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A 25-year old plus-size woman has taken to pole dancing in order to lose weight, after struggling to lose weight at the gym. It appears to be effective because aside from shedding six stone in two years, she has stunned her friends and family with her flexibility and now hopes to enter competitions to showcase her skills.

Thirteen ships laden with petrol, diesel, bulk gas and aviation fuel have arrived the Lagos ports, waiting to berth, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said on Wednesday in Lagos. This was contained in a document, a copy of which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. The document indicated that 33 ships were being expected at the ports from Oct. 21 to Nov. 5. It said that 11 of the expected ships would arrive with frozen fish, bulk sugar, bulk wheat and bulk salt. The document noted that 10 ships would sail in with containers, while six others would sail in with general cargo. It added that diesel petrol, base oil, bulk gas and aviation fuel were expected in six ships.

With a size 16 frame and 32JJ breasts, Sophia Adams is a far cry from the slender models that strut the catwalks. So when the 21-year-old won a year’s modelling contract, no one was more shocked than her. The trainee police officer knew the odds were against her when she entered the contest for plus-size lingerie brand, Curvy Kate. Sophia endured years of cruel taunts - “fatty”, “man-beast”, “whale” and even “big jugs” from a young age and never imagined she would have the courage to step out on stage in a bikini.

The Economic and Finance Crime Commission (EFCC) Wednesday failed to produce the immediate past Governor of Jigawa state, Alhaji Sule Lamido, his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha in court barely 24 hour after they were picked up in Abuja. The Anti graffiti Agency had yesterday filed suit before a Federal High court, Kano accusing Lamido and his two sons of money laundering. However, the EFCC legal Director, Achile Okoroma told reporters at the Federal High Court premises that Sule Lamido’s absence alongside his two sons was due to cancellation of flight from Abuja. He assured that “baring any last minute change, Sule Lamido and his sons would be arranged Thursday”.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, for alleged money laundering-related offences. Investigations revealed that operatives of the anti-graft agency picked up the former governor and his two sons, Mustapha and Aminu in Abuja. It was gathered that the anti-graft agency picked up the governor and his sons in the early hours of Tuesday. It was learnt that the EFCC leadership ordered a crack team of detectives to fly them to Kano by 2.30 pm preparatory to their arraignment for alleged fraud running into billions of naira.

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President Muhammadu Buhari has called on state governors to consider, as a matter of urgency, exploring efficient means of gradually liquidating all unpaid salaries of staff, which have brought untold hardship to thousands of families. Inaugurating the national economic council  at the presidential villa   Monday   morning, ‎President Buhari also called on the states to also devise ways of increasing their revenue base in order to cushion the effect s of dwindling revenue from the federation account. The national economic Council  is made up of the 36 state governors, minister‎s of Finance and National as well as the Attorney General of the Federation.