STREET HAWKING: Why we defy FCTA to sell on Abuja streets
It is 1:45pm on Herbert Macaulay Way, one of the busiest roads in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. Top ranging vehicles ply here as a routine because of the presence of the National Oil company on this road.
5 killed, 3 others injured in Bauchi auto crash
A Thursday auto crash in Bauchi, involving a tricycle and a bus, took the lives of five persons…
Three die in multiple autocrash in Kwara
By Demola Akinyemi – Ilorin Three persons were on Thursday evening reported dead in a multiple auto crash along Ilorin-Jebba express way near Shao junction in the Moro local government area of Kwara state. Vanguard reliably gathered that the fatal accident, which happened at about 6:10 pm involved two vehicles and was caused by speed violation. […]
44% of girls in Nigeria married off before 18th birthday — Report
By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja As children in Nigeria remain vulnerable to abuses, a Civil Society Organisation, Save the Children International, SCI, through its report launched on Thursday, disclosed that 44 per cent of girls in Nigeria are married off before attaining their 18th birthday. According to SCI in the report tagged ‘State of the […]
Respite comes to Makoko flooded school pupils, as Lagos plans enrollment in public schools
Pupils of Mawumadoka Children Foundation at Oko-Agbon, whose video of singing the National Anthem in a water-logged area of Makoko, are set to be enrolled in public primary schools for access to basic education.
Journalists, bankers, lawyers, not security agents, invaded Justice Odili’s home — POLICE
The Police Force headquarters, Abuja, on Thursday, claimed that the “security agents” that raided the Abuja residence of Supreme Court Justice, Mary Odili , where from different professional backgrounds, including journalism, banking and law.
