by Vanguard LAGOS — THE information that a bus belonging to the Bus Rapid Transit, a franchise under the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, LAMATA, plunged into Lagos Lagoon on the Third Mainland Bridge, yesterday is untrue, after-all. However, the rumour sent jitters down the spines of residents, who made frantic calls to various quarters
By SaharaReporters, New York Kidnappers today snatched Professor Ilochi Okafor (SAN), a former vice chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) Awka in Anambra state. Professor Okafor was kidnapped Sunday morning in front of residence at the Independence Layout in Enugu while on his way to church. The kidnappers later took off with him in a
By SaharaReporters, New York A group of well-armed gunmen earlier today carried out an attack on the Special Anti -Robbery Squad detention facility in Garki area 11 in Nigeria’s federal capital Abuja. The detention center used by the Nigerian police to hold high level violent criminals was attacked in a brazen manner by the attackers from the
Lagos State Election Petition Tribunal has overturned the election of Mr Kenny Okunmuyide as chairman of Agbado-Okeodo Local Council Development Area (LCDA),as the tribunal declared the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Busari Ayinde winner of the October the 22nd 2011 poll. The tribunal has also ordered a re-run of the Yaba LCDA chairmanship elections. The
The military Joint Task force (JTF) in Borno state has placed a reward of N290 million for anybody with useful information that will lead to the arrest of the Boko Haram’s leader, Abubakar Shekau; 14 sect commanders and four others in connection with terrorists activities in the North East geo political zone of the country.
By SaharaReporters, New York The Legal Defence and Assistance Project (LEDAP) has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to sack the Inspector General of Police (IGP), M.D. Abubakar, for gross incompetence, and to restructure the security and law enforcement institutions if his administration intends to win the war against terror. In a statement yesterday, LEDAP National
By Toyosi Ogunseye, Allwell Okpi and Leke Baiyewu Over N5tn in government funds have been stolen through fraud, embezzlement and theft since President Goodluck Jonathan assumed office on May 6, 2010, aSUNDAY PUNCH investigation has found. Our correspondents arrived at the stolen sum after poring over the reports of the various committees set up by