Category: City Beat
Tension everywhere, computer village on fire! as crisis hits Nigeria multi-million naira market
There is a current challenge in the market hub of Lagos, computer village, The fracas, which arose over leadership, has now divided the market operators along ethnic...
Chris Mba checks out of LUTH for fear of dead bodies
Late last week, Nigeria’s ailing singer, Chris Mba said he opted out of admissions at LUTH (Lagos University Teaching Hospital) because he was tired of...
Cultists kill two corps members, pupil in Bayelsa
Rampaging cultists have killed two active members of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) and a pupil of a private school in Swalli area of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State...
Pregnant woman, two children killed in Anambra fire – Police
The police command in Anambra has confirmed the death of a pregnant woman and her two children in a fire at Umuoffor Village, Okija, Ihiala Local Government Area of the...
Heavy rainstorm blows off Ekiti monarch’s palace, 46 houses
No fewer than 46 houses and a monarch’s palace were destroyed by a rainstorm in Are Ekiti, a town in Ifelodun/Irepodun Local Government Area of Ekiti. The News Agency...
Photos: Tinubu meets NURTW executives over violence in Lagos
Ahead of Saturday’s polls, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday met with the executives of the National Union of...
Pictures: Gov. Ambode, Sanwo-Olu, Hamzat at road show for Lagos guber election
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, flanked by APC Governorship Candidate in Lagos, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu (right) and his running mate, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat...
Lagos organizes public lecture to mark 2019 world Glaucoma week
As part of activities to commemorate 2019 World Glaucoma Day, the Lagos State Ministry of Health in partnership with some Eye Care Partners has organised a public...
2, 070 small scale business owners get N103.5m grants – DG SMEDAN
The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has earmarked N103.5 million as grants for 2,070 small scale business owners in Sokoto State. The...
Photojournalist released after five years in jail
An award-winning Egyptian photojournalist, Mahmoud Abu Zeid, known as Shawkan, was released on Monday after being in prison for over five years. A post on his Twitter...
