Three mothers of schoolgirls abducted from Chibok, Borno State on April 14, 2014 said they had identified their daughters in a video released by Islamist group Boko Haram, the first possible sighting of the girls since a video in May 2014. Reuters reported that about 15 girls featured in the …
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We’ll sign MoU on 4th Mainland bridge before May 29 – Ambode
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday said the State Government will formally sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with investors for the construction of the proposed 4th Mainland Bridge before the end of May 2016. Ambode gave the assurance while speaking at the First Quarter 2016 Town Hall …
Read More »Man held for ‘raping’ wife’s sister for 10 years
A 36-year-old man, Imeh Akpan, accused of raping his wife’s 15-year-old step-sister for 10 years has been arrested by the police in Lagos. The suspect, who was paraded before reporters on Wednesday afternoon, however denied the allegation, insisting that he only did it once. Akpan, according to the Police Commissioner, …
Read More »Pedestrians want easy crossing of Ojota overhead foot-bridge
Pedestrians on Tuesday called for ease in using the Ojota overhead foot-bridge in Lagos state. The pedestrians complained as they got stranded while trying to cross the overhead foot-bridge by surging and uncontrollable users. At the bus stop at about 7 a.m., reports have it that many people from both …
Read More »Election: Candidate bribes elderly men with erectile dysfunction drugs to secure votes
Elderly men in South Korea have allegedly been given erectile dysfunction drugs to buy their votes in legislative elections, prosecutors said Tuesday, announcing an investigation into the suspected breach. South Koreans go to the polls on Wednesday in an election already overshadowed by North Korean nuclear threats and economic difficulties. …
Read More »Small businesses groan as power, fuel crises defy solution
The sector that contributes 57.9 per cent of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP, is at risk of closure, as the unending fuel crisis witnessed across the country has started to take its toll on small businesses in Abuja and other parts of the country, since majority of the businesses were …
Read More »Ex-NSA, Sambo Dasuki, floors Nigerian govt at ECOWAS court
Former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, on Monday triumphed at the Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS) court in the first leg of his court action challenging his alleged unlawful arrest and detention since December last year by the Nigerian government. Against the objection of government, the court ruled …
Read More »Blackout: Shiroro, Sapele power plants shut
The nation’s electricity woes worsened on Tuesday as two additional power generating plants were shut down, bringing the total number of plants not generating any megawatts of electricity to 10. The two shut plants are Shiroro Power Station in Niger State and Sapele II in Delta State, industry data …
Read More »Student disappears after withdrawing money from ATM
A final year student of the Technical College, Ikorodu, Lagos State, Iseoluwa Omomowo, has disappeared while running an errand for his stepbrother’s wife in the Ebute-Meta area of Lagos State. It was learnt that the 28-year-old Ilaje, Ondo State indigene, had gone to withdraw N8,000 from a First Bank …
Read More »Missing kids found dead on church premises
There was panic at Matogun, in the Lambe area of Ogun State on Tuesday after the police recovered corpses of two missing pupils from a church in the community, Christ Crusaders’ Deliverance Ministry. The deceased – six-year-old Isaac Ayegbo, a primary 2 pupil, and Ayomide Innocent, 4, who was in …
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