“I caught my husband in our 60-year-old neighbour’s bedroom,” wife tells court
A 42-year-old housewife, Mrs Omolabake Bashorun, on Tuesday told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos that she caught her husband inside their 60-year-old woman neighbour’s bedroom.
Great leaders beget great followers, great followers beget great leaders by Rotimi Amaechi
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.
Ngige begins campaign today
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.
Pipeline explosion kills four brothers in Plateau
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.
Police kill 2 in Lagos
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.
5 remanded in custody over alleged prostitution
AN Igbosere Magistrate’s Court in Lagos, Monday, remanded five suspected commercial sex workers in Ikoyi Prisons, after they pleaded guilty to loitering and soliciting for the purpose of prostitution.
Okada men beat up policeman over seized bike
A policeman was attacked at the Berger Yard area of Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Monday evening, by some men suspected to be commercial cyclists (Okada).
Abdusalami canvasses new approach to fight insecurity
Former Military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, yesterday, canvassed a comprehensive approach to national security management, saying the upsurge in violent extremism and domestic terrorism have rendered the traditional approach to security obsolete and ineffective.
Army kills 30 suspected Boko Haram members
Troops from 7 Division, Nigerian Army in Maiduguri, yesterday, launched separate preemptive attacks on Boko Haram enclaves at Ajigi, Kafa and Izza villages of Bama and Damboa council areas of the state, killing no fewer than 30 suspected members, including an Amir (leader) of the sect.
I won’t disappoint Awka people; Obiano assures monarch
The traditional ruler of Awka, Obi Gibson Nwosu yesterday told the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Willy Obiano that he may soon become number citizen in his domain, adding that the eye knows a ripe corn.
Amnesty: Presidency raises alarm over alleged plan to invade Abuja
The Presidency has expressed concern over alleged plans by some youths claiming to be repentant Niger Delta militants to invade Abuja with a view to demonstrating against their non-inclusion in the amnesty package of the Federal Government.
