Special Reports

At least four assets belonging to the wealthy and famous Saraki family of Nigeria, all tucked away in secret offshore territories, have been uncovered. But the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, failed to declare them to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) as required by Nigerian laws. This revelation, ...

The sense of insecurity in Kaduna metropolis especially among the relatively well-offs, has pervaded into far rural areas of the state. It would seem that kidnapping in exchange for ransom is going on a wide scale, with most of the victims being the rich, and most of the cases going ...

IT is no longer news that the inglori­ous era of the most wanted militant in Lagos, Tokiwe Joseph aka TK was recently brought to an end by the joint effort of security operatives from Lagos and Benin Republic. What is unknown to many Lago­sians are the many sides to the ...

Lawmakers in the Lagos House of Assembly recently paid a visit to some model colleges in the state, where they were treated to some horrifying scenes, including a school where students, as a result of moribund toilet facilities, defecate in the open, and another where students are paired on worn-out ...

They arrested them to extort money from their parents Lagos businessman recounts his torture and that of the students His James Bond escape from cell Samuel Nwankwo, 40, is a Lagos based business man with office at the popular Alaba International market, Ojo area. He is into furniture and interior ...

A 69 year old herbalist, Chief Simon Odo, who married an 18 year old girl, Chidinma, as his 57th wife last November has said that he would not marry again, having had a fair of women in his life. Chidinma was married from Okutu, in Nsukka Local Government Area of ...

The impropriety of the love story or rather infatuation between Yunusa Dahiru, 25-year-old Muslim tricycle operator from Kano, and Ese Oruru, 14-year-old Christian student in Bayelsa has brought to the fore the role of parents in building society. Why would a youngster elope with (or abduct) a minor lover from ...

A huge public outcry and the pressure on security agents may have been contributory factors to the rescue of three female students of Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary in Ikorodu, Lagos State. The girls — Timilehin Olosa, Tofunmi Popoola and Deborah Akinayo — were kidnapped by gunmen on Monday on their ...

Twenty-four hours after a bloody clash between Hausa traders and their Yoruba hosts left at least 10 people dead in Mile 12 area of Ketu, Lagos, the atmosphere on Friday was still like a graveyard with malevolent ghosts. At Church Avenue and Omojuwa Estate environs for example, bullet marks were ...

Last Monday’s abduction of three female students from their hostel at the Babington  Macaulay Junior Seminary (BMJS), Ikorodu,  has exposed the inability of security agents in Lagos State to curb the activities of pipeline vandals operating in the Arepo, Ogun State, close to Ikorodu, Lagos. The vandals who are mainly ...