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Akowonjo: Killers on the prowl

Akowonjo: Killers on the prowl

RECENTLY, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Marvel Akpoyibo after a security meeting with the State Executive Council assured Lagos residents that every measure has been put in place to ensure safety of lives and property in the state even in the last quarter of the year popularly dubbed the “ember months”.

Accommodation palaver: Couple pluck off flat-mate’s eyes

Accommodation palaver: Couple pluck off flat-mate’s eyes

……aggrieved neighbors accuse police of cover-up By Ifeanyi Okolie Tears flowed freely last Sunday at Olodi Apapa area of Lagos when a middle-aged man had his eyes plucked off during a brawl with  a couple in their apartment.  The man identified as Cosmos Okoye, a native of Uke in Anambra State was said to have […]

Murder at dawn : Eye witness account deepens mystery

Murder at dawn : Eye witness account deepens mystery

By Bose Adebayo & Evelyn Usman WHEN the white Toyota Camry arrived with its six occupants  and parked in front of the single storey, four-flats building  painted in brown and butter colours,even curious neighbours did not notice anything to excite alarm. Time was about 7.15 a.m. that Sunday when two children from one of the […]

Keke biz gets a boost in Ikorodu with 200 tricycles

Keke biz gets a boost in Ikorodu with 200 tricycles

By Olasunkanmi Akoni THIS could be celebration time to some individuals in Ikorodu as they are the lucky beneficiaries of a poverty alleviation gesture by the Lagos State government. As part of efforts to check youth involvement in crimes and other undesirable engagements which has been attributed to poverty resulting from lack of opportunities to […]

Why Lagosians patronise drug hawkers

Why Lagosians patronise drug hawkers

By Bose Adebayo A septuagenarian was lying ill in her one-room apartment and refused any attempt by her daughter to take her to hospital for treatment. She said her personal doctor would soon come to give her the necessary treatment at home. She was still speaking when a woman arrived with a basket on her […]

Dumped in dirty gutter, now Baby Fashola

Dumped in dirty gutter, now Baby Fashola

By Fredrick Okopie The birth of a new baby usually evokes joy in the proud parents who sometimes roll out the drums to  celebrate the happy event, especially if the baby is coming after a long wait by the couple following their wedding. Among some families, the celebration may entail them barricading an entire street, […]

Agbo Malu demolition sparks off outrage

Agbo Malu demolition sparks off outrage

By Kingsley Adegboye An erstwhile serene suburb, tucked between Arakan Barracks  in Apapa and former Malu Road in the outskirts of Ajegunle  in Lagos is the centre of a fresh controversy following the  recent demolition of this pre-colonial rail line community. Settlers say they inherited the location from  their progenitors who were originally cattle herdsmen […]

Who owns the breast?

Who owns the breast?

Biologically, a woman’s breasts are primarily for nourishment of infants and serve as her secondary sexual
characteristics, but the obsession with the mammary glands in recent times is something otherwise Talking about the human breasts is such a titillating event as was the case when the Vanguard Health Desk mooted the question about ownership of the female breasts recently.

Gani: A tearful farewell on a day of tributes

Gani: A tearful farewell on a day of tributes

Clad in a white agbada with a pair of black shoes and a blue cap to match, Chief Abdul-Ganiyu Oyesola Fawehinmi’s corpse laid in a transparent glass casket as the ash colour car left the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, (LASUTH) Ikeja, Mortuary for his ultra- modern five storey Gallery and Library situated in the Business District of Agidingbi, Ikeja.