Father of murdered son seeks justice, police protection
Akwa Ibom State PoliceCommissioner, Murtala Mani An architect, Mr. Imowo Sampson, has called for justice over the murder of his 14-year-old Senior Secondary school son, Utibeabasi Imowo, pleading that...
View ArticleLagos shuts down for Yemi Osinbajo
Osinbajo, Ambode and his entourage at TBS, Lagos...yesterday Residents bemoan Buhari’s absence as markets close to honour him Lagos residents for most part of the day yesterday had their schedules...
View Article‘Come down, come down or I shoot you’
Adeboye Lawyer recounts 10 minutes ordeal with robbers on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Olaitan Adeboye, who was robbed in broad daylight with other passengers on the Lagos-Ibadan...
View ArticleMan allegedly rapes orphan at gunpoint
An alleged rapist yesterday told the police in Enugu State how he had variously nursed having carnal knowledge of a 15-year-old orphan without success until he broke into her house and raped her at a...
View ArticleAdadevoh foundation, firm take hand-washing campaign to schools
Pupils showing their washed hands The Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevo (DRASA) Health Trust in partnership with Unilever Nigeria Plc has distributed over 58,000 bars of soap; 2,800 tubes of lotion; and 3,000...
View ArticleGunmen assassinate man in Delta
It was a sad day for the family of one Patrick yesterday when a gang consisting of three men and a lady allegedly attacked and killed the head of the family at their residence in Ozoro, Isoko North...
View ArticleBlind society rolls out drums for May Ball
L-R; Media Consultant Federal Nigeria Society for the Blind (FNSB), Fabunmi Akinola Riliwan, Veteran Nollywood Actress, Sola Sobowale, Chairman Federal Nigeria society for the Blind, Asiwaju Fola...
View ArticleAustralia, U.K. deport 40 Nigerians
The United Kingdom and Australia yesterday jointly deported 40 Nigerians alleged to have committed various offences in both countries. The deportees comprising 33 males and seven females arrived at the...
View ArticleEnforcement of Kaduna’s law on begging, hawking begins soon
Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai Kaduna State Government has explained that enforcement of the law banning street hawking and begging has not started, even though the bill has been approved by...
View ArticleFCT minister vows to rid streets of beggars, hawkers
Street Beggars in the State. Constitutes task force on debt recovery Irked by the filthy state of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, the minister Muhammad Bello, has vowed to rid the streets of...
View ArticleBenue begins handover of schools to private owners
Samuel Ortom Benue State government says it has started the process of handing over secondary schools in the state to their private owners, in order to improve the standard of education. The state...
View ArticleOkowa sets up eight-man panel to probe Ogbe-Ijoh/Aladja clashes
Okowa Eager to find a lasting solution to the unending Ogbe-Ijoh/Aladja communal clashes, Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, yesterday set up a panel of inquiry headed by Professor Abednego Ekoko...
View Article‘How I picked up after I was sexually abused’
Popular Nollywood actress, Mrs. Rita Edochie, has said she was a victim of sexual abuse many years ago and called on parents to regularly communicate with their children. Edochie revealed this in an...
View ArticleLASU ex-security guard’s son emerges best varsity student
Twenty-four year old Michael Arowosegbe, who is the son of a former security officer at Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, Joseph Arowosegbe, has emerged the best graduating student of the...
View ArticlePolice arraign man over murder of an MTN staff
Late Tosin Ashinwo Kwara Police Command has arraigned one Ogundele David, aged 35 years, for an alleged murder of a member of a staff of MTN, Tosin Ashinwo, before an Ilorin Magistrate Court. David...
View ArticleTraders protest against chairman’s tenure
Protesters at the Trade Fair Complex...yesterday There was pandemonium yesterday at the International Trade Fair Complex, Lagos, as members of the United Allied Spare Parts Dealers Association...
View ArticleThree Lagos airport cleaners return lost luggage
Ola Lateef (left), Charles Obechie and Njideka Okafor Coming at a time Nigeria’s international image got some battering with the recent classification of the country as “fantastically corrupt” by the...
View ArticleChildren’s Day: Little to celebrate amid economic adversity
Chidren...the world celebrates them today Amidst economic adversity, Nigerian children will today join their peers across the world to celebrate the international day for children. The idea to set...
View ArticleBank security guard in court for allegedly defrauding customers
A First Bank security guard, Azeez Ademola, on Friday appeared in a Tinubu Magistrates' Court, Lagos for allegedly defrauding three of the bank's customers N71,000. Ademola, 22, who pleaded not guilty...
View ArticleChildren's Day: Ambode wants perpetrators of violence against children punished
Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Friday said that perpetrators of physical, sexual or psychological violence against children would be punished in the state. Ambode, represented by the Deputy...
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