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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...

Kano Man Sues In-laws For Taking His Wife

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Kano Sharia Court Sentences Man To Death For Mosque Arson That Killed 23 Worshippers

In Kano State, a man named Kabiru Muhammad has filed a Shariah court complaint against his in-laws for allegedly removing his wife from her marital house without his permission. The plaintiff appeared in court with three of his wife's relatives, Ali Dan Abba, Hadiza Dan Abba, and Haruna Bala Dangwauro, in Kano Municipal's Hotoro Masallachi district on Thursday, according to...

Cross River Governor Bans Okada In Calabar Metropolis

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The Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu has ordered the immediate ban of all commercial motorcycles popularly called okada within the Calabar Metropolis. This was disclosed in a statement on Wednesday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Emmanuel Ogbeche, stating that the ban followed due consultations with security chiefs in the state. According to the statement, those willing...

20-year-old Man Killed By Neighbour’s Tank In Lagos

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An admission seeker identified as Jamal Nureni met his death while sleeping as a water tank belonging to a neighbour fell from its stand and crashed into his bedroom and crushing his head in the process, on Saturday, June 17, 2023.   The incident happened on Alhaji Kazeem Street, Ikotun-Egbe area of Lagos, where 20-year-old Jamal lived with his grandmother, Alhaja...

You Can’t Sack Ozekhome, Ejiofor You Never Employed Them, IPOB Replies Nnamdi Kanu’s Brother

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The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Tuesday debunked the alleged termination of the appointments of Professor Mike Ozekhome, SAN, and Sir Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, as counsels to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu’s younger brother, Kanunta Kanu, had in a statement he issued via his Twitter handle on Thursday last week noted that Ozekhome and Ejiofor’s services are no longer required in...

Anambra: Police Rescue Nine Girls Used For Sex Slaves In “Awka Hotel”

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Anambra: Police Rescue Nine Girls Used For Sex Slaves In “Awka Hotel”

Anambra State police stormed a hotel in Awka on Sunday evening, rescuing nine girls who had been used as sex slaves. The hotel's owner was also detained by authorities. Tochukwu Ikenga, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in Anambra State, said on Monday night that this followed a tip-off from the Anambra State Ministry of Women and Social Welfare regarding the...

Police Spokesman Calls For Popular Skit Maker’s Arrest Over Extreme Pranks

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Police Rescue Three Kidnap Victims In Kaduna

The Nigeria Police Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has demanded the arrest of Trinity Guy, a prominent skit maker. The arrest was ordered by the FPRO after he defied early warnings to skit creators to limit their pranks because they jeopardize Nigerian lives. CSP Adejobi, who shared an extreme Trinity Guy prank film on his Instagram page on Monday,...

Hilda Baci Receives Guinness World Record Plaque

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Nigerian chef and Guinness World Record holder for marathon cooking, Hilda Effiong Bassey, aka Hilda Baci, has announced the arrival of her award plaque. Baci revealed this in a post on her Instagram page on Monday. She was certified as the new record holder for the longest cooking by an individual with 93 hours and 11 minutes. In the video, she received...

I Never Compromised My Oath Of Office, Retired Justice Bulkachuwa Breaks Silence

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Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, wife of Adamu Bulkachuwa, Senator who represented Bauchi North in the 9th Assembly, has defended her judicial integrity. She was reacting to comments by her husband that he used his position to ask favour for his colleagues from his wife, the immediate past President of the Court of Appeal. Bulkachuwa on the floor of the Senate at the...

Father Of 4 Slumps, Dies In Owerri After Sex Romp With Married Lover

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Police Rescue Three Kidnap Victims In Kaduna

A father of four children, Chikwado Obiyor, has been reported dead after a sex romp with his married lover, simply identified as Chidinma. Obiyor died after the sex romp, while his lover, who is married to another man, fell into a coma. The incident happened on Tuesday resulted in Chidinma being rushed to the hospital for urgent medical attention, where she...

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