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Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Monday approved the payment of bursary and local scholarship to Lagos State indigenes in tertiary institutions across the country. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Mr. Obafela Bank- Olemoh, told newsmen that the beneficiaries would be fresh applicants and others receiving subsequent payment. Bank-Olemoh listed the beneficiaries to include 2015/2016 set and other sets receiving second and third payments for years 2013/2014 and 2014/2015. He said that the state government was committed to sustaining the scholarship and bursary scheme in spite of the economic situation of the country. He said that the governor is committed to ensuring that indigenes are empowered through education to contribute productively to the local and global economies. He said, “The timely release of the awards demonstrates the priority the administration of Gov. Ambode accords to educating its citizens.” Giving a breakdown of the payment, the Executive

  distinctdicksondiary.blogspot.com Tears streamed down the face of 31-year-old Blessing (not real name) as she narrated how her whirlwind romance with a 67-year-old Irish construction worker in Lagos, ended in her getting infected with HIV. For Blessing, her pain was not just because she had got the virus but that the man, she identified simply as Jim, even intensified his sexual intercourse with her after he learnt of his status more than two years ago. Blessing walked into the Area F Police Command, Ikeja on Thursday, inconsolable to report Jim’s alleged action. When she faced journalists on Friday, however, things took a dramatic turn as she screamed at reporters and shielded the man she had accused from being interviewed and photographed. “You see what you have done now? We could have settled this at home,” she was heard telling the man, who also became furious and lashed out at reporters. “Jackass, liars. Get out of here,” the Irish man told journalists. When