New militant group emerges, vow to blow up Warri, PH Refineries, Utorogun gas plant
ANOTHER militant group, Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate, NDGJM, has emerged with a threat to bring down the Refinery in Eleme, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Warri Refinery and the Utorogun gas plant in Otu-Jeremi in Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State in few days should the federal government fail to listen to them.
Help! Our wives’ craze for Aso-ebi taking toll on us
Many men in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, have decried that women’s obsession with uniform attire for occasions, popularly called “aso-ebi’’ or “anko’’ has taken toll on their finances. Some of the men who spoke to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday said that their partner’s quest for “aso-ebi’’ was affecting their economy status.
Abia Gov Logjam: A-Court reserves judgment on Ikpeazu’s appeal
The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, on Tuesday, reserved its judgment on appeal challenging the removal of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State from office over alleged tax fraud.
SON, CAFAP raise alarm over fake glue products
Standards Organisation of Nigeria, SON and and Citizens Against Fake and Adulterated Products, CAFAP are currently sensitising the public about the influx of fake glue products in the market.
Lagos is no-go-area for your activities, Akiolu tells vandals, kidnappers
Traditional Rulers under the aegis of Lagos State Council of Obas and Chiefs on Tuesday commended the efforts of the State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode and the security agencies on the successful rescue of the Oniba of Iba, Oba Goriola Oseni.
The Niger Delta Crusaders, Muslim pilgrims and the United States of Nigeria (Part 1)
“If Boko Haram kills Christians and burns down churches, we will slay Muslims and raze down mosques. We want to warn them that we, the Niger Delta youths, in this 21st century will not accept the killing of innocent Christians or the burning of churches. That if they try it in the north or any part of Nigeria, we the Niger Delta youths will not see any Muslim or mosque in the Niger Delta”- NIGER DELTA REVOLUTIONARY CRUSADERS, VANGUARD NEWSPAPER, 5th AUGUST, 2016.
Lagos commuters stranded as BRT drivers strike
Commuters on all BRT terminals in Lagos State, were, yesterday, stranded for hours when drivers and ticketers with the Bus Rapid Transit BRT, scheme embarked on an indefinite strike over unpaid salaries and reversed terms of service.
That rape case that attracted N500,000 bail
An Apapa Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Tuesday admitted a 26-year-old man, Gbenga Omotehinse, to bail in the sum of N500,000. Omotehinse allegedly raped and defrauded a lady of N56,000 on the pretext of renting a room to her.
The Magistrate, Titus Abolarinwa, said the accused, a resident of Olodi-Apapa Area of Lagos, should produce two sureties in like sum.
Oshonaike, Onaolapo, others hail Aruna’s Olympic feat
Team Nigeria’s Assistant Captain to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and one of Quadri Aruna’s table tennis teammates, Funke Oshonaike, says she is proud of his achievements.
Man sneaks into pregnant woman’s house, tries to rape her
The police on Tuesday arraigned a 25-year-old unemployed man, Ismail Akorede, at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for alleged attempted rape of a pregnant woman.
Man bags 3 months imprisonment for stealing 25 kegs of palm oil
An Ifetedo Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Tuesday sentenced a 25-year-old man, Afeez Ismaila, to three months imprisonment for stealing 25 kegs of palm oil worth N125,000.
