Climate change: How Fashola stopped tree felling federal agents
It is unlawful and punishable under Lagos state laws for anybody to cut down any tree without permission from the state Ministry of Environment.
Obama ‘shocked, saddened’ over cinema shooting
US President Barack Obama said he was “shocked and saddened” by the mass shooting at a Denver-area cinema early Friday in which at least 14 people were killed and 50 wounded.
Congo president’s party posts strong poll result
The Congolese Labour Party (PCT) of President Denis Sassou Nguesso reaffirmed its dominance in the first round of legislative elections in results announced Friday by the interior ministry.
Fast-tracking development in the Niger Delta
BEFORE now, poverty, illiteracy and high rate of criminal activities ranging from militancy, piracy, armed robbery, oil pipeline vandalism and incessant attack on oil pipeline and platforms were the order of the day in the Niger Delta region.
Magistrate orders lawyer to frog-jump for noise-making
Mr.Adewunmi Makanjuola of an Osun State Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Osogbo, yesterday, ordered a middle-aged lawyer, Nnajite Okobie, to frog-jump for five minutes in front of the court premises as a punishment for disrupting court proceeding.
Muslims to begin Ramadan fast
Muslims across the country are expected to join other faithful across the world to begin this year Ramadan fasting today.
