Leah Sharibu: FIDA, CSOs, stakeholders call for unconditional release (Vanguard) Five years after Leah Sharibu, one of the Dapchi schoolgirls was kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents; she is yet to be released and seems to have been forgotten. She was…
*5 years in captivity: Christian leaders berate Buhari over Leah, calls for her release (Tribune)*ASSBIFI suspends strike, orders banks to resume operation (Punch)
5 years in captivity: Christian leaders berate Buhari over Leah, calls for her release (Tribune) Christian leaders have expressed disappointment over the inability of President Muhammadu Buhari to keep to his promise of releasing a Christian girl, Leah Sharibu who…
Full list: BBOG releases names of 112 Chibok girls in Boko Haram’s captivity
The Bring Back Our Girls movement has released a list containing the names of 112 schoolgirls kidnapped on April 14, 2014. The Lagos chapter of BBOG released the list during a sit-out in the Ikoyi to commemorate the seventh anniversary…
*Six vehicles burnt in Lagos multiple accidents (DailyTrust)*Money Laundering Allegation: SAN’s wife secures N200m bail (Vanguard)*Leah Sharibu: Report of second baby heartbreaking, say parents (Punch)
Six vehicles burnt in Lagos multiple accidents (DailyTrust) No fewer than six vehicles including two tankers, two trailers, among others were burnt yesterday in a multiple accident at the popular Otedola Bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The multiple accidents which…
*”Leah Sharibu gives birth to second baby in Boko Haram captivity”(Guardian)*APC gives Ambode a fresh appointment (DailyTrust)
“Leah Sharibu gives birth to second baby in Boko Haram captivity” (Guardian) Three years and five weeks since her abduction in Dapchi, Yobe State, a United States-based group, US-Nigeria Law Group, has lamented the plight of the abandoned Dapchi “heroine…
*Community kicks, demands N500m as Lagos officials demolish houses (Punch)*Tin-can gridlock drives up trucking cost by over 100% (Vanguard)
Community kicks, demands N500m as Lagos officials demolish houses (Punch) Rsidents of Oyetubo Oyemade Estate in Sangotedo, in the Eti-Osa area of Lagos State, have kicked against the demolition of their buildings by officials of the Lagos State Ministry of…
*Lagos closes road for railway project (Nation) *Court to give verdict in case of father accused of testing daughter’s virginity (Guardian)
Lagos closes road for railway project (Nation) The Lagos State Government will from 8pm today close down Jonathan Coker Street at Fagba area till 6am the next day to allow the installation of the rubber panels on the Lagos-Ibadan standard…
Leah Sharibu: B/Haram rejected ransom – Govt sources
The Boko Haram terrorist group rejected the ransom offered by the Federal Government to secure the release of Leah Sharibu, sources at the Presidency told Daily Trust yesterday. Sharibu, a schoolgirl, is the only Dapchi schoolgirl still held hostage out…
*Lagos police nab 33-year-old car snatcher (DailyTrust) *Respite for motorists as work begins on Seme-Badagry road (Guardian)
Lagos police nab 33-year-old car snatcher (DailyTrust) Detectives attached to the Oke Odo police station, Lagos State Police Command, have arrested a suspected car snatcher, Yusuf Akinradewo, who was accused of allegedly attempting to sell a stolen vehicle. Akinradewo, according…
*Lagos Assembly laments rift at Lagos Polytechnic (Leadership)*Lagos tackles gridlock with layby, slip road (Nation)
Lagos Assembly laments rift at Lagos Polytechnic (Leadership) The Majority Leader of Lagos State House of Assembly Hon. Sanai Agunbiade on Tuesday stated that the Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH) had been embroiled in crisis which had paralyzed academic activities. Speaking…