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Police repatriate Chinese fugitive wanted over rosewood smuggling

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, […]
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Drab, dirty Mushin wears new look

Drab, dirty Mushin wears new look

As the commercial bus took off from Oshodi heading towards Mushin, a middle aged woman, Madam ‘Lara Kukoyi suddenly gave vent to her astonishment. She was surprised at the recent beautification that has taken place at the ever-busy Agege Motor Road.

It’s Christmas, but the party’s over

It’s Christmas, but the party’s over

It’s Christmas again, but how many Nigerians know it as a fact in the true sense? How many people are really getting that special feeling which traditionally comes with the yuletide? How many are really sharing in the joy and goodwill the season has brought to the world

Yuletide : Exodus as Lagosians move homeward

Yuletide : Exodus as Lagosians move homeward

WITH just a day to Christmas, unarguably, the most popular and widely celebrated Christian feast, the various bus terminals and markets in the city are now a beehive of activities as those intending to travel besiege the terminals to board vehicles to the hinterlands while those who intend to stay back, engage in last minute shopping to purchase what they need for the yuletide.

Black Wednesday for two pastors

Black Wednesday for two pastors

The jubilation that heralded the restoration of electricity after three days outage was short lived for residents of No 75, Ikotun Road, Ebedi, about 100 metres away from Isheri-Oshun Police station in the Igando-Ikotun Local Council Development Area.

Motorists, commuters groan again as fuel scarcity looms

Motorists, commuters groan again as fuel scarcity looms

By Bose Adebayo Since plans by government to deregulate the downstream sector of the oil industry became public knowledge, fuel marketers have intensified efforts in doing what they know how to do best: That is to hoard the product. This accounted for the long queues witnessed in most filling stations at intermittent intervals during the […]