Family battles to save son allegedly shot during Army raid
…Claims officers involved promised to process the bills *No evidence to support such – Army By Efe Onodjae For over two months, 26-year-old Franklin Ivara has remained on a hospital bed, battling excruciating pain from an alleged gunshot wound that shattered his left leg during a military operation in Itigidi Community, Abi Local Government Area […]
LASTMA nabs bus conductor for stabbing officer over traffic offence
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, have arrested a Volkswagen commercial bus conductor for allegedly stabbing one of the officers on Monday, during a routine traffic enforcement operation at Ile-Epo Market, inward Abule-Egba, along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.
Trash to Cash: How Nigeria’s economic pinch turns many families to waste collectors
“On one hand, plastic pollution is dropping, on the other hand, human beings digging through hazardous waste just to buy a loaf of bread”
Motorists, commuters stranded as floods submerge Lagos roads
Torrential rainfall brought commercial and vehicular activities to a standstill across Lagos, yesterday, as flash floods submerged major roads, caused motorists and commuters…
How I was declared dead, taken to mortuary before doctors found pulse — Dorcas Okechukwu
By Christopher Ameh, Bauchi Dorcas Okechukwu, a graduate of Human Physiology from Madonna University and proprietor of a private school in Bauchi State, has recounted how she was declared dead by two hospitals before doctors at a third medical facility detected signs of life and began emergency treatment. Speaking with Vanguard, Okechukwu described the experience […]
Lagos-Ogun police kill 4 kidnappers, rescue 5 victims, as ‘Operation Kósàyè’ begins
Unknown to the rescued victims, their relatives back home were still making frantic efforts to raise the ransom demanded by the kidnappers
