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Government officials on Monday began demolishing a large waterfront slum in the economic capital Lagos, a move that could leave tens of thousands of people homeless. The Makoko settlement consists of rows of shanties perched on stilts in the lagoon of Lagos, one of the world’s largest cities with an estimated population of roughly 15 million. The Lagos state government...
ANPP condemns murder of party chairman in Rivers SUSPECTED Fulani herdsmen at Gwarim in Rim Village yesterday killed the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Sharubutu Ward in Bachit District of Riyom Local Council of Plateau State, Mr. John Baren, his wife and their child. Residents alleged that Baren was returning from a burial of a relation in Riyom town when...
A special naval team has impounded a French ship, MT Vannessa, which has allegedly been stealing 500,000 barrels of crude oil per day from the country since June 9. SATURDAY PUNCH investigations on Friday showed that six crew members, including two Britons; two Nigerians and two Togolese, were also arrested. A top naval officer, who pleaded anonymity, said the arrests...
Ahead of the presidential election of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) slated for Julythis year, one of the leading aspirants for theposition and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Emeka Ngige yesterday notified members of Eastern Bar Forum of his candidacy, but with a clause that based on the association’s guidelines for the election, he will not seek endorsement...
