Archive for year: 2016
NDA blow up Chevron’s Escravos tank farm
In the early hours of today, Militant group, the Niger Delta Avenger, destroyed the main pipeline supplying the gas that provides electricity to Chevron’s Escravos tank farm in Delta State.
Banker turned puff puff seller speaks about the journey so far
After Omotade Johnson ( pictured in white ) lost his banking job in 2009, he resolved never to apply for any paid job again. He then relocated to Lagos and he is now making ends meet by frying and selling puff puff at Igando bus stop, Lagos, together...
Two Europe-bound Nigerians rescued on the Mediterranean sea on Tuesday, turn their emergency blankets into headgears
UK and Australia jointly deport 40 Nigerians
The deportees arrived at the Hajj camp area of the Lagos Airport, at 7:25am, yesterday and were received by agencies like the Police, National Agency for Protection and Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), who checked their identities to ascertain their nationalities. They looked sober....
Court orders worldwide freeze of $1.8bn in assets stolen by Diezani’s alleged associates
A federal high court in Lagos has granted a Mareva injunction permitting the Nigerian government to freeze assets owned by Kola Aluko and Jide Omokore, and their company Atlantic Energy, Saharareporters report. The duo are linked to former Nigerian oil minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke in a wide range shady...
Police release pics of Fulani herdsmen arrested over Nimbo community killings in Enugu State
Funeral rites begin for the crocodile caught in Festac, Lagos State, some hours ago
Teen mum gives birth to ‘world’s heaviest’ baby who weighs same as a 6-month-old
19-year-old Nandini gave birth to the girl through Caesarean Section on Monday in India, weighing 15lbs, twice the size of an average baby. She is heavier than record-holder, Carisa Rusack, born weighing 14lb 5oz in US…. who took over from Rasaki Nwabueze, born weighing 14lb 4oz in Bariga,...
Anyone who buys from street hawkers in Kaduna State will now be jailed
The Kaduna state government has enacted a law that makes it a criminal offence for any person to buy from a street hawker, making both the hawker and buyer liable for prosecution. This was made known yesterday by the Spokesman of Kaduna State House of Assembly, Nuhu Goro...
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