Pop icon Michael Jackson caused his own death by taking drugs while his doctor was out of the room, medic Conrad Murray’s defense lawyer said Tuesday.

SENATE President David Mark has ,Tuesday, called for the prosecution of people who were responsible for the mismanagement of the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited, NITEL

An apparently heavily-drugged Michael Jackson was heard Tuesday talking in a slurred voice to his doctor Conrad Murray, in a recording played at the start of the doctor’s manslaughter trial.

Residents of Ikorodu, Lagos State, on Tuesday called on the state government to stop the Oro festival in the area.

The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) on Tuesday decried the high rate at which military and para-military officers violated traffic regulations in Lagos.

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has called on African leaders to accelerate regional integration to boost economic and social development in the continent.

Due to irreconcilable differences, a 32-year-old woman, Mrs Linda Omotunde, has asked a Grade B Customary Court, Igando, Lagos, to dissolve her marriage of five years to Olawale Omotunde.

The international community must put pressure on African countries backing Muammar Gaddafi to ensure he and his family do not sabotage the country’s fight for freedom, a Libyan diplomat said.