by Oge Okonkwo A family of three including their one and half-year-old baby and a commercial motorcyclist were crushed to death by a commercial bus known as Danfo, yesterday, along Sagamu road, in Ikorodu area of Lagos. According to sources, the commercial motorcyclist was conveying the family to an unknown destination when the bus rammed into... Read More
by Isi Esene Seven people were yesterday killed at Ogolonto bus stop near Ikorodu, Lagos, when a fuel laden tanker lost control and careened into container shop. The victims were reportedly removed from the scene of the unfortunate incident around 7:10pm according to the Director, Lagos State Fire Service, Rasak Fadipe. Fadipe said the truck, which... Read More
by Ife Adebayo We need to get our children into school, EVERY ONE OF THEM. And the time to do that is TODAY. We are already many years late. Today I’ll be continuing the series on the hierarchy of needs for Nigerians. I wrote initially that the most basic of needs for Nigerians to survive... Read More
by Bankole Oluwafemi The global tobacco industry counts on this ignorance to bolster a business that is reported to be booming in emerging economies, where information about the negatives of tobacco consumption aren’t quite as widespread and the regulatory frameworks aren’t as effective. So you don’t smoke. That doesn’t necessarily mean that all is right... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo Lagos commissioner for finance, Tokunbo Abiru, resigned from his office to take up an appointment as the Executive Director of First Bank of Nigeria Plc and a Board member of FBN Holdings Plc. The resignation was announced by the Lagos state government on Monday, July 29, 2013. According to a statement made by... Read More
by Isi Esene The DayStar Christian Centre will be organising the Let’s Talk Toasting event on Saturday, August 3, 2013, in the church premises at Plot A3C Ikosi Road, Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos. The event which is the first Connect Series aims to bring together youth in an atmosphere of conviviality to talk about etiquette, comportment, building... Read More
by Chi Ibe About 1,404.27 hectares of cannabis farmland was destroyed in 2012 in Nigeria’s South-West geopolitical zone alone making it the largest cannabis plantations in the country, the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said. Ekiti State alone had 764 hectares of cannabis farmland making it the state with the highest number of cannabis plantations.... Read More
The Lagos State Government on Saturday said it would seal up any building where residents displayed their clothes outside indiscriminately. The state Commissioner for Environment, Mr Tunji Bello, gave the warning while speaking with newsmen shortly after monitoring the monthly sanitation exercise in Egbe-Idimu area of the state. He said spreading of washed clothes on... Read More
by Oluwatosin Fatoyinbo The party flag bearer is decided in Lagos at the home of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. This had been done for all the ACN controlled states and Ondo was no exception. Never in the history of Ondo state had a sitting governor been re-elected without controversy. Dr Olusegun Agagu was declared winner... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu An 11-year-old child has died after reports say she was beaten to death by her boss known as Madam Agnes, for failure to carry out chores as instructed. Neighbours around their home at 75 Barracks lllane, Ajegunle, Lagos told the police that last Friday, July 19 that at about 5pm, Madam Agnes came... Read More
by Is’haq Modibbo Kawu Let us be clear about it; all the tendencies within the PDP are embattled. Nigerians will give everything to chase away the party that has systematically instituted underdevelopment and the pillaging of our national patrimony since 1999. “People are saying that the PDP is dead or about to die a concerned... Read More
by Ochereome Nnanna Among these were cold-blooded murderers who killed innocent civilians during the pogroms in Northern and Western Nigeria; war lords who rounded up and hacked innocent and defenceless civilians to death in Asaba… On Thursday July 18th 2013, the cream of generals and political/bureaucratic czars that worked for the federal side during the... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu 41 suspected drug traffickers in total have been arrested this year at Murtala Mohammad International Airport , Lagos, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said in a statement. Spokesman for NDLEA, Mitchell Ofoyeju on Monday,said the agency added that it recovered drugs valued at N2.3 billion. “We have apprehended 41 suspected drug... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu On Saturday night, a Lufthansa Airlines’ flight going to Frankfurt from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos was forced to make an emergency air return after the plane developed technical problems midair, new reports say. According to reports, the plane was two hours into the journey when pilots detected the fault. Media Consultant,... Read More
by Adeola Adelabu All the energy and airtime we spend criticizing President Jonathan can address legal and political impediments to social justice and good governance. I am a Nigerian. Our movie industry (Nollywood) is rated as the 2nd or 3rd biggest in the world. I personally think we deserve a better rating, considering the amount... Read More
by Akan Ido A Briton who was abducted by unknown gunmen on July 16, a few minutes after arriving in Nigeria has been rescued by policemen attached to the Lagos State Police Command. The victim was kidnapped a few kilometers from the Murtala Mohammed Airport and taken to an unknown destination. Reports say a combined team... Read More
by Akan Ido There are reports that a building has collapsed at 29, Ishaga Road in Surulere area of Lagos. Sources say the building collapse which occurred earlier today had several people trapped under the rubble with two victims confirmed dead. Three others have been rescued according to National Emergency Management Agency officials and they have... Read More
Thursday, July 12, 2013 was Kafila Oyeniyi’s birthday. She did not celebrate much, just an intimate period with her husband, Atanda, who had promised her a surprise package later that week. As they slept in their apartment at 29, Oloto Street, Ebute Meta, Lagos that night, Atanda told his wife of seven years that by... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu Goods probably worth billions of naira were destroyed by the fire that reportedly engulfed the warehouse of Coscharis Nigeria Limited in Lagos yesterday. YNaija reported that the started at about 4.00 am at warehouse located at the Kirikiri and had spread by the time firefighters from the Lagos State Fire Service and the... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu A married woman’s amorous affairs with the former Executive Director of Law Union and Rock Insurance Company, Olusegun Ilori has ended her 19-year old marriage to Lagos businessman, Fiddis Ogwugwa. Delta State High Court, Kwale, dissolved Charity’s marriage and ordered her and Ilori to jointly pay N500,000 damages for the trauma and trespass,... Read More
by Akan Ido The Kukere-master, Iyanya yesterday performed at the Industry Nite event which took place at the GET Arena in Lagos. The event was attended by many A-list celebs including MAVIN boss, Don Jazzy, Tiwa Savage, Dr. Sid, Julius Agwu, Praiz, Annie Macaulay-Idibia and several others. Singer, Chidinma, MayD, Praiz L.O.S, Pryse and others... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu This man was photographed on Adeniran Ogunsanya road in Surulere, Lagos performing an act where he appears to be swallowing a live snake head first. …And then he regurgitated it out live again. Poor snake. [READ: OUCH! Snake bites Israeli man’s penis as he relieves himself in the toilet] – Photos: H/T... Read More
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