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Lagos orders removal of abandoned, unused vehicles from its roads

Taskforce will henceforth begin clampdown on owners of abandoned vehicles on Lagos roads.

Paltry Salary: 300 graduates dump jobs over poor pay in Kano

About 300 graduates gave up their jobs over poor pay.

Man lands in EFCC nest for “diverting 900 bags of Dangote cement worth N2m”

The suspect allegedly stole a trailer load of cement valued at N2m.

FG goes tough on tobacco, vows imprisonment for those who smoke inside bars, restaurants

The government will also deal with owners or managers who permit, encourage or fail to stop smoking in public places.

VIDEO: Man made to swim in dirty water “for stealing phone” in Delta

The alleged phone thief was humiliated.

NYSC member who died in ghastly accident “had a heart of gold”

Damilola, a LASU Law graduate, died in an accident on his way to his POP assignment in Jos, Plateau State.

Teenage son of Super Falcons Coach, Florence Omagbemi, drowns in pool

A teacher allegedly led Samson and his colleagues to celebrate an exam after party at a hotel.

WATCH: Angry men assault “Cote D’Ivoire’s former President Laurent Gbagbo” in Paris

Some men rained blows on the man suspected to be Gbagbo.

Anambra: Panic in Ojukwu varsity hospital as doctors admit “lassa fever patient”

The hospital said it had the situation under control.

See how FRSC will discipline traffic offenders

FRSC has released guidelines for the proposed psychiatric examination of traffic offenders in Nigeria.

Protest as Deputy Speaker’s Aide dies “over delayed salary”

he protesters said that the aide died because he was unable to pay the sum of N165,000 as cost for surgery for appendicitis.

TRAGIC! Mother, child electrocuted while spreading clothes in Ibadan

The woman was electrocuted along with her son as she attempted to spread her clothes on a line.

“Fleeing yahoo boy wasn’t shot by SARS” – Witness

The deceased, according to a witness, was not shot by SARS operatives as earlier reported.

Retired school principal commits suicide over non-payment of pension in Imo

The pensioner is said to have taken his life as he could not provide the needs of his family.

Man, 20, escapes lynching after “raping deaf and dumb virgin” in Ogun

The suspect allegedly lured his victim into a bush and forcefully penetrated her.

Sergeant Chukwudi Iboko: Why Nigerians’ gesture should serve as turning point in Police-Citizen relationship

The time for a smooth relationship between the Nigerian Police Force and law abiding citizens is now.

TRAGIC! Soldier “shoots boy dead over sand packing” in Kaduna

The soldier allegedly shot the boy over an argument about having a right to pack sand in front of the school.

7 candidates of Nigerian heritage elected as parliament members in UK election

Seven candidates of Nigerian heritage were elected into the UK parliament in the election held on Thursday.