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Woman found dead in deep well in Lagos
A 41-year-old woman, Antinlola Adeyemi, declared missing for about four days by family members, has been found dead in a deep well on Monday in Lagos. The Director of Lagos State Fire Service, Mr...
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Angola court jails 17 youth activists, including rapper, for ‘rebellion’
PHOTO: cityconjure.wordpress.com A court in Angola on Monday sentenced 17 youth activists, including a well-known rapper, to between two and eight years in jail for rebellion against President Jose...
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We are taking the challenge to rebuild our lives –Yobe IDPs
The Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who relocated to their villages in Yobe said they have taken the challenge to rebuild their lives as normalcy had returned to the communities. Malam Bukar Ali, a...
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Nigerian arrested in India for mailing $720,000 worth of cocaine
cocaine India’s Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), in a joint operation with the Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of the Mumbai police, has arrested a Nigerian, Frank William, who belongs to an international...
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‘My joy, pains caring for quintuplets’
The quintiplets …and as toddlers Fifteen years on, mother recounts travails, seeks financial assistance for children’s education Fifteen years ago, The Guardian reported what was then strange but real...
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Ogun lawmakers to pass bill on new 37 LCDAs
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State The Ogun State House of Assembly has promised to pass expeditiously the bill for the creation of 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state. Mr...
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Children showcase talents at Redeemer’s Day
Overall winners at the event: Chidren of Redeemer’s Int’ School, Apapa Road, Lagos displaying their cup THE Region 20 of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) recently showcased a wide range of...
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Ekiti Assembly warns members against honouring DSS summons
Governor Ayodele Fayose THE Ekiti State House of Assembly has warned its members against honouring any summons from the Department of State Security (DSS). It said the manner a member, Afolabi Akanni,...
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Osun House wants task force to monitor herdsmen
To stem the violent clashes between Fulani headsmen and their host communities, the Osun state House of Assembly has directed that a task force be set up to monitor and control the entry and exit of...
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Ondo workers, pensioners plead for four months pay arrears
Mimiko Civil servants and pensioners across the 18 local councils of the state have appealed to Governor Olusegun Mimiko to offset their salaries and allowances, A worker with the Ministry of...
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Osinulu: living up to 100 is my best birthday gift
Osinulu receiving an old boy of Methodist Boys’ High School and former President, the late Nnamdi Azikiwe during his visit to his alma mater. Teaching, the age-long noble profession is like a book,...
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Ambode orders repair of Lagos-Badagry expressway
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode during an inspection of road construction PHOTO: LAGOS STATE Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has ordered the State Public Works Corporation (LSPWC) to immediately...
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26 people drown in Lagos wells, says Lagos fire service director, Fadipe
No fewer than 26 people have drowned in various wells in Lagos, the Lagos State Fire Service Director, Rasak Fadipe, has said. According to him, government is worried about the rising cases of people...
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Wife of man allegedly killed by policeman in Gombe cries for justice
Wife of Mr. Bitram Boyi Baka, an employee of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, who was allegedly shot dead by policeman at a local beer parlour, called gidan zana, has appealed to the authorities to...
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Our means of livelihood have been destroyed…
The protesters Otodo Gbame fishing community protests against ongoing dredging, sand-filling of lagoon Residents and indigenes of Otodo Gbame community, an ancestral fishing village located off MTN...
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Amosun, Agbaje, christian elders eulogise Braithwaite, Ibru
Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun (right) with widow of Dr. Tunji Braithwaite, Madam Grace at the family’s residence in Lagos…yesterday Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has commiserated...
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‘Do justice to sexual abuse case in Queens College’
PHOTO: greenbiro.com A Lagos-based organisation, Project Alert on Violence Against Women, has frowned at the alleged sexual harassment in Queens College, Lagos. The founder of the organisation, Mrs....
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Shi’ite Muslims abandon jumat worship in Katsina over Soldiers presence
PHOTO: www.adelove.com Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Shi’ites, yesterday stayed away from Jumat prayers in their Central Mosque in Katsina State over the presence of armed soldiers...
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LAGBUS drivers protest restrictions, poor welfare
Commuters in Lagos yesterday groaned, as drivers of LAGBUS down tooled to protest restrictions preventing them from plying Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) lanes in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
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Police arrest drug lord with Marijuana inside Car Tyre
A notorious drug lord who carefully and in an ingenuous manner hid marijuana inside a car tyre before pumping it, has been arrested by the police at the small town of, Abbi, Ndokwa West Local Council...
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