Police rescue 11 Ghanaians lured to Nigeria with Canada visa offer
The Ogun State Police Command has rescued 11 Ghanaian nationals allegedly held against their will in Sagamu, Ogun State, after being lured to Nigeria with promises of Canadian and Spanish visas in a suspected international fraud scheme involving about ₦50.27 million.
Fire victims count losses, mourn dead colleagues
THE residents of house No. 44 Ijaiyi Street, in Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government, of Lagos State, were shocked beyond words on Friday, October 14, 2011 as a mysterious fire gutted the one storey building.
Ripples over ‘missing’ patient in Kano hospital
KANO was thrown into shock penultimate Friday following reports that a septuagenarian, Isa Ibrahim, recuperating at the Malam Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital in the commercial city for an undisclosed ailment has mysteriously disappeared from his sick bed.
Infrastructure: Lagos tasks young engineers on creativity
AS part of measures to tackle the infrastructure decay and enhance development, the Lagos State Government has advised young engineers to explore the vast opportunities in different sectors of engineering to bring about needed development.
Beggars or con artists: The intriguing story of a family of alms seekers
The mere sight of these two children in front of Saint Mary’s Catholic Church, Ire-Akari Estate, Isolo area of Lagos, that Sunday, evoked a great feeling of pity in most passers-by, following what looked like incurable sores spreading from their buttocks down their thighs.
Tough time for pirates, sea robbers as Navy gears up for war
For maritime operators in Nigeria, it has been one long tale of woes over the raw deal they have been having in the hands of pirates and sea robbers on waterways who delight in seizing their ships with near impunity.
