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FG backpedalss on bid to rename UNILAG

The decision of the Federal Government to change the University of Lagos UNILAG, to Moshood Abiola University has been reverted, UNILAG Vice-Chancellor, Professor Rahamon Ade Bello has said. He disclosed this during the UNILAG Advancement Alumni cocktail/dinner held at Sheraton Hotel, Lagos on Saturday.

Lamentations of suspected robbery kingpin

LAGOS State Police Command has smashed a notorious car- snatching syndicate on its wanted list, arresting three suspected members of the gang at Akala, Idi-Oro area of Mushin, Lagos.

Aftermath of robbery attack: Fear grips Bauchi residents

BAUCHI State has for some time been featuring regularly in the news for the wrong reasons, especially those bordering on terrorists attacks. As if to compound the situation, stories of armed robbery have also begun to make the front pages. The frequency of these tragic occurrences leaves one with the impression that people in the state had become inured to them.

Police arrest gunmen who robbed Pasuma

Operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Ikeja, have arrested three suspected members of a robbery gang who robbed popular Fuji star, Pasumu Wonder, of his Range Rover Sport Utility Vehicle, SUV, and an unspecified amount of money, four months ago in Lagos.

Nigeria and the culture of importation

Come, are we progressing or retrogressing? asked a perplexed Iyke, a commuter in the Apapa-bound bus as a young girl walked up to the commuter bus at Oshodi-Oke busstop hawking her wares which included potato chips.

Collapse of an Iroko tree spreads fear in Nsukka town

Wonders, they say, shall never end. This aptly described how a gigantic Iroko tree, mysteriously ignited fire on top of itself amidst heavy down pour last week at the University town of Nsukka, Enugu State and collapsed after several hours of the raging inferno.

Tragic tale of couple, 3 others killed in trailer crash

When Mr Victor Idam, his wife and three others left their home in an ash-coloured Nissan Primera car for Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, they had no premonition that the journey which started on a joyous note, would end in a disaster.

Flood threat: Residents send S.O.S to Fashola

AS Lagos State Government continues the massive reconstruction of drainage channels across the state, aimed at reducing incidents of flooding, residents of Agbado-Oke-odo Local Council Development Area, LCDA, have appealed to Governor Babatunde Fashola, to save them from impending danger being posed by a damaged link bridge in the community.

Kirikiri Prisons: CJ tasks freed inmates to go and sin no more

By Dotun Ibiwoye THE Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison in Lagos is home to some of the most hardened criminals in the megacity. As fate would have it, several inmates recently breathed fresh air again when they regained freedom having being left off the hook. This is because the state is moving to decongest the inmates particularly those who […]

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