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Lagos has no plan to ban `Danfo’ buses’

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Tuesday, February 28th, 2017

Lagos State Ministry of Transport has no plan to ban yellow buses known as “Danfo” but to upgrade them to international standard, the acting Commissioner for Transport, Mr Lanrewaju Elegushi, has disclosed. Elegushi made the disclosure in Lagos on Tuesday during a stakeholder’s forum to deliberate on how to improve the transport system in the […]

FG evacuates 41 Nigerian girls from Mali, arrests 6 suspected human traffickers

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Tuesday, February 28th, 2017

FG evacuates 41 Nigerian girls from Mali, arrests 6 suspected human traffickers The Federal Government on Monday evacuated 41 Nigerian girls who were trafficked to Mali for forced labour and sexual exploitation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that six persons, alledged to be human traffickers, were also arrested and brought back to the […]

Naira further regains strength at N425 to a dollar in parallel market

Posted by admin Economy, Headlines, Naira (Currency) Tuesday, February 28th, 2017

The naira continued to regain strength and appreciate in value in the parallel market on Tuesday as it was sold for N425 to a dollar.However, it was N450 to a dollar at the close of transactions on Monday. A survey carried out by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday at the Bureau De […]

Picture: Redeemed Church picks ITB for N2bn Trinity Towers

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, February 28th, 2017

Fueled by the need to provide office accommodation to the growing business community in Victoria Island, the City of David, a parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has confirmed the selection of a building and civil engineering firm for its flagship project- Trinity Towers. The church has picked Messrs ITB Nigeria Limited […]

DSS quizzes ex governor Suswam over arms cache, exotic cars

Posted by admin Benue, Corruption Politics, Headlines, State News Monday, February 27th, 2017

The Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday invited former governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam to explain his link to a cache of assorted weapons and exotic cars discovered by the agency at No. 44, Aguiyi Ironsi Way, Maitama, Abuja. A statement by Tony Opuiyo, a spokesman of the DSS disclosed that on 24th February, […]

Abortion, bribery scandal rock Lagos Police College … senior police officers, abortion syndicate squeeze cadets for cash

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, February 25th, 2017

A police syndicate collected money and secretly carried out abortions for female cadets at the Police College, Lagos, to falsify pregnancy tests, OLALEYE ALUKO, who went undercover to the police hospital for two days, reports A major scandal is brewing within the heart of the nation’s best-known police college, the Police College, Ikeja, Lagos. Tinuola Akande, […]

My marriage to Churchill, Obasanjo’s nephew a sham – Tonto Dikeh

Posted by admin Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry) Saturday, February 25th, 2017

TOP HEADLI Tonto Dikeh’s Abuja – Embattled Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh on Friday said her marriage to Olakunle Churchill was a sham. Churchill is alleged to be former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s nephew. She made the revelation on her Instagram @tontolet while responding to advice from her fans persuading her to have a rethink over […]

43 Nigerians deported from Germany, Belgium and Italy

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, February 24th, 2017

No fewer than 43 Nigerians on Thursday night deported from Germany, Belgium, and Italy for several immigration-related offenses and unruly behavior. The deportees arrived through Hi-Fly chartered Airbus 330 aircraft with registration number CS-TQW at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) at exactly 8:55 p.m. The deportees were received on arrival by officials of the National Emergency Management Agency […]

Whereabouts of Kidnapped Germans still unknown

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, February 24th, 2017

ose to 24 hours after their abduction, the whereabouts of the kidnapped German archaeologist, Professor Peter Breunij and his research fellow, Johannes Buringer remains unknown. The two german nationals were abducted on Thursday afternoon around Kaduna State-Abuja axis, a security source in Abuja who is closely following the situation has told SaharaReporters. Prof. Breunij is an […]

$330,000 Fraud: Appeal Court affirms conviction of Ex-Lagos Court’s Registrar, Oluronke Rosolu

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Friday, February 24th, 2017

e Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal has dismissed an application filed by a former Lagos court registrar, Oluronke Rosulu, who was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by an Ikeja High Court for defrauding a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi( retd.) of $330,000. Rosolu had been convicted by Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo […]