Why 6 million registered voters shunned Lagos council poll —Residents, community leaders
SUBAIR MOHAMMED, in this report, examines the dwindling interest of residents in elections in Lagos State. LAGOS State has the…
Sunday Igboho’s foreign travails: A reporter’s diary
On Monday, the arrested Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Igboho was arraigned behind closed doors in a High Court in…
Pollution, devalued properties, failing SMEs: Residents forced to cohabit with tank farms amidst dangers (II)
In this concluding section of a two-part report, ADETOLA BADEMOSI writes on the repeated calls for the relocation of tank…
Rivers demolition exercise: Shanty occupants count losses, bemoan lot
On Friday July 2, 2021 officers of the Rivers State Task Force on street trading and illegal motor parks descended…
How mechanic, brother spent 9 days in kidnappers’ den, paid N4.6m ransom
No doubt, the security architecture in Nigeria has been overwhelmed by unabated kidnapping, banditry, terrorism and other criminal activities. Kidnapping around…
How we survive on the street
ADEOLA OTEMADE reports on the phenomenon whereby the population continues to grow thus leading to bigger socio-economic problems in which…
Benin Bronzes: Obaseki, monarch’s dispute jeopardises return of artefacts to Nigeria
A dispute between Nigerian leaders could jeopardise plans for the return of some of Africa’s most famous artefacts, the Benin…
We have malaria and typhoid fever every time, in fact, coronavirus lives here —Lagos’s Makoko slum dwellers
DAYO AYEYEMI, in this report, looks at the current state of Makoko, a poverty-stricken community in Lagos. Apart from being…
A queen departs leaving sweet memories
This is the story of an impressive irrepressible Queen Esther Foluke Fasiku who departed this terrestrial abode in a blaze…
Company seeks FG intervention over property takeover
Out of fear of losing its prized asset, a property development company, Grant Properties Limited, has sent a Save-Our-Soul (SOS)…
Pollution, devalued properties, failing SMEs: Residents forced to cohabit with tank farms amidst dangers (I)
For almost a decade, host communities of tank farms across Lagos State, have repeatedly called for the relocation of tank…
SALLAH: Big money chasing small rams
OLAKUNLE MARUF and IMOLEAYO OYEDEYI report that the cost of rams in the market has hit the roofs for several…
Ogbomoso First Group raising the bar, giving back to society
The controversies were unnecessary. The vision is paramount. That is why despite distractions, the true sons and daughters of Ogbomoso…
Ladipo Market isn’t Sambisa Forest where military men can shoot, kill anyhow —Market leaders
FOLLOWING Tuesday’s shooting spree at the Ladipo International Auto Spare Parts Market in Lagos by some yet to be identified…
Man who strangled boss’ wife sentenced to death in Oyo
JUSTICE Adenike Adeeyo of the High Court of Justice, Awe Road in Oyo town, Oyo State has sentenced an accused…
Army, police residential buildings in barracks can collapse anytime, Lagos govt, experts raise the alarm
DAYO AYEYEMI, in this report, looks at the pitiable condition of buildings in army and police barracks in Lagos State.…
Please have mercy on me, murderer pleads
JUSTICE Adenike Adeeyo of the High Court of Justice, Awe Road in Oyo town, Oyo State has sentenced an accused…
People had difficulty telling our children apart — 90-year-old twins
Born in Odosenbora in Ijebu-Ode Local Government Area of Ogun State, Mrs. Mabel Taiwo Adesoye and Deaconess Flora Kehinde Shodiya,…
NBC, NPC Act Amendment Bills: Not to be
The outrage has been unimaginable; the condemnations have been obvious and clearly uniting. On Monday, July 12, 2021, the front…
A’Ibom residents, stakeholders worry over rising cult mayhems in public schools
Confraternities have, for time immemorial, been part of human socialisation. However, in the time past, membership of such groups were…
