NDLEA arrests Malian, four Nigerians with 4.580 kg of drugs in Kano
PHOTO: gettyimages The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the weekend arrested a Malian and four Nigerians in connection with illegal sales of 4,580kgs of psychotropic drugs in Kano. The...
View Article‘I paddled a canoe alone to Iba after my release’
The suspects: Forejo (left) and Ododomu • Family paid N15.1 million ransom for Oniba of Iba, says kidnap suspect • Monarch’s abduction a sacrilege, Ambode says It was stranger than fiction, so says the...
View ArticleKogi agency warns coastal areas against impending flood
Flood The Executive Secretary of Kogi State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Ayegba Alhassan, has raised the alarm over the rising level of River Niger and Benue in Lokoja, asking people living by...
View ArticleLagos targets N30bn monthly IGR, says Ayorinde
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode The Lagos State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, says the state government plans to generate N30 billion as its monthly internally generated...
View ArticlePlateau ex- governor’s ADC, four kids die in fire
Former Plateau State Governor, Tapgun, whom Kwame served as his ADC Former Aide-De-Camp (ADC) to former governor of Plateau State and Minister of Industry, Ambassador Fidelis Tapgun, retired ASP...
View ArticleProtests as EFCC quizzes blogger for allegedly cyber -stalking Magu
Anti-graft agency exceeding its bounds, says HURIWA The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday quizzed a blogger, Abubakar Sidique and publisher of Abusidique.com.Already, his arrest...
View ArticleIn Katsina, hungry villagers steal poisonous grains meant for destruction
The poisonous grains Members of Ladanawa village in Katsina State have allegedly stolen bags of poisonous grains meant for destruction. The state Commissioner for Local Government, Abdulkadir Ahmed...
View ArticleCommuters groan as BRT bus drivers protest against alleged salary delay
< Previous 1 of 10 Next > Stranded passengers at BRT Bus Stop...yesterday Protesting drivers at the depot in Ikorodu, Lagos. Commuters in Lagos yesterday groaned as drivers of the Lagos State’s...
View ArticleBulldozer roars ... 350 structures crumble
The demolished shops and buildings. Lagos demolishes property under high-tension cables With the demolition of over 350 shops and structures yesterday, the Lagos State government gave a bite to its...
View ArticleJailbreak in Enugu, 19 inmates escape
PHOTO:GIZMODO No fewer than 19 inmates reportedly escaped from Nsukka Prisons in Enugu State yesterday. The Guardian gathered that they had on Tuesday night broken down their cells, scaled over the...
View Article29 cows drown as flood washes away bridges, farms in Plateau
Flood The impending flood warning by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has begun to take its toll on residents of Plateau State as Tuesday night downpour wreaked havoc on residents of Jos...
View ArticleDiscordant tunes as Ekiti moves to regulate grazing
Grazing Reserves Stakeholders are opposed to moves by Ekiti government to regulate grazing in the state. They believe the proposed legislation portends danger to cattle rearing. The he bill also seeks...
View ArticleTruck crushes two hawkers to death at Sango
Two persons were on Tuesday feared dead on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway when an Abeokuta-bound truck with registration number (MUS-338 XJ), had a failed brake and rammed into a NNPC Filling Station at the...
View ArticleNon-payment of salaries is breach of contract, says Oshiomhole
Adams oshiomhole Workers not employed to be farmers, by Aliyu Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole has said that the non-payment of wages is a criminal breach of contract by any government whether in a...
View ArticleRotary Club donates 120 pints of blood to Lagos
One of the workers of Lagos State Blood Transfusion Service, Moshod Oshodi ( left),representative of Green Fuel Limited, Dheerendra Chavhan, President, Rotary Club of Lagos Palmgrove Estate, Tarun...
View ArticleAPC leaders in Etsako West endorse Obaseki
The All Progressives Congress' governorship candidate in Edo State, Godwin Obaseki Oshiomhole’s aide debunks rigging plot Chieftians of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Etsako West Local Council...
View ArticleAnguish on varsity, polytechnic access road
The deplorable state of the road For residents of Nekede, Ihiagwa, the university community and visitors to the Federal Polytechnic Nekede and the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO),...
View ArticleBad times for suspected criminals in Lagos
Items recovered from them • Police parade 96 suspected armed robbers, cult members, kidnappers, rapists • Recover 28 cars, 20 firearms, 30 live ammunition The Lagos State Police Command yesterday...
View ArticleKowa Party pledges to stop rural-urban migration
Deputy governorship candidate of the Kowa Party, Mrs. Florence Okundaye, the governorship candidate, Thompson Osadolor, and the state chairman, Otasowie Omigie, at the launch of the party’s campaign...
View ArticleLagos commissions helipad for medical emergencies
Newly commissioned helipad at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, on Thursday, August 11, 2016. PHOTO: LASG The Lagos State Government has...
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