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Lamentations as rainstorm sacks nine Lagos communities

Lamentations as rainstorm sacks nine Lagos communities

Madam Rufai Adikat has lived in Imowo-nla area of Ikorodu for about eight decades, while her neighbour, 35 years old Mrs Oseni Adenike, moved into the community with her two children three years ago after completing her mini-flat.

Disturbing tales from Ibadan forest of horror

Disturbing tales from Ibadan forest of horror

IT is certainly not a place for the squeamish and the faint-hearted. The reason being that the gory sights there are not only indescribable but more than enough to give anyone serious nightmares. It is a place where you are immediately confronted with an overpowering aura of fear and death. Welcome to the now aptly named Soka Evil Forest in Ibadan, Oluyole Local Government where hundreds of kidnapped victims either met their untimely end or were languishing in agony before they were recently rescued.

Trouble awaits abandoned vessels in Lagos waters

Trouble awaits abandoned vessels in Lagos waters

BEING a littoral state and the commercial hub of the country, Lagos has attracted more ships and vessels than any other city in Sub Saharan Africa since the Portuguese explorer Ruy de Sequeira named the area around the city Lago de Curamo, meaning lakes in Portuguese.

Angst over red card for Keke NAPEP in Abuja

Angst over red card for Keke NAPEP in Abuja

Tuesday, March 18 is not a day some operators of tricycles, popularly called ‘KEKE NAPEP’, in the heart of the Federal Capital Territory would want to come back.