Otodo-Gbame demolition claims one, five others wounded
Lagos State Task Force A middle-aged man was reportedly shot dead yesterday and another struggling to survive from bullet wounds sustained during a violent clash between the Lagos State Task Force and...
View ArticleCross River Water Resources commissioner kidnapped
Kidnapping In defiance of death penalty recently announced by the state government, unknown gunmen yesterday abducted the Cross River State Commissioner for Water Resources, Mr. Gabriel Odu-Oji. This...
View ArticleMessages of hope, religious tolerance on Palm Sunday
A cross section of Catholic faithful marking Palm Sunday in Lagos ...yesterday. PHOTO: FEMI ADEBESIN-KUTI • Archbishop urges clerics to impact on their society positively Christians in the country...
View ArticleGroup cautions Ondo, NDDC on Akodo-Araromi road project
Ondo State. PHOTO: en.wikipedia.org The Ondo State Local Content Stakeholders (OSLCS) has cautioned the state government and the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on awarding contract for the...
View ArticleEnugu residents mobilise against epileptic power supply
Electricity • You cannot when you are indebted to us, says electricity company Residents of Enugu have mapped out plans to stage a protest at the headquarters of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company...
View ArticleToddler needs N5 million for corrective heart surgery
Arthur Sixteen–month–old Arthur Moffat was recently diagnosed with an acyanotic congenital heart defect. Authur, who is being managed with an anti-failure medications, requires N5million for corrective...
View ArticleMilitants return to Ishawo, kill four policemen, one army captain
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni • Lagos commiserates with police, families, vows to go after culprits Again, some daredevil gunmen yesterday stormed the Ishawo area of Ikorodu, Lagos...
View ArticleDiscipline or molestation: FRSC commander cuts female staff hair
< Previous 1 of 10 Next > PHOTO: FRSCRIVERS SECTOR/FACEBOOK PHOTO: FRSCRIVERS SECTOR/FACEBOOK PHOTO: FRSCRIVERS SECTOR/FACEBOOK PHOTO: FRSCRIVERS SECTOR/FACEBOOK The Sector Commander of the...
View ArticleResidents flee Ishawo after militants’ invasion
Deserted shops in Ishawo • DPO hospitalised over gunshot wounds Residents of troubled Ishawo community in Ikorodu area of Lagos State, have deserted their homes following Sunday’s invasion that left no...
View ArticleTwo Turkish construction workers kidnapped in Akwa Ibom
Gunmen have kidnapped two Turkish nationals from their hotel in southern Nigeria's oil-rich Akwa Ibom state, police said Tuesday in the latest unrest to hit the restive Niger Delta. "Two Turkish...
View ArticleFRSC suspends Rivers command boss
PHOTO: FRSCRIVERS SECTOR/FACEBOOK The Federal Road Safety Corps has allegedly suspended the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Rivers State, Andrew Kumapayi, for publicly cutting the...
View ArticleCourt grants embattled online blogger, Olunloyo N1 million bail
Kemi Omololu-OlunloyoA Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has granted the embattled online blogger, Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo, N1 million bail following the bail application by her...
View ArticleEfe returns, receives prize money, SUV
Regional Director, M-net West Africa, Wangi Mba-Uzokwu (left), winner of BBNaija Season 2, Michael Efe Ejeba, Group Head, Corporate Affairs, Heritage Bank, Fela Ibidapo, Managing Director, MultiChoice...
View ArticleHow we killed Uber driver to steal his car
The suspects The long arm of the law has caught up with two men, who allegedly strangled an UBER driver to death in Lagos before stealing and escaping with his car to Edo State. According to the Lagos...
View ArticlePolice boss insists Rear Admiral Daniel Ikoli committed suicide
Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Fatai Owoseni Lagos State police boss, Fatai Owoseni, yesterday disclosed that preliminary investigation conducted on the death of Rear Admiral Daniel Ikoli...
View ArticleAmbode pledges to grow GDP
Akinwumi Ambode, Lagos State Governor. To commemorate Lagos at 50, Governor Akinwumi Ambode yesterday disclosed that his administration, among other things, would focus more on building the Gross...
View ArticleTraders count losses as government demolishes shops ahead of Osinbajo’s visit
Nigeria's Vice President Yemi Osinbajo More than 22,000 traders in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, have lost their means of livelihood following a facelift and last-minute beautification of the...
View Article18 die in Kogi, Benue car crashes
A ghastly car crash yesterday claimed 11 lives at Ohiana area, along Okene-Auchi Road in Kogi State, while another seven persons died yesterday along Otukpo-Enugu Highway, in Benue State, when a truck...
View ArticleTCN laments vandalism of electricity facilities in Edo
Electricity The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) yesterday lamented the vandalism of its facilities by suspected criminals as one of the challenges militating against its activities. The General...
View ArticleBayelsa State lawmakers move to end Nembe, Kalabari boundary clashes
PHOTO: timeslive.co.za The Bayelsa State House of Assembly has taken steps to end the lingering boundary disputes between the people of Nembe in the state and Kalabari in Rivers State. The lawmakers...
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