A Nigerian teenager has told to the Police in Lagos Nigeria, that her 49 year old father serially raped her for five years during which she was impregnated twice and the pregnacies were aborted with the aid of a herbalist. She told the police at Ojo area of Lagos State where the suspect was being [...]
Nigeria’s government agencies have begun to piece together what could have precipitated the big fire in the commercial capital of Lagos today. One person died, while ten buildings and ten vehicles were gutted by the fire in Jankara Market, Idumota, Lagos on Wednesday, a fire one government official likened to ‘thunder ‘. Mr. Sadiq Isa, [...]
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigeria’s biggest airline, Arik Air, said on Monday it has established that the man whose corpse was found on the wheel well of its Airbus A340-500 in Lagos last Friday boarded the plane from Lagos, southwest Nigeria. After the plane returned from London, the body was discovered when engineers conducted a routine [...]
Taiwo Adelu Saturday, 27 October was a day of glory for both Enrique Lopez-Perez of Spain and Cristina Dinu of Romania when they were celebrated as winners of Men and Women’s Singles in the grand finale (Futures 2) of the 2012 Governor’s. Tennis Championship in Lagos, Nigeria. Perez, who won the Men’s Singles of the [...]
Taiwo Adelu Top seed in the Women’s Singles, Nina Bratchikova of Russia saw her ambition to defend the Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championship she won last year falling apart as exhaustion and stomach cramp forced her to abandon the semi final game of Futures 2 of this year’s edition against Conny Perrin on Friday at [...]
Kazeem Ugbodaga At least, 107 people have been killed and 512 others injured in okada accidents in the last two years in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, says reports from the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority. LASTMA reports obtained from the Research Department of LASTMA also revealed that of those who died in the two years, 71 were [...]
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent The remodelling of the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, cost Nigeria’s Federal Government N648 million, authorities said on Monday during the commissioning of the terminal building. The terminal was commissioned by Anyim Pius Anyim, Secretary to the Government of the Federation. The minister of aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah and [...]
