Gunmen kill one, injure seven Plateau traders
By Golok Nanmwa JOS — Gunmen on Sunday evening opened fire on traders returning from the Kara Bukuru Livestock Market in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State, killing one person and injuring seven others. The victim was identified as Musa Abubakar. The incident occurred at about 7pm around the Bukuru Low-Cost area, according […]
Killing of bus driver by cop: Uneasy calm in PH, Obio Akpor after protests
For the better part of last Friday and Saturday shops and offices around the Whimpy junction part of the ever-busy Ikwerre road in Obio Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, were locked as protesters took over the road. The angry protesters were heard denouncing the brutal and mindless murder of a commercial bus driver, Mr David Legbaraa, by a trigger-happy policeman, Sergeant James Imhalu,allegedly over N100.
Alade Market: Traders get 60-day quit notice
The Ikeja Local Government Council, has issued a 60-day ultimatum to traders of the controversial Alade Market to vacate the market, to allow the commencement of re-development of the market.
Rivers harvest of deaths: Recurring rage of cultists on killing spree
Imagine this scenario: It was 7pm one fateful Friday last December in Omoku, headquarters of the Ogba Egbema Ndoni Local Government area of Rivers State. Suddenly sporadic gun shots were heard. Nobody could say what provoked the shooting. But at the end of it all, 12 persons, including a mobile police man, were confirmed killed.
Broken sewer generates epidemic scare at LUTH
Patients and visitors at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi Araba, Lagos, fear that they are being exposed to potential outbreak of diseases as a result of the failure of the hospital management to repair a broken sewer system around the hospital’s labour ward complex.
Pollution: Lagos declares war on violators
By Dotun Ibiwoye & Monsuru Olowoopejo Lagos State Government last week commenced immediate clampdown on religious outfits and companies that violate the 2010 environmental law of the state especially on air and noise pollution. The violators according to the State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA contravene sections of the 2010 law on air and noise pollution, […]
