Lagos ranked 4th world’s worst City
LAGOS—Lagos is the fourth worst city in the world, Economist Intelligence Unit, EIU, an independent forecasting and advisory business within the Economist Group has said. And its top worst cities,...
Firms paid N6m ransom without police’s knowledge – CP
YENAGOA — The police in Bayelsa State, yesterday, said the dredging firms whose workers were abducted last Friday by gunmen in the creek of Opuama in Southern Ijaw council area...
9-month-old baby burnt to death in Sapele
SAPELE — A nine-month-old baby locked up in a house by her parents has been reported burnt to death. The girl’s mother was said to have gone to the market...
Nigeria: PDP Takes Another Chance
WHERE is the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, heading? It is doubtful if the PDP, any side of it, knows. The matters are complicated, so complicated that the intentions of its...
Nigeria: 3 docked for alleged kidnap, raping of undergraduate
LAGOS — Three persons were, yesterday, docked before Tinubu Magistrate’s court, for alleged kidnap, raping and posting a female student of University of Lagos, Akokas nude photographs on the internet....
Nigeria, roads and accidents: Government irresponsibility
No matter how one may look at it, in all ramifications, death is too painful, notwithstanding the cause of it, however, to die by road accident, which probably, is avoidable,...
PDP’s stormy preparation for mini-convention
Tomorrow, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will hold its mini-convention to correct the false steps it took last year on the composition of its National Working Committee (NWC). Assistant Editors...
IS it Right for a woman to propose to a man?
Could you please ask your followers if they believe it is okay for a woman to propose to a man. The reason I am asking this is that today I...
Nigeria: N32b loan for FADAMA projects
The Federal Government has approved a $200 million (N32 billion) credit from the International Development Association (IDA) for additional financing of the Third National Fadama Development project. The Minister of State for...
Niger spends N10.7b on fertiliser
The Niger State Government spent N10.7 billion on the implementation of some of its agricultural programmes in the past four years, Governor Babangida Aliyu has said. Aliyu, represented by the...