Boko Haram: We’re dealing with a faceless insurgency —UNHCR Official
Something odd was happening outside the Dalori camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri.…
Eko Akete: Lesson in obeying hawking ban
Indeed mixed reactions have trailed the ban of road hawking in Lagos. While only few have repudiated the idea of…
Quote me, I am the owner of Yorubaland —Olugbo
The Olugbo of Ugbo Kingdom, Oba Frederick Obateru Akinruntan, is a Yoruba monarch with a difference. Currently the chairman of…
We’re deploying better methods to boost IGR —KWIRS chairman
IN Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, any non-indigene of the state could get a certificate of local government or state…
How we handle male competition —Female keke riders
The saying that “What a man can do, a woman can do better” finds some expression on the streets of…
FCT secretariat ordered to account for two-year revenue
Social Development Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Administrational has been ordered to account for all the revenues accrued…
US donates 160 metric tonnes of seeds to IDPs
THE United States (US) government, through its Agency for International Development (USAID), delivered over 160 metric tonnes of seeds (maize,…
Excess passengers: FG to consider more locomotives, coaches for Abuja-Lokoja route
The Federal Government is set to purchase more locomotives and coaches for Abuja-Kaduna rail route in order to accommodate large…
Dried up Ogun River: Work has commenced on evacuation of weeds —Commissioner
I n recent years, water bodies have witnessed unusual transformations, a trend many suspect may be linked to global climate…
Aftermath soldiers’ invasion: We live in fear —Oporoza residents •Say ‘Our livelihoods threatened’
EBENEZER ADUROKIYA was on the entourage of the new acting Inspector General of Police that visited Ugborodo and Oporoza in…
Safety on roads: FRSC restrategises to curb accidents
AS part of the efforts towards strategising on how to reduce accidents on our roads, the Oyo State Sector Command…
Horrifying plight of starving 50,000 children in Borno
SHOCKING photographs by the Daily Mail of UK on Friday revealed the plight of the children starving in Nigeria after…
‘Why we settled for quiet wedding’
A wedding ceremony, for the average Nigerian, is expected to be a glamorous affair. But of recent, more and more…
Under Lagos bridges, occupants get ID card, receipt for rent
Akin Adewakun , Shola Adekola , Chima Nwokoji and Olalekan Olabulo investigated what seemed a ridiculous claim only to find…
Apapa: A visit to Lagos Port City of chaos
It was past midday, on Wednesday. Traffic was light at the seaport town of Apapa. Indeed many parts of the…
We are storming Obalende, other areas —Task Force
Lagos State Task Force on Environmental Sanitation has vowed to storm Obalende and other places in Lagos to rid them…
Here, oil money goes into wrong hands •Oil clean-up pledge divides Niger Deltans
The Nigerian government has launched an unprecedented $1bn (£750m) operation to clean up the environmental damage caused by the oil…
King of crime world sings: •We bought our guns in Benin Republic
Before the arrest of 29-year-old Lekan Ismail Adewale, a.k.a. Asumo, on May 28, 2016 in Ibadan, Oyo State, he rode…
Still, a weapon of obstruction?
Sometimes, you just want to forget that you are in Nigeria, and that you are free to do whatever you…
Lagos courts and ‘justice in darkness’
It is not because of the unavailability of court cases to preside over. Lagos courts have stream of cases every…
