Three people were severely burnt during a fire outbreak at the early hours of Tuesday, September 8, 2013,  at the company premises of Second Coming Nigeria Limited Gas Plant, along Lekki – Epe express way, Sangotedo, Ajah.

The Federal Government’s coordinated war against terrorism and other acts of criminality witnessed a
major boost recently with the arrest and detention of a kidnap kingpin, Mr Kelvin Oniarah, who is believed to be the mastermind behind all kidnap cases in the South East and South South regions.

Armed Islamic extremists on Tuesday blew up a small bridge south of Mali’s largest northern town of Gao, wounding two civilians, police and local government sources said.

It was a sorry sight to behold as five white caskets containing the lifeless bodies of Madam Grcae and her daughters were brought into the sleepy rural community of Egbelu Nguru, Ngor Okpalaeke local council area of Imo State for burial.

Social media hackers have pulled their trigger on pop sensation Iyanya and his manager Ubi Franklin; taking complete control of their Facebook and Twitter pages.

 A 35-year-old man, Toheeb Usman, on Monday  urged  an Ilorin Area Court to dissolve his three-year old marriage to his wife, Mariam.

Only one foreign-based and five home-based players were in camp on Monday a day after the Super Eagles opened camp ahead of Sunday’s 2014 World Cup Qualifier in Addis Ababa.

Commercial banks operating in Imo State are threatening to close shop if government and it’s agents do no stop the harassment, which has engineered the face-off currently raging between them.

Passengers were, yesterday, dazed at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, MMA2 and the General Aviation Terminal, GAT, Terminal 1 as airline operators increased airfares astronomically.

A Talata Mafara High Court in Zamfara, yesterday, sentenced one Abdullahi Abubakar, 37, to death by hanging for the murder of his step-daughter.

EXPECTED lamentations have flowed from Thursday’s crashed Associated Airlines flight that was heading to Akure with the remains of former Ondo State governor Dr. Segun Agagu. Our hearts are with the mourning families.

Africa provides an avalanche of examples, from the traditional, feudal, all-knowing, unquestionable emperors to military dictators and political overlords. They abound in the past and in the present. Africa has birthed the good, the bad and the ugly.

THE governorship candidate of the All progressive Congress, APC, Senator Chris Ngige, will formally flag off his campaign to return to the Government House in Awka, AnambraState in the commercial city of Onitsha today.

Four members of the same family in Tariya village of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State were, yesterday, killed while attempting to scoop petroleum from a ruptured pipeline in the locality.

Angry youths at Makinde area of Oshodi, Lagos, yesterday, staged a protest over the death of one of them, Rafiu Adeniji, who was allegedly shot dead by a policeman attached to Agege area on Sunday.