Amachree lauds UNIPORT for creating tourism dept
Former President of the Association of Tourism Practitioners of Nigeria (ATPN) and President, Centre for Promotion of Tourism, Peace, Arts and Culture (CEPTAC), Chief Mike Amachree, has praised the...
View ArticleEthiopian refurbishes B767-300 fleet
Ethiopian Airlines Group, Africa’s largest airline, has announced that it has fully refurbished its Boeing 767-300 ER fleet and availed for service on its India, Middle East and Africa destinations....
View ArticlePolice arrest 3 murder suspects, 14 others for robbery
The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested a 29-year old murder suspect, Adeyemi Adewale and two accomplices, Messrs Adejumo Fatai, 46 and Abayomi Olubokun, 71, for allegedly plotting to forcibly take...
View ArticleHow you can tell when someone has a crush on you (2)
THEY don’t look at their phone. Not much says, “Hmm… I wonder what else I could be doing right now that would be better than what I’m already doing” quite like pulling out your phone during an...
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Mob beats up pastor, demolishes church where baby’s heart was allegedly found
RESIDENTS of Abua Street in Calabar, Cross River State, yesterday demolished a new generation church located on the street. The Nation learnt that they also beat up the pastor in charge of the church...
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Tears over demolition of buildings in Ogun community
It was tears galore last Thursday in Araromi Ajegunle community in Makun area of Sagamu Local Government, Ogun State, after some persons suspected to be government officials carried out demolition of...
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Suspected robber stripped, beaten to stupor in Lagos
A suspected robber, Dare Animashaun, was last Saturday stripped naked and beaten to a stupor by an irate mob after a failed operation. Animashaun, who claimed to be 19 years old is a member of a...
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Killing of PDP chieftain sparks protest in Delta community
•We’ve arrested three suspects -Police Protest rocked Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State last Friday, following the killing of a chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party, Mr Felix Okugbeni, by...
View ArticleWays to know if your partner is cheating
DISCOVERING a partner’s affair is easier than ever before in history. Text messages, emails and online credit card statements leave the careless cheater with an electronic affair trail a gigabyte long....
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Our battles with reptiles, rodents, mosquitoes, harsh weather
In spite of successive governments’ promises and programmes aimed at providing mass and affordable houses for Nigerians, the Bureau of Public Service Reform (BPSR) early in the year said that out of...
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‘Save us from flood in Yaba’
It is disheartening to note that Yaba, a prime area in Lagos Mainland, is always at the mercy of flood whenever there is a little downpour. As an Ondo State resident who visits Lagos frequently, I...
View ArticleI smuggle marijuana because I cannot engage in robbery – Suspect
A 43-year-old man Okafor Secopter has told police that he ventured into smuggling of marijuana (Indian hemp) in Lagos, because he could not do armed robbery. Police sources said the suspect was...
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Why contaminated ‘pure water’ abounds in Lagos
In this concluding part of our investigative story on the conditions of different brands of sachet water sold to unsuspecting consumers in Lagos as ‘pure’, HANNAH OJO reports on the result of the...
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Igando wooden bridges need attention
The wooden bridges that presently link Igando area of Lagos State with Ayobo community, also in Lagos, need an urgent intervention from the state government. Some private individuals years back...
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Calm after the storm
EARLY last month, two warring communities -Ababene in Adun and Iyamitit in Okum, both in Obubra Local Government Area of Cross River State – decided to bury the hatchet and live in peace after several...
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Some PDP leaders deserve to be flogged –APC’s Deputy National chair Segun Oni
The Deputy National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and governorship hopeful in Ekiti State, Chief Segun Oni, told select journalists why he wants to run for the coveted seat. The...
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INVESTIGATION: Why contaminated ‘Pure Water’ abounds in Lagos
Poison on parade (2) In this concluding part of our investigative story on the conditions of different brands of sachet water sold to unsuspecting consumers in Lagos as ‘pure’, HANNAH OJO reports on...
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Shock, deaths stalk victims of Benue flood
After surviving a prolonged deadly attack unleashed on them by blood-thirsty herdsmen last year, the people of Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State, who are mostly farmers, last weekend suffered...
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‘We specialise in robbing people of expensive phones’
A 22-year-old robbery suspect Michael David has confessed that his three- man gang specialized only in robbing expensive phones from people. According to officer in charge of Special Anti-Robbery Squad...
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Untold story of Owerri Market Demolition
The Eke-Ukwu Owerri Market, which later metamorphosed into the Owerri Main Market, was initially a small ancestral market that served not just as a place of commerce, but a binding force of the five...
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