Deranged Woman Holds Up Traffic In Surulere (Photos)
There was mild drama on Sunday around 7:45pm at Ogunlana Drive in Surulere, Lagos, when a middle-aged woman suspected to be mentally deranged stepped on the road and held traffic for a long time.
View ArticleBanks To Stop N100 ATM Charges Next Monday
The Bankers' Committee on Sunday said the decision earlier reached to suspend all charges accruing from the use of Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) of other banks would be implemented from Monday,...
View ArticleCouple Arrested For Dumping Newborn Baby Inside The Bush In Ekiti
For allegedly dumping their newborn baby in a bush, Mr. Dada Ojo and Mrs. Adejoke Ojo have been arrested by the police in Ekiti State.
View ArticleBeyoncé Strikes Gold In Pepsi Mega-Deal
Pepsi hit the newswires with word of a mega-lucrative deal with Beyoncé, taking the 10-year-old partnership to a new global level.
View ArticleProstitutes Make Huge Profits At Eko 2012, Thank Governor Fashola For Hosting...
Commercial séx hawkers in Lagos State have a lot to be thankful for as the 18th National Sports Festival, Eko 2012, comes to an end today. In fact, they are giving kudos to the Lagos State governor,...
View Article13-Year-Old Swimmer Wins Three Silver Medals For Lagos
The Lagos State Swimming Association (LSSA) said Sunday that it discovered a 13-year-old female swimmer who won three silver medals for Team Lagos at the just-concluded 18th National Sports Festival...
View ArticleWhy North's Biggest Power Plant Is Stalled - Equipment Worth Billions Trapped...
The plan to build a multi-billion naira 215 megawatts power plant in Kaduna is frozen at the Onne port in Port Harcourt, where turbines for the project are trapped for nearly two years now, Daily Trust...
View ArticlePolice Deny $1Billion Ransom For Okonjo-Iweala's Mom
Police are looking in Okonjo's family for clues to the kidnappers.
View ArticleClash Over Property Tax Law In Benin
There was commotion at the ever busy Kings Square in Benin, capital of Nigeria's Edo state Monday afternoon, following a clash between supporters of the newly introduced Property Tax law and those...
View ArticleKaduna Landlords, Youths Clash Over Ownership Of Cemetery
Hundreds of protesting youths yesterday clashed with some Kaduna landlords over ownership of plots of land believed to have been used over the years as cemetery which township expansion hadcaught up...
View ArticleMy Husband Will Return As Gov 2014 - Fayose
Wife of a former governor of Ekiti State, Mrs. Feyisetan Fayose, on Monday predicted that her husband, Ayo, would return to the Ekiti State Government House as the elected governor in 2014.
View ArticleAlamieyeseigha, My Political Benefactor - Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday described the former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, as his political benefactor.
View ArticleHow Kidnappers Abducted Okonjo-Iweala's Mother
The gunmen, who abducted Professor Mabel Kamene Titi Okonjo, the 82-year-old mother of the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, reportedly mounted surveillance on the palace for about one week...
View Article5 Women, 4 Men Arrested For Prostitution
The police in Lagos yesterday, arraigned five women suspected to be commercial sex workers and four men, accused of patronising them.
View ArticleKano Drug Market To Be Closed By NAFDAC
National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, said yesterday it would shut down open drug market in Kano State before the end of this year, this coming shortly after the...
View ArticleLagos Starts Electricity Generation From Waste
The Managing Director of the LAWMA, Mr. Ola Oresanya, has disclosed that the Lagos State Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, has begun electricity generation from refuse under its waste to energy...
View ArticlePolice Stops Protest Against Lagos Traffic Law
It has become the norm to disperse non-violent protesters with arms bearing police officers.
View ArticleFan Who Invaded Pitch Faces Lifetime Ban
The Manchester City fan who ran on to the pitch to try to confront Rio Ferdinand faces a lifetime ban from the club.
View ArticleWhy Boko Haram Attacks Police, Security Installations
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr Mohammed Adoke, SAN, yesterday, said there was palpable evidence that the escalation in the spate of attacks by the Boko Haram...
View ArticleNigeria Imported 96,629 Vehicles In Nine Months
Nigerians imported 96,629 vehicles between January and September of 2012, the Nigerian Automobile Manufacturers Association said in its latest statistics.
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