905,213 in September. The telecommunications regulatory agency disclosed this in its monthly subscriber/operator data that was available on its website on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the active subscribers increased by 861,440. According to the data, 140,350,383 of the 140,766,653 active numbers subscribe to the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network services. The GSM operators’ active customers’ figure increased by 863,551 in October, after the 139,486,832 subscribers recorded in September. The reports stated that out of the GSM operators,…