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  • Lagos set to prosecute forgery of land documents

    Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Ade Ipaye, has saidthe state government is set to prosecute applicants who present forged documents or false information to secure land titles in the state. Ipaye said this on Tuesday at a stakeholders’ forum on Land Use Act (Title Documentation) Regulations 2012. He said many applicants (both corporate and individual) were ...

  • Court affirms forfeiture of Lagos brothel to NAPTIP

    A Federal High Court, Lagos on Tuesday affirmed an earlier judgment ordering the forfeiture of a brothel in Lagos to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Person. Justice James Tsoho, in his judgment, dismissed an application seeking to quash the order of forfeiture as contained in the earlier judgment. The application was filed by two brothers Taofeek and Lukman Jubril, ...

  • Maryland-based Lawyer Emeka Ugwuonye Loses Again Ordered To Refund Funds He Stole From Nigerian Embassy

    By SaharaReporters, New York Maryland-based lawyer, Emeka Ugwuonye, yesterday suffered another devastating legal defeat as a US District Court ruled that he must refund the $1.55 million that was meant for his clients, the Nigerian embassy in Washington, DC, but which he illegally converted to his personal use. The stolen funds came from tax refunds credited to the Nigerian embassy from real ...

  • Nigeria cbank holds rates at 12 percent for 10th time

    View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Nigeria's central bank governor Lamido Sule Lamido speaks at conference on banking reforms in Nigeria in Lagos, February 11, 2010. REUTERS/Akintunde ...

  • Insurgency Drop amnesty adopt `acceptance’ strategy NGO advices FG

    Abuja – Foundation for Peace and Non-Violence in Nigeria, an NGO, on Tuesday advised the Federal Government to adopt ';acceptance'; strategy in place of its amnesty programme to curb security challenges threatening the country. The President of the Foundation, Mr Onengiya Erekosima, who gave the advice at a news conference in Abuja, said that the new strategy would encourage ...

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Picture Perfect

Much like this summer's earlier romantic comedy "My Best Friend's Wedding," "Picture Perfect" chronicles the adventures of an attractive, single, late-twenty-ish heroine who lies, connives, condescends, and abuses people to get what she wants. In "My Best Friend's Wedding," Julia Roberts wanted the man. In "Picture Perfect," Jennifer Aniston's Kate wants not just a man, but also a top-level job at ... ...

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  • Dana crash Pathologist cross-examination fixed for July 3

    Ikeja - The coroner’s inquest into the June 3, 2012 Dana plane crash on Tuesday fixed July 3 for further cross-examination of a Consultant Pathologist and Chief Medical Examiner of Lagos State, Prof. John Obafunwa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 153 passengers and some residents of Iju-Ishaga area of Lagos State, where the crash occurred, lost their lives in the incident. ...

  • Balarabe Musa advocates return to regional government

    Abuja -The failure of the government to fully implement the Ibrahim Dasuki report on local government system has made it difficult for operators to enjoy autonomy, Alhaji Balarabe Musa has said. Musa, the National Chairman, Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP), made this known on Tuesday in a telephone interview in Abuja. He said that the Dasuki report on local government reform had ...

  • CHAN Eagles to battle Cote d’Ivoire July 6

    Lagos -The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has said that the Super Eagles will host Cote d'Ivoire between July 6 and July 7 in the first-leg qualifying encounter of the Championship for African Nations (CHAN). The biennial competition, which is heading for its third edition, is a continental showpiece exclusively for players based on the African continent. NFF's Assistant Director ...

  • Large crowd receive Achebe’s body at Enugu Airport

    Enugu -The remains of the late literary icon, Prof. Chinua Achebe, arrived at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, and were received by a large crowd of people from his home town, Ogidi in Anambra. The body, which arrived at about 12.36 p.m. aboard a private aircraft, Overland Nigeria, with registration number 5N-BPE was accompanied by the deceased wife, Prof. Christy Achebe, and ...

  • Chukwu tasks NFF other football administrators on spectatorships

    Lagos – An ex-international, Christain Chukwu, on Tuesday urged the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and other football authorities in the country, to urgently address the issue of declining spectators at match venues. Chuwku, a former Green Eagles captain, in Lagos said that lack of spectators at match venues was inimical for a football-loving country like Nigeria. The one-time captain ...

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