A huge public outcry and the pressure on security agents may have been contributory factors to the rescue of three female students of Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary in Ikorodu, Lagos State. The girls — Timilehin Olosa, Tofunmi Popoola and Deborah Akinayo — were kidnapped by gunmen on Monday on their …
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Bride in court over N90,000 Aso-Ebi wedding debt
A housewife, Kehinde Anifowose, has appeared before an Ikole Customary Court over a debt of N90,400 she incurred during her wedding. A trader, Dele Omotoyinbo, dragged the bride to court, claiming that she supplied Aso-Ebi fabrics valued N90,400 to the defendant during her wedding in Sept 2015 but failed to pay. …
Read More »Jonathan beats Tinubu, Koffi Anan, 3 others to clinch African leadership award
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has beaten former Lagos State Governor and National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and former United Nations Secretary General, Koffi Anan, to clinch the African Leadership Magazine Person of the Year, 2015. Ex-president Jonathan also defeated the founder, ECONET Wireless, …
Read More »Police rescued 3 kidnapped students
The Lagos State Police Command has rescued three teenage girls abducted from their school in Ikorodu on March 1. Dolapo Badmus, the police spokesperson, confirmed the rescue over the phone on Sunday. “They were rescued in the early hours of this morning at Igbokuta area of Lagos State,” said Ms. …
Read More »3 killed,25 injured as Yoruba and Hausa traders turned Mile 12 to war zone
No fewer than three persons are feared dead and several cars and motorcycles set ablaze as Hausa and Yoruba traders clashed at the popular Mile 12 Market in Lagos State.It was gathered that the foundation for the clash was laid on Tuesday after a Hausa commercial bike rider knocked down …
Read More »Clinton, Trump score big wins toward US presidential election
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton took a big leap toward clinching their parties’ nomination for the US presidential election, soundly defeating rivals in a slew of Super Tuesday primaries. The divisive billionaire Trump weathered a barrage of attacks from fellow Republicans to win in seven of 11 states, coming …
Read More »Abduction: 14-yr-old Ese is 5 months pregnant
14 year old Ese Rita Oruru, the Bayelsa born girl child who was abducted by Yunusa Dahiru, alias Yellow but rescued by the Police in Kano, has been discovered to be about 5 months pregnant, very reliable sources have disclosed. Consequently, it was gathered that the white Hijab dress she …
Read More »17 year-old model tortured, killed and dismembered by jealous Sister
Breaking News: Girl,kidnapped and killed with body parts cut off in Ife
An unknown girl has been murdered and dumped in a secluded part of Abarakata line 2 in Ile-Ife, Osun State with some of her body parts cut off. Her head,left wrist and private parts were cut off by the ritualists, who dumped the body after their heinous crime. The dismembered …
Read More »PwC calls for Investment in the Mining Sector
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), a professional service firm, has called on local and international investors to shift attention to Nigeria’s mining sector in view of the declining revenue from oil. It said the Nigerian mining sector has huge potentials which have not been fully utilized saying that it can become the next …
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