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Lagos Ranked 4th Worst City To Live In Globally

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Group Backs Lagos Drivers' Strike Action, Condemns Abduction And Torture

The Economist Intelligence Unit, EIU’s 2023 Global Liveability report has ranked Lagos as the Fourth Worst City to live in the world. The report surveyed 173 cities and used 30 qualitative and quantitative factors across five broad categories: stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure. Lagos was ranked above Algiers, the capital of Algeria; Tripoli, Libya’s capital, and Damascus, the...

Corpse Of Nigerian National, Chika Anaebom Killed In Thailand To Return Home This Weekend (Photos, Video)

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Corpse Of Nigerian National, Chika Anaebom Killed In Thailand To Return Home This Weekend (Photos, Video)

The remains of Nigerian national, Chika Anaebom popularly known as Chika Malaysia will return home this weekend as arrangements have been completed to fly his corpse back to the country. ABN TV had reported that Chika was killed last year along with a Vietnamese woman and buried in a shallow grave in northeastern Thailand. Police forensics investigators identified the bodies of...

Kaduna: Bandits Kill Three Farmers In Birnin Gwari

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Kaduna: Bandits Kill Three Farmers In Birnin Gwari

Suspected bandits have attacked farmers in Kaduna State's Sabon Layi hamlet, Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area, murdering three residents. Remember that a similar attack occurred in the neighborhood a few weeks earlier. Nine people were killed, and many more fled their houses. However, a farmer, Mallam Nasir Yusuf, who said he narrowly avoided the current attack, stated three farmers were killed and...

UPDATE: Corpse Of Nigerian National, Chika Anaebom Killed In Thailand Arrives Home (Photos, Video)

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Corpse Of Nigerian National, Chika Anaebom Killed In Thailand To Return Home This Weekend (Photos, Video)

The remains of Nigerian national, Chika Anaebom popularly known as Chika Malaysia killed in Thailand has been brought home. https://youtu.be/RzmZstTijDU ABN TV reports that His body touched Murtala Mohammed international airport Lagos at about 3:42pm on Saturday from he was ferried Family source says a date for his burial will be announced soon. He was killed last year along with...

US-based Nigerian Pastor Shoots Wife In Presence Of Their Kids

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US-based Nigerian Pastor Shoots Wife In Presence Of Their Kids

On Wednesday afternoon, Pastor Danny Prenell and his wife, Gabby, checked into The Hampton Inn and Suites in Mississippi, USA, with their three kids. Pastor Danny shot his wife twice in front of the children not long after they lodged, about 3:30 p.m., and then turned the gun on himself, firing once. The wife was injured on her abdomen and arm....

Four Injured In Lagos Gas Explosion

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A gas explosion at Ijaiye beside the Apostolic Church in the Agege area of Lagos State has injured four persons, three females and one male. According to a statement by the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), a shop where gas cylinders were stored caught fire. It said that investigations revealed that one of the gas cylinders got exploded as a...

President Tinubu Renames Airports After Predecessor Buhari, Okadigbo, Others

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In a bid to immortalise them, Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has renamed key federal airports after past leaders of the country, including his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari handed over power to Tinubu of his All Progressives Congress (APC) on May 29, making him the 16th President of the largest African country. Renaming of the federal structures was announced on Monday...

Calabar Boat Mishap: Bodies Of Three Missing Medical Students Recovered

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Calabar Boat Mishap: Bodies Of Three Missing Medical Students Recovered

The bodies of three medical students involved in the Marina Resort boat incident in Calabar have been recovered, according to the Cross River police command. Cross River Commissioner of Police, Gyogon Grimah, confirmed the development to the press on Monday. After a speed boat sank in Calabar, five people were confirmed deceased and three medical students were reported missing. On Saturday, the...

Nigerian Footballer Akinkunmi Jailed For Sexually Assaulting Three Women In Denmark

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Former Golden Eaglets star and FC Copenhagen of Denmark forward Akinkunmi Amoo who has been described as “Nigerian Messi” in the past, has bagged a one-year jail sentence after being found guilty of sexually assaulting three women by a Danish court.   Amoo was first arrested on September 10, 2022, before being released on bail on October 7, shortly after Danish...

Gov. Adeleke Escapes Assassination At Eid Prayer Ground

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The governor of Osun state, Ademola Adeleke has reportedly escaped an assassination attempt at the mosque where he went to observe Eid Mubaraq prayers. This was made known by his close aides who revealed that it happened at Osogbo eid praying ground. The source revealed that some hoodlums led by APC chieftains took over the governor’s section in an attempt to...

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