Nice (Andrew) Omininikoron, the driver of the Bus Rapid Transit vehicle arrested in connection with the brutal murder of a passenger, Oluwabamise Ayanwole, has been accused of engaging in illicit acts with another female passenger in Lagos State. The female…
*Lagos suspends NURTW from operating in parks, garages (Guardian)*Lagos to divert traffic on Awolowo Way Ikeja, Simbiat Abiola Way from Saturday (Independent)
Lagos suspends NURTW from operating in parks, garages (Guardian) Lagos State government Thursday night said it has suspended the National Union of Road Transport Workers Union (NURTW) from operating at motor parks and garages in the state. The announcement came…
Why you must find the courage to be true to yourself – Tara Aisida
This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man -Shakespeare Two days before Mr Aisi died, he did a CTScan of his…
Applications open for BeyGOOD-powered Global Citizen Fellowship Program for Young African Changemakers
International advocacy organisation Global Citizen, today, announced that application for the 2022/23 Global Citizen Fellowship Program powered by BeyGOOD is now open until 29th April 2022. Fifteen young African changemakers: five from Nigeria, five from Kenya and five from South…
International Booker prize announces longlist ‘tracing ring around the world’
Tomb of Sand by Indian writer Geetanjali Shree has become the first book translated from Hindi to be nominated for the International Booker prize. The judges praised the “loud and irresistible” tale of an elderly woman who gains a new…
NURTW suspends MC Oluomo indefinitely
The National Union of Road Transport Workers has suspended its Lagos State chapter’s Chairman, Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo, indefinitely. The National Public Relations Officer of the union, Chukwudi Asogwa, confirmed the suspension to our correspondent on the telephone on…
SuperTV CEO: Chidinma Ojukwu, other prison inmates participate in beauty pageant
Chidinma Ojukwu, the prime suspect in the murder of Super TV CEO, Michael Ataga, and other inmates participated in a beauty pageant held in Kirikiri correctional facility. Viral reports and photos online noted that the 21-year-old murder suspect emerged as…
Petrol tanker explodes, Lagos filling station, building burnt, many homeless
There was pandemonium at Idi-Oro, in the Mushin area of Lagos State, on Wednesday, when a tanker loaded with Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) exploded at a Mobil Filling Station in the community. The fire was said to have spread to…
Editor recounts six-day ordeal in the hands of kidnappers who demanded for N10m
A senior journalist and former editor with The Sun Newspapers, Alhaji Abdulfatah Oladeinde, has recounted how he spent six gruelling days in the kidnappers’ den, saying it was the almighty God that saved him from death. Oladeinde, who is also…