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, […]
Flood kills 9-yr old girl in Anambra
A nine-year old girl and a primary three pupil of Light International School, Okoti, in Ogbaru local government area of Anambra State, Miss Benedicta Izuchukwu has reportedly been killed by flood, prompting Governor Willie Obiano to ask those still residing in the flooded areas of the state to relocate immediately.
Flood: Epidemic looms in Bayelsa, Edo communities
There are fears of epidemic in Ijaw riverine communities sacked by flood in Edo and Bayelsa states, yesterday, as residents drink, bathe and cook with flood water, while virtually all the schools have been shut down due to the catastrophe.
28 years after, CAC factions close ranks
Millions of members of the Christ Apostolic Church worldwide will certainly heave a sigh of relief following the reconciliatory moves that would bring together the two factions of the church, Supreme Council and General Executive Council which have been embroiled in ownership crisis for the past 28 years.
Lagos emergency response centre treats 100,000 calls daily – LASEMA chief
General Manager of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Mr. Adesina Tiamiyu on Thursday said the agency receives at least 100,000 calls daily from residents in the State via the emergency response number 767 and 112.
Daylight came to mentally challenged children in Imo
The hopes of survival of scores of mentally challenged children and abandoned old people have been raised.
Imo: Roads everywhere, but none to use
The Second Republic Governor of Imo State, Chief Samuel Onunaka Mbakwe, may be dead, but his legacies still speak eloquently about his administration. As a result, Dee Sam, as he was fondly called by Imo people, is still alive till date!
Flood: Woman delivers twins in emergency centre in Anambra
A middle-aged woman, identified as Mrs Obiora, has been delivered a set of twins in an emergency shelter for victims of flood at Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra.
We’re still being kidnapped, Igbo traders in C’River cry out
CALABAR- LEADER of Igbo community in Cross River State, Chief Chris Nonso, has said that abduction of Igbo businessmen by money-making kidnappers had not abated in the state.
Street Lighting : Lagos Govt. covers 1,300km in 3 years
The Lagos State Government has so far effectively installed street lighting in about 1300kilometres across the State, with a projection to deliver another 82kilometres by the end of the year, Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Mr Olawale Oluwo has said.
Flood overruns more Delta riverine communities, victims sleep in canoes
RESIDENTS rendered homeless by raging flood, which submerged over 20 riverine communities in Bomadi, Burutu and Ughelli South Local Government Areas in Delta State, freshly, were reportedly passing the night in their canoes under bad weather conditions.
