Confusion as robbers storm Ikorodu jetty, kill one
Tears laced with curses flowed freely as sympathizers thronged the Bayeku/Oke-Ira Jetty in Ikorodu, an outskirt of Lagos. The tears were precipitated by the gruesome killing of a commercial boat operator in the area. The victim who was simply identified as “Oyibo or Yellow” was shot at close range by persons suspected to be armed robbers who had robbed a bank and were escaping with their loot through the waterways.
LAUTECH student dies playing football
Tragedy stuck, yesterday, when a student of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, Fatai Morenikeji, suddenly died on the football pitch.
F/Eagles battle cold ahead of Germany ‘war’
Flying Eagles had to battle the cold and wind for their first training at the Ferrymead Park ahead of Thursday’s U-20 World Cup Round of 16 clash against Germany.
INEC declares rescheduled Brass Constituency II poll inconclusive
Anxiety has heightened on Brass Island on the Atlantic shores of Bayelsa State, following the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to declare the rescheduled Brass II constituency election inconclusive.
NBTI unveils entrepreneurship scheme to empower Youth Corps members
Poised to bolster job creation and wealth generation among the youth, the National Board for Technology Incubation, NBTI, has introduced an entrepreneurship scheme called Youth Corps Business Empowerment Initiative, YCBEI. The scheme is designed to train and empower not less than 300 Youth Corps members on entrepreneurial skills at the end of every service year nationwide under the programme.
Will Nigerians take up the oil marketers’ challenge?
By Rotimi Fasan This indeed is the pertinent question to ask: whether Nigerians are ready to take on the challenge thrown at them by the oil marketers that have in the past few weeks held the rest of the country to ransom? Put differently, what the foregoing question demands of Nigerians is whether they are […]
Expert recommends energy saving practices for poor power supply
The Head, Department of Building, at the University of Lagos, UNILAG, Prof. Godwin Idoro, has said that there is the urgent need for Nigerians to imbibe energy-saving practices to make up for productivity losses arising from incessant power outage in the country.
Customs destroys N4m poultry products
Determined to continue the suppressing of smuggling activities within its jurisdiction, the Seme Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, yesterday, destroyed cartons of poultry products valued at N4 million.
Poverty led me into robbery – bank robbery suspect
Residents of Bashorun Ogundairo Estate, an upscale residential area in Amuwo Odofin, Lagos, are yet to reel out of the shock they had recently, when operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad SARS, apprehend a wealthy resident, Victor Anamelechi, for armed robbery.
Amnesty programme: Court fixes Sept 28 for hearing in Kuku’s objection
A Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has adjourned till September 28, for hearing in the preliminary objection by the outgoing chairman of the implementation committee of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, challenging the suit by some ex-militants against their non-inclusion in the amnesty programme of the Federal Government.
Abductors of 3 construction staff yet to contact families
THREE weeks after a seven-man armed gang stormed the Patani-Oduophori Road project site in Patani, Patani Local Government Area of Delta State and abducted three workers of Okmas Nig. Ltd., the construction company in charge of the project, no contact has been made by their abductors to the company or their families.
