Police repatriate Chinese fugitive wanted over rosewood smuggling
By Kingsley Omonobi The Nigeria Police Force, through the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB), Abuja, has repatriated a Chinese national, Zhang Shijie, to Guangzhou, China, following his arrest in Nigeria over alleged large-scale smuggling of endangered African Rosewood. Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Aniete Iniedu, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. According to Iniedu, […]
EKEDC lists areas affected by collapse of 33KV line
Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has listed areas under its network of operations affected by Friday’s collapse of five 33KV Towers at LASU/Isheri Road in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State. The electricity distribution company blamed the incident on activities by vandals which led to a pipeline explosion and collapse of the towers across […]
Magodo: Judgment creditors misled Police in execution of court order — LASG
By Innocent Anaba & Olasunkanmi Akoni – Lagos The Lagos State Government has waded into the Magodo land dispute, saying the action of Adebayo Adeyiga (one of the Judgment Creditors) misled the Nigeria Police in attempting execution of the judgment, notwithstanding the pending appeal against the issuance of the warrant of possession by the then Chief […]
Bleak yuletide for Nigerians as food prices, fares increase persist
By Our Reporters Nigerians are battling with the prospect of a bleak Christmas and New Year season, as the rise in prices of food items and transport fares worsened across the country. Vanguard survey in Lagos, Abuja, Ibadan, Abeokuta, Owerri, Akwa, Enugu and Umuahia showed a significant increase in prices of food items and transport […]
Man, friend jailed 6 years each for stabbing ex-wife
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ilawe-Ekiti, Ekiti State has sentenced a man, Emmanuel Samson to six years imprisonment for stabbing his former wife Alice. Also sentenced to six years imprisonment is Samson’s friend, Lucky Obere. Delivering judgment, Chief Magistrate Olufemi Ayedun, held that the Prosecution has proven its case beyond reasonable doubt. “On count one, […]
Pregnant women protest closure of ante-natal services in Edo hospital
Aggrieved pregnant women, yesterday, protested the closure of ante-natal care services at the Central Hospital, Benin City.
