The accident occurred three months ago in Lagos as a police driver in an official van drove in the wrong direction on a one-way street.
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Thursday, September 26, 2013
Police IG, Lagos Police Commissioner Sued For ₦25 Million over Neglect of Mother
The accident occurred three months ago in Lagos as a police driver in an official van drove in the wrong direction on a one-way street.
Taraba: My deputy betrayed me, says Suntai Taraba
Suntai, who spoke through his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Sylvanus Yakubu, said the governor was not the only one that felt betrayed but the entire people of the state.
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University Don Urges FG To Dedicate 36 Per Cent of Budget To Education
An educationist, Abiola Awosika on Tuesday urged the federal government to dedicate 35 per cent of its budget to education to ensure that the country meets the international educational standard.
Speaking during a programme on Channels Television, the education professor said she had written an academic article in 1992, recommending that 25 per cent of Nigeria’s budget be dedicated to education because “we had a shortfall and we needed to catch up with the rest of the world”.
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Governor Babangida Aliyu Incites Army General Against President Jonathan in Coup Baiting
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Fashola Apologises To Igbos Over Deportation Saga - The Nation Newspaper
Governor Babatunde Fashola
By Precious Igbonwelundu
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Thursday offered an unreserved apology for the misunderstanding generated by the alleged deportation of some destitutes to Onitsha, Anambra State.
The state government was accused of dumping 70 beggars at Onitsha Bridge on July 24, a situation that generated public outcry and bad blood.
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GRAPHIC PHOTOS: Drug-users Eaten Alive By Flesh-eating Illness Caused By Homemade Heroin Substitute
The first cases of a terrifying new drug called 'Krokodil' that eats flesh from the inside out, is flammable and leaves addicts with reptilian-like skin have been reported this week in Arizona and the state fears the beginning of an epidemic.
It was first encountered by Banner's Poison Control Centre when two drug addicts arrived in emergency rooms with their flesh hanging off their body, exposing bone or with skin resembling that of a crocodile, hence its name.
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26-Year Old To Die By Hanging For Robbery & Rape
The condemned armed robber and rapist was arraigned on a three-count charge of conspiracy to commit armed robbery, armed robbery and rape before the court.
He was found guilty on all the charges and sentenced to death on count one and two, while he got life imprisonment on the charge of rape.
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A night at a Lagos police station
The telephone call came in the middle of the night, rousing me rudely from a deep and exciting sleep. I had slept very early the previous day having had a very exhausting afternoon. As a routine, I had ensured that my mobile phones were put in the silent mode. But on the fateful night, I had forgotten to change the tone. So, when the stringent Nokia tune broke the eerie silence of the night, I cursed under my breath. As I fumbled around in the Power Holding Company of Nigeria-induced darkness, I had wondered who could be calling at that ungodly hour. In my drowsy state, I answered the call. Then, I recognised the voice at the other end to be that of a neighbour. He frantically told me he had been arrested by the police for wandering while returning from work.
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My critics implemented a shoddy privatisation programme – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has berated his opponents, particularly those who handled the past privitisation exercise, saying they are now “opening their mouth wide” to attack his administration.
Jonathan, who said this while addressing Nigerian professionals in New York, United States, on Monday said the privatisation of public utilities by his administration was being done in a transparent manner.
He also said the problem of the Boko Haram insurgency was being exploited to blackmail his administration.
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Only Child of Tasty Fried Chicken boss Olubunmi Adedayo dies - R.I.P
May his soul rest in peace....
US Congress to hold hearing on B’Haram, terrorism
The United States Congress will next week hold a public hearing on the militant Islamic sect, Boko Haram.
The leader of American Congress Committee on African Affairs, Mr. Chris Smith, said this in Abuja on Tuesday during a meeting with the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor.
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VIDEO: Suspected Robber Nabbed , Beaten to point of death By J.J.K ( Jungle Justice Killers)
Nigeria police hardly respond on time whenever they are called for an emergency like this, leading to the mob taking the laws into their hands. The guy was almost given the harsh "Aluu" treatment.
Magazine To Pay Gov Adams Oshiomhole ₦25m Over A False Story They Wrote About Him
Governor Oshiomhole had dragged the soft sell weekly magazine to court demanding N250million as damages over their report with the headline:
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Heartless!!! Baby Buried Alive In Church
Already, the police at Idimu Division have exhumed the body of the victim for autopsy and arrested the pastor of the church identified as Dare Ogunloye.
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R.I.P: Late MC Loph’s Mother Dies
Mrs Obiajulu lost her two children, MC Loph and his sister on the 14th of September 2011 in a tragic car crash on Benin Ore Expressway.
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