Babies in the rubble: Inside Lagos’ growing child abandonment crisis
ON a rainy Tuesday morning in Ikeja, sanitation workers made a grim discovery. Tucked inside a carton by a roadside drain was a newborn, still with the umbilical cord attached and wrapped in a thin cloth.
Okada: Security threats that spurred okada ban in Delta
FACTS have emerged that the outlawing of motorcycle, otherwise known as okada transportation in Warri, Effurun and Asaba in Delta State, November 1, by Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, was impelled chiefly by very serious threats to the security of the state.
Man stabbed to death over Chelsea/ Man City match
Two suspects identified as Kayode Ogunwa and Oluwa Femi, are currently cooling their heels at the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos, following the stabbing to death of a hotel attendant, identified as Mr. Otumala Ukama Benson, a 32-year-old, a native of Benue State, over a misunderstanding during penultimate Sunday English Premiership League, EPL, clash between Chelsea and Manchester City football clubs.
IRC to raise $4m for flood victims in Nigeria
Needed help has continued to come the way of victims of recent flood disasters in Nigeria, with the International Rescue Committee, IRC, sending a delegation to the country to render technical assistance and supports worth millions of dollars through an appeal fund planned for that purpose. It is doing this in collaboration with the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA.
You can no longer drink anytime you like in Jos
A night outing after a hard day’s job was what they went for, but it turned out to be a costly one; one that ended in the ricocheting of guns, a blood bath which left 10 dead and several injured. The gunmen were said to have come in a Vectra car at about 8.30pm while customers at the S.K. Beer Parlour, located at Heipang in Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, had ordered drinks and were ‘cooling down’. The three men alighted from the car, brought out sophisticated guns from under their long dresses and sprayed people in the bar with bullets before speeding off.
The many colours of Ajodun Ido
As the people of Ido-Ekiti, the headquarters of Ido-Osi Local Government area of Ekiti State, converged in the ancient town to celebrate this year’s annual festival otherwise known as Ajodun Omo Ido, the Olojudo, Oba Ayorinde Ilori-Faboro, extended his hands of friendship to his opponents and indeed all the sons and daughters of the town. The monarch asked the indegenes to forget their differences and join him to move Ido-Ekiti forward.
