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Return of Oshodi war lords

Return of Oshodi war lords

JUST as in time past, Oshodi, the bustling centre of commercial activities in Lagos, is once again in the news for the wrong reasons. Indeed, Oshodi was for years perceived as a wild jungle which served as a convenient battle ground for both criminal and non-criminal elements, including rival factions of traders and transport unions who usually engaged in bloody showdowns at the slightest provocation.

How we intercepted stolen cars from  U S—Yusuf

How we intercepted stolen cars from U S—Yusuf

The Customs Area Controller (CAC), Tincan Island Port Command, Comptroller Bashar Yusuf, has attributed the recent seizure of two stolen Range Rover, imported from Washington D.C in the United States of America to intelligence signal from the Interpol.

21-day ultimatum to FG, IOCs: Itsekiri youths suspend action

21-day ultimatum to FG, IOCs: Itsekiri youths suspend action

Itsekiri National Youth Council, INYC, the apex body of youths of Itsekiri ethnic nationality in Warri, Delta State, has, in deference to the Olu of Warri, His Majesty Ogiame Ikenwoli, suspended its 21-day ultimatum to the Federal Government and International Oil Companies, IOCs, operating in Warri.

Steps towards Biafra

Steps towards Biafra

Right up to, and through the 1990s, it was anathema to discuss Biafra openly. It all began with the end of the civil war in 1970 and the attempts by the Federal government to suppress and erase every sign of the conflict in the public mind, and revise the causes of the Biafran conflict in the historical records.

The Fiance Who Loves His Girl’s Friends To Bits

The Fiance Who Loves His Girl’s Friends To Bits

As Ife helped her friends into a stretch Hummer she’d organised to take them all to the night club where they’d planned a ‘hen’ party for Fade, her best friend, she had no inkling of the nightmare that would later unfold. “We’d started drinking from another friend’s house where we had all assembled. By the time we got to the club close to midnight, we were slushed.

Akwa Ibom bigwigs honour Glo with presence at Laffta Fest

Akwa Ibom bigwigs honour Glo with presence at Laffta Fest

Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Honourable Onofiok Luke, was one of the dignitaries that graced Globacom’s wave–making, comedy show, Glo Laffta Fest, which touched down in the South South city of Uyo, capital city of Akwa Ibom State on Sunday.

American White House Becomes Nut House

American White House Becomes Nut House

Landing in America in August 1964 to start university education provided by US taxpayers, with American Government scholarship, my heart was filled with gratitude – just as my mind was full of wonder.

Forex challenge stalls importation of 4,000 buses by RTEAN

Forex challenge stalls importation of 4,000 buses by RTEAN

The National President of Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN, Alhaji Musa Shehu Isiwele, says the importation of about 4,000 vehicles for which the union entered into Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with foreign partners, has been suspended as a result of foreign exchange challenge.