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Police kill kidnap kingpins in Enugu

PHOTO: news-me.com Police in Enugu yesterday disclosed that they killed some members of a notorious syndicate, which specialises in kidnapping for ransom. The State Commissioner of Police, Elochukwu...

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Herdsmen refute crops’ destruction claims in Oyo communities

PHOTO: livestockandenvironment.wordpress.com Fulani herdsmen in Oyo State yesterday denied claims that some of their men were responsible for destruction of crops in Ogbomoso and parts of Oke Ogun area...

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MoU on 4th Mainland Bridge for signing in May – Ambode

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, speaking at the Quarterly Town Hall Meeting (3rd In The Series) held on Thursday, April 14th, 2016 at Ikorodu Town Hall, Ikorodu. PHOTO: LASG Gov. Akinwunmi...

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Ogun community seeks development with market

A community in Ogun State, Warewa, in Ifo Local Council, has built an international market after a family donated 20 acres of land to the community located at Kilometre 30, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway....

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Landlady declared wanted for allegedly setting tenant’s room ablaze

The suspect, Azeez The Lagos State Police Command has declared Mrs. Nike Azeez wanted for allegedly setting her tenant’s apartment ablaze in order to eject him from the house in Ijegun area of Lagos....

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Lagos lawmaker slams Unilag authorities over students’ protest

UNILAG Mr Lanre Ogunyemi, the Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Education, has urged authorities of the University of Lagos to be more proactive in resolving issues affecting...

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Beninoise housekeeper arraigned for allegedly killing employer's mother

An 18-year-old Beninoise housekeeper, Christian Yavine, was on Friday charged with killing his employer’s mother at an Ikeja High Court. Yavine, whose residential address was not given, is facing a...

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Abuja Water Board promises regular water supply

Water The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Water Board says it will ensure regular water supply to all parts of the territory. Malam Hudu Bello, the Director of FCT Water Board, said this in an...

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Lagos CP urges officers to exercise regularly

Owoseni The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, has urged his officers and men to exercise regularly as this would make them physically and mentally alert to their responsibilities....

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NDLEA arrests woman feigning pregnancy with wraps of cocaine

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Saturday arrested a woman at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, who faked pregnancy with wraps of substances suspected to be cocaine....

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Ogoni activist decries worsening violence in Rivers

  Akpobari The President of the Ogoni Solidarity Forum in Rivers, Mr Celestine Apkobari, has raised the alarm over the resurgence of violence in the state. Ogoni is a resource-rich but restive...

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Landlords mandated to pay Land Use Charge, says LASG

Lagos State's Commissioner for Finance, Dr Mustapha Akinkunmi (middle) speaking at a press conference in Lagos on April 18, 2016. PHOTO: LASG The Lagos State Government on Monday said that owners of...

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Govt. detects 1,458 BVN-related frauds in public servants, pensioners accounts

Mr Akan Okon The Akwa Ibom Government on Monday said it had uncovered 1,458 cases of Bank Verification Number (BVN) related frauds involving civil servants and pensioners in the public service. The...

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Wife arrested for attempt to set husband ablaze

The suspect, Mrs. Chukwuma A housewife in Lagos, Mrs. Florence Njideka Chukwuma, has been arrested by the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba, for allegedly attempting to set...

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Protesters shut down Ikeja Disco over outages, sacked workers

A cross section of the protesters...yesterday PHOTO: FEMI ADEBESIN-KUTI Ikeja, the capital of Lagos State was on a lockdown for several hours yesterday when a group of protesters under the aegis of the...

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Dark highways fade away in the centre of excellence

7 & 8 Bus Stop, Airport Road...at night There are a few roads in Lagos residents and visitors love to pass through at night, one of such will definitely not be the Airport Road through the flyover...

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Journalist with kidney disease needs N8m for transplant

Adewinle Barely a month after a broadcast journalist with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Akure, Tony Ogunkua succumbed to the cold hands of death through renal failure, another Akure-based...

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Sacked Jos electricity workers cannot be recalled

Workers of the Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDC), who were sacked recently, will not be re-engaged in spite of clamour by the workers' union, JEDC Managing Director, Alhaji Gidado Modibbo,...

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Customs revenue drops by N2.7bn at Tin-Can Port

PHOTO:WIKISTARZThe Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Tin-Can Island Command, had a revenue shortfall of N2.7 billion in the first quarter of 2016, compared with the corresponding period of 2015. The...

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22 victims of Badagry accident yet to be identified

File picture The 22 people involved in a motor accident on Monday in the Badagry area, have yet to be identified by their families. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) covering the area gathered that of...

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