The Cordao do Bola Preta 95th annual street parade kicked off at 1000 (1400 GMT) on Saturday.

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Taj Bola owns the site on Grand Parade in Skegness which was gutted by fire in August 2007.

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Following a second approval, owner Taj Bola agreed work will start soon.

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Nigel Tett, of the Skegness Hospitality Association, welcomed Mr Bola's promise.

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As well as Fernandes, two others are charged with murder: Luiz Henrique Ferreira Romao, known as Macarrao, and former policeman Marcos Aparecido dos Santos, known as Bola.

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At present the regional front-runners are all ex-ministers: Malam Adamu Ciroma from the north, Alex Ekwueme from the south-east, and Bola Ige and Olu Falae from the south-west.

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The course, which includes six summit finishes in eight mountain stages, is expected to favour the climbers and could be decided on the penultimate stage, atop the 2, 250-metre Bola del Mundo.

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Bola Ige, the justice minister, was murdered last month.

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They include Theophilus Danjuma, who was once chief of army staff and is now expected to be defence minister, Bola Ige (a former state governor), Adamu Ciroma (an ex-governor of the Central Bank) and Jerry Gana (a former information minister).

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