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I was lured into drug trafficking, laments suspect

A 35 year old suspected drug trafficker suspect, Emmanuel Chubuike Onwuekwu who was arrested recently by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has opened up on how he was convinced into swallowing cocaine in Pakistan

Kirikiri residents to tanker drivers: Park and pay N100,000

In a bid to end the chaotic traffic situation being experienced in Kirikiri Town, residents have ordered petroleum tanker drivers to stop parking their trucks along the major roads and streets of the area, warning that flouting this order would attract a fine of N100, 000

How I escaped from kidnappers — 60-yr-old woman

Kidnappers are on rampage in Delta State in spite of the law passed by the state House of Assembly making the unwholwsome act punishable by death without an option of fine. Rather than serve as a deterrence, the Act sponsored by Dan Mayuku seem to have encouraged the abductors

Tafawa Balewa: Residents blame govt for attack by herdsmen

Just when everybody thought that ethno-religious crisis in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State had become a thing of the past, the sleeping dog in the area was once again roused when persons suspected to be Fulani herds men launched an attack in the early hours of Thursday morning last week. The attackers were said to be on a revenge mission.

For N300, the blind are receiving their sight in Kwara

For 20 years, Yusuf N. Shonga was blind. And for 20 years, he never gave up seeking cure, although at some point he almost gave up hope but he might ever see again. In came the Kwara State Community Health Insurance Scheme.

Shuffering, shmiling on a rail journey

It is just 12 noon but almost every available space at the Iddo railway terminus in Lagos has already been taken up by commuters waiting for train for their return home. Departure time is 4.15 pm, some four hours away.

Dividends of democracy for the dead

Atan cemetery, a shouting distance from the University of Lagos is wearing a new look. And more is coming to make it a “beautiful abode of the departed,” according to Mr. Jude Aisuebeogun, Director-General of Cemetery’s management committee.

Berger motors inferno: Auto dealers count loses

SAIDI Olopade presents the picture of a regular worker in Lagos who on a normal day, concedes three productive hours to traffic jam, just as he spends over five hours on hectic days when a truck breaks down.

…As fuel explosion claims one, razes depot

Thursday of March 3, an illegal petroleum depot, situated directly behind the Integrated depot at Coconut area of Apapa Express way in Lagos, was razed by fire. It also claimed the life of an identified man who was suspected to be one of the attendants there and left many other hospitalised. Also burnt were two cars and two motorcycles.

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