I harvested cannabis to buy WASSCE form – Teenager

AN 18-year-old teenager, Monday Ogwugwa, who was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, has said he became a labourer at a cannabis farm in desperation to raise the fee to register for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination.

Chat212 learnt that the teenager was arrested during an operation in which the NDLEA was able to confiscate and burn hard drugs worth N15.8bn.

►Ogwugwa told officials of Chat212 that to earn a living had been tough for him since he had lost his parents at a tender age.
►The suspect added that he was misled to the illicit business in his quest for formal education.

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OBJ And Atiku Hug Each Other As They Meet Unexpectedly

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday met with his estranged deputy Atiku Abubakar, at Minna International Airport, Niger State, where the two leaders hugged each other.

It was learnt that Obasanjo was in Minna to visit the recuperating former military President, Ibrahim Babangida, who just returned from a two-month medical treatment in Germany.

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Boko Haram renames Mubi to 'City of Islam'

►FEW hours after the Federal Government gave the military marching orders to flush out Boko Haram insurgents from Mubi, the commercial nerve centre and second largest town in Adamawa State, the terrorists, yesterday, defiantly renamed the town ‘Madinatul Islam’, which means the city of Islam.

►Four local governments of Michika, Madagali, Mubi North and Mubi South of Adamawa State are now in the firm grip of the insurgents, throwing up thousands of internally displaced persons.

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Vacancy - Technical Sales Engineer at Toptech Engineering Limited

Career At Toptech Engineering Limited

Toptech Engineering Limited Is Currently Recruiting... in one of their branches in Lagos

Our Company, Toptech Engineering Limited is an indigenous engineering services and contracting firm with vast expertise in electrical power and computer environment and conditioning.  

We are currently recruiting to fill the position of:

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2015 budget in danger as crude price drops to $82

The price of crude declined further to $82.96 yesterday increasing apprehension over the 2015 budget proposal put forward by the federal government.

Meanwhile, the Nigeria Stock Exchange, NSE All Share Index dropped to 13-month low and government bonds fell   yesterday as foreign investors pulled out of Nigerian assets, prompting the central bank to sell intervene in the foreign exchange market with special foreign exchange sales, to save the naira from depreciation.

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Vacancy - Stanbic IBTC Bank Is Currently Accepting CVs

Stanbic IBTC Bank Is Currently Recruiting... B.Sc / HND Graduates

Employer: Stanbic IBTC Bank

Our Company, Stanbic IBTC Bank is a leading African banking group focused on emerging markets globally. It has been a mainstay of South Africa's financial system for 150 years, and now spans 16 countries across the African continent.

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