Imo police locate abducted NYSC members’ camp, IED threat delays rescue
The Imo State Police Command has identified the location where 19 prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members abducted in the state are believed to be held, but security operatives have delayed moving into the area over fears that the camp has been planted with improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The Commissioner of Police, Audu Bosso, […]
TITI GBONGAN: Its mobile philosophers and allures
By Hon. (Barr.) Femi Kehinde Every Yoruba town has its landmark. Gbongan is a Junction town. It was a mini melting pot and a melting point. Gbongan was founded by an Oyo Prince named Olufioye (short form Olufi). Olufioye was a direct descendant of Alaafin Abiodun Adegoriolu, who reigned in Oyo between 1770 and 1789. […]
Flood displaces 770 households in Benue
No fewer than 770 households have been displaced by flood in Benue due to the rising water level that overflowed the banks of the River Benue.
5 die, 9 injured in Abakaliki-Enugu highway lone crash
No fewer than five persons were confirmed dead and nine others were seriously injured in a lone crash on the Abakaliki end of the Abakaliki-Enugu expressway. Mr Igwe Nnabuife, Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC), Ebonyi Command told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abakaliki that the accident occurred at G-Hostel junction […]
I make N750,000 monthly from motorists – Fake LASTMA officer confesses
By Olasunkanmi Akoni A suspect, Mr. Adewunmi Taiwo, 45, arrested by men of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, for impersonating an officer of the agency has confessed how he made at least N750,000 in a month from unsuspecting motorists caught over traffic offences. The suspect, who was arrested on Oshodi Bridge in a […]
Implement social investments to ease pains of subsidy removal – IMF tells FG
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said Implementation of social investments would help ease the pains of subsidy removal, and assist vulnerable Nigerians cope with reforms of the present administration.
