Atiku shot himself in the foot
HMM, traffic is still very light. I wish Lagos traffic will remain like this for ever,” commented Joke this cold Monday morning, occasioned by the dry harmattan wind.
A NOWA relief for naval fire victims
FOR 17 personnel of the Nigerian Navy, surviving the tempestuous 2010 was something they thought called for celebration as the year gave way to 2011. Unfortunately their joy was rudely cut short three days into the new-year by a fire that completely razed their accommodation. It was a day they may never forget in a hurry.
African rulers, the Gbagbo metaphor
THERE were in the days of old such realities as African empires and kingdoms. In fact, our history teachers of the Seventies had a good time in their classes, regaling us with the derring-do and the bravura of the Ghana, Mali and Songhai empires of yore and their almost always deified monarchs. We tasked our minds imagining the Asantehennes, the Omanhennes, Mansa Kankan Musa, Sundiata and Askia Toure.
NDLEA arrests man with 65 wraps of suspected cocaine
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 59-year-old man with substance suspected to be cocaine, at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. The suspect identified as Omoyele Olusola Williams, who was heading for London, was said to have tested positive when screened by officials of the agency.
I curse the day I met Adekunle – Robbery suspect
The sporadic sound of gun shots from robbers jolted residents of Leslie road, Ilaro in Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State recently, as most of them scampered in different directions for safety, to avoid being hit by stray bullets.
NDLEA arrest seven suspects, seize 89kg of Idian hemp
The office of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Bauchi State have arrested seven suspected drug dealers.
