…Indicts vessel operators for false alarm on pirates attacks By Albert Akpor FOR the Nigeria Navy (NN), they are nothing but a bunch of impersonators masquerading as naval officers. And this is why it has sworn to deal with these self- acclaimed members of the merchant navy said to be led by one ‘Commodore’ Benson […]

By Ebun Babalola For occupants of the nine storey building known as Prince’s Court on Victoria Island, this is indeed a time of discomfort and uncertainty. For weeks now, they have had to make do without electricity as the generating plant which serves the building has been disconnected, throwing the building into darkness. Those living […]

IF tributes have the power of raising the dead, the late honourable Justice Muri Aremu Okunola would have come back to life two Saturdays ago.

THE fire raged unabated for a long time, especially as the fire fighting agencies and sympathisers could do little to bring it under control. And by the time it had spent its rage, properties worth over N50 million had been razed and destroyed.

It was a cloudy Monday when this reporter paid a visit to the Old Ewu Road in the Mafoluku area of Oshodi/Isolo Local Government. But in spite of the threat of rain, it was another busy day from Junction Bus-stop to the popular Aviation Estate as the entire stretch of the road was very much alive with commercial activities.

The action was long awaited. So, when 33 strip dancers were arrested at the weekend in Lagos, the move was applauded in many quarters.

FOR the about two decades the School Village, Ikeja had been in existence , it had no reliable source of water supply. Both teachers and students usually trekked a distance of about 100 metres to fetch water.

THE mood was palpably solemn, if not sorrowful, that day at No 4, Shaw Road Ikoyi, Lagos head office of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Indeed , almost all the operatives wore long faces as they went about their duties. Even the visitors that thronged the place on this day also found themselves speaking in low tones as they exchanged pleasantries.

MR and Mrs James Okaffor, both traders and residents of Ojo, have been married for 10 years, but it was 10 years of marriage marred by crises. But reprieve came their way when they were recently invited to attend a couples event.

By Olasunkanmi Akoni & Monsur Olowopejo Barring any unforeseen developments, communities in Lagos with no electricity transformers or malfunctioning transformers will have every cause to rejoice soon if an intervention plan by the Lagos State government to solve electricity problem in the state is anything to go by. The plan was said to have been […]