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“Sometime last month I saw an online image of a well-dressed young man cleaning windshields in traffic. I was touched by this, and then I felt the urge to ASSIST, with the HOPE that I can positively IMPACT him in ...

Lagos State Police Commissioner goes ballistic after being asked to address the issue of police extortion.

According Newsroom, Blessing Adenike Adeoye, 19, was taken to traditional midwives known in Yoruba as “elewe omo” probably because her Igando, Lagos-based parents couldn’t afford the cost of taking her to a proper hospital. She was the first of her ...

Chinese man arrested for attempting to assassinate his Nigerian business associate. Sun Hun was arrested in Lagos Island yesterday, after police operatives nabbed one Chika Eze, whom he paid N1.4m to hire killers. Chika got two men whom he paid ...

Ebi de, ebi mama de ooo nibo wonti nta oka nile yi Ebami wabo wa oo

Ikorodu United bus was involved in an accident on their way to Makurdi, Benue State, at about 4pm today. None of Ikorodu United players died, but they sustained minor injuries. Their bus was involved in an accident with an 18 ...

  I am not a fan of gender equality. We can’t be equal – Ooni’s wife, at the Emerging Women’s Forum, in Maryland, USA

An elephant and a dog became pregnant at same time. Three months down the line the dog gave birth to six puppies. Six months later the dog was pregnant again, and nine months on it gave birth to another dozen ...

The returnees comprising 132 males, 27 females and 3 children arrived the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos, yesterday, aboard an airbus A320 aircraft. Three of the returnees were ill, with two brought in a stretcher and ferried into a ...