Fake tyres: 2 Chinese, Nigerian get bail
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday admitted two Chinese and a Nigerian to bail in the sum of N10 million with two sureties each in like sum. They were arraigned for importing sub-standard automobile tyres worth about N5 billion.
Cameroon forcing Nigerian refugees to return home — UN
The Cameroon authorities are said to be forcing thousands of Nigerian refugees out of their homes, against their will, to return to the country.
Ali Ndume’s lamentation
IT should have occurred to anyone watching him on television recently that very little is said of the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki’s trial. Will it ever be concluded or do only the poor and defenceless deserve swift prosecution?
Labour issues 14-day strike notice to FG over unpaid benefits
ASSOCIATION of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, yesterday handed down a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to pay promotion arrears, outstanding salaries and other allowances owed public servants by Ministries, Departments, and Agencies, MDAs, or risk total shut-down.
Suicide doctor left home during prayers – Driver
Henry Ita, the driver of the medical doctor reported to have jumped into the lagoon on the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos, Sunday, has revealed that his boss, Allwell Orji, left his Abule-Ijesha home during a family prayer session that fateful day.
When death becomes preferable to life in Nigeria
The story of the man who jumped off Third Mainland Bridge into the Lagos Lagoon is yet another terrifying example of the brevity and utter meaninglessness of life in Nigeria.
Ritualist who beheaded woman leads police to scene
Toafeek Hassan, the 61-year-old man, who was arrested Monday with the head and other body parts of a woman, led policemen to a bush where he committed the act, yesterday.
FG appeals to Nigerians over relocation of Kaduna Airport
The Federal Government yesterday appealed to Nigerians to endure the inconveniences of transiting to Kaduna Airport over the closure of Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja.
N3bn unlawful transfer: Court stops EFCC case over falsehood, media trial
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, case against Col Nicholas Ashinze and three others over alleged N3 billion unlawful transfer, has suffered a major setback as a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja suspended the case over an alleged falsehood and media trial engaged by the EFCC against the military officer.
9 die, 13 injured in Bauchi auto crash
Nine persons have been confirmed dead with three others sustaining various degrees of injuries in an auto crash along Azare-Bulkachuwa Road in Bauchi State on Sunday.
Police arrest ‘fake cripple’ in Kano
A man, who has been posing as a cripple for over two years was, Monday, apprehended by policemen near the headquarters of Kano Foundation following a tip-off.
