80 percent of world’s city dwellers breathing bad air – UN
Over 80 percent of the world’s city dwellers breathe poor quality air, increasing their risk of lung cancer and other life-threatening diseases, a new World Health Organization (WHO) report warned Thursday. Urban residents in poor countries are by far the worst affected, WHO said, noting that nearly every city (98 percent) in low- and middle-income […]
Newcastle, Norwich relegated from Premier League
Newcastle United and Norwich City were relegated from the Premier League on Wednesday as Sunderland secured their survival with a one-sided 3-0 victory over Everton.
How DSS official was set ablaze in Delta
DETAILS have emerged on how a male school drop-out in his late 20s allegedly poured fuel on an official of the Department of State Services, DSS, and set him ablaze at Oghara, Delta State.
Delta LG workers groan over 10 months salary backlog
More than 20 local government areas in Delta State have not received salaries in the last eight to 10 months and are reportedly starving.
Egbeda murder: Police conduct autopsy
As investigation into the domestic violence that led to the alleged killing of Mrs Ronke Shonde by her husband , Lekan, last week in Egbeda area of Lagos continues, Vanguard gathered that an autopsy was conducted on the corpse yesterday to ascertain the exact cause of her death.
Killing of security operatives: Don’t trigger repeat of Odi massacre, Dickson warns militants
Bayelsa State governor, Mr Seriake Dickson, yesterday, condemned the killing of seven Naval and Joint Task Force code named Operation Pulo Shield personnel, along the creek of Nembe and Foropa community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Areas of the state respectively and other parts of the Niger Delta region.
