'Nigeria has Become Preferred Destination for Foreign Investors'

The Regional Director, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), Dr. Patrick Kormawa, yesterday said Nigeria has become the preferred destination for foreign investors.

Kormawa who made this disclosure at the 22nd fellows conference of the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers (NSChE) held in Lagos, said estimates have shown that Nigeria is a viable field for foreign  investors.

EXCLUSIVE: Lagos Police Arrest Notorious Trans-border Armed Gang

The Lagos State Police command today arrested and paraded a nine-man trans-border armed gang who specialise in snatching exotic cars from their victims.

The kingpin who was identified as Benard Bongy and his gang members were arrested by a team of operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) led by their commander, Abba Kyari, a Superintendent of Police.

EXCLUSIVE: Police to parade owner and dogs for eating boy's skull

The Lagos State Police Commissioner, Kayode Aderanti today said the command had finally arrested a dog and its owner that attacked four-year-old boy in Lagos at the Igando area of Lagos.

EXCLUSIVE; Lagos Police Reinforce Ban on Okada

The Lagos State Police Command said it has observed with total dismay that some Okada riders do not have any iota of respect to the laws of the land as they have continuously and flagrantly breached this traffic law although the Lagos State Government in 2012 amended its road traffic law which expressly banned and restricted motorcycles from plying some specific routes in the State.

 

Ezekwesili Claims One of the Chibok Girls has been rescued

The  leader of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG), Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili late yesterday night claimed one of the Chibok girls has been rescued alive. This is coming after Tuesday upheaval when it was claimed that the 219 abducted Chibok girls had been released.

Tweeting from @obyezeks at about 11.17pm, Ezekwesili said Chibok girl was simply identified as Susan.

Synagogue Tragedy: 'No Same Aircraft Can Fly Four Times in that Route'

Puncturing claims that a 'strange' aircraft had flown over the Lagos headquarters of the Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SOAN), in Ikotun, four consecutive times before it collapsed, preliminary investigations has revealed that it was nearly impossible.

How South African Survived Five Days Under Synagogue Rubble

Lindiwe Ndwandwe 

Days after she came out of the rubble of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) building collapse, South African Lindiwe Ndwandwe, finally recounted her five-day ordeal, adding that she survived on her urine.

In a 20-minutes video Ndwandwe attributed her rescue to her faith in God. According to her, she had survived by drinking her urine after she got dehydrated.

She said, "I was trapped in the toilet for five days. I was hungry and thirsty throughout my stay there. I couldn't even move so I was just lying down because there was no leg or head room to move around.

Rescue operations had been ongoing for four days when she walked out unaided on the fifth day, at about 2am last week Tuesday after excavation had been done in the section of where she was trapped.

She said, "I was about to eat when I decided to visit the restroom. When I was there, I heard this noise and then the ceiling of the toilet came crumbling down.

"I heard people praying but I was alone in that place. I tried to sleep but it was difficult. It was through a hole that I knew whether it was day or night. 

"On the third day, I knew they were rescuing people because I stopped hearing the voices of my neighbours."

On how she survived she said, "Remember I was about to eat when I decided to visit the rest room. 

When I was hungry, it was then I started having a conversation with God. Anytime I was hungry or thirsty and I told God, I will just fall asleep. On the fourth day, I was becoming weaker.

"And I was more thirsty. It then occurred to me that the only thing to do was to drink my urine. But I couldn't even do that because I was lying on my side and the ceiling was hanging over me.

"I removed my vest from her neck, put it round legs and urinated on it. The same urine-soaked vest was what I sucked on anytime I got thirsty."

On how she was rescued, she said she heard two men arguing on whether to dig where she was or not and when they did, she came out alive with few bruises on her arms.

She said, "When I was rescued and I called my husband, the only thing he could say was thank God. I could hear the loud shouts of my family rejoicing in the background."

After the interview, she was again led to the site of the building collapse, where she broke down upon sighting the wreckage from where she crawled out from, muttering that it was God that saved her.

Chibok Girls: Dashed Hopes of BBOG as Army Refutes Claim of Rescue

Hopes were dashed, joy squashed and euphoria diminished for the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group when the Defence headquarters yesterday refuted earlier rumours making the rounds that the Chibok girls had been released.

Exclusive: Security Expert Deplores Suicide Attack on Schools

Deploring the recent double suicide terrorist attacks that occurred at the Federal College of Education Kano which resulted in the death of 17 persons and injured 35 others, security expert, Dr. Ona Ekhomu, said it was shameful and unacceptable.

Breaking News: The War is Over- Nyako has been impeached

Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa

He put up a valiant fight but few minutes ago, the embattled  Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako, was impeached by the state House of Assembly,

This is coming hours after his deputy Bala Ngilari, resigned from office to avoid being impeached and his resignation letter was read at plenary by the speaker of the Assembly, Umaru Fintiri, after which the lawmakers approved it. 

BREAKING NEWS: Police Arrest Another Boko Haram Suspect (Chief Butcher)

The Boko haram suspect arrested weeks ago 

·       Suspect says he is the “Chief-Butcher” of Balmo Forest

According to the Force Spokesperson, ACP Frank Mba, Following the massive onslaught by Security Forces on the activities of the insurgent group, Boko Haram, at the Balmo Forest Bauchi State, Police detectives attached to Bauchi State Police Command on Saturday, 12/7/2014 about 2pm have arrested one Mohammed Zakari, a male of 30 years old and senior member of the Boko Haram terrorists’ organization along Darazo-Basrika Road while fleeing from the intensive counter insurgency operations going on around the Balmo Forest.

Police Arrest Cultists, kidnappers, Others

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested four suspects in connection with cultism, kidnapping and 

armed robbery and also recovered three locally made pistols and a cache of ammunition.

While the duo of Sunday Onwe and Ijoko Samuel were arrested for cultism and other related Offences, Ugochukwu Nwafor was arrested for armed robbery and one Ojo was also arrested for attempted kidnapping. 

Chibok Girls: Ezekwesili, Others Urge FG for Tangible Rescue Results

EZEKWESILI LEADING OTHER BBOG MEMBERS

Defying the rain and the attendant flood, the #BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) group weekend, continued its outcry urging the Federal Government (FG) to expedite action in the rescue of the nearly 300 school girls of Chibok Government College, Borno State.

Representing the group, the former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, made this disclosure at the Speak-Out-Saturday rally organised by the Women for Peace and Justice Coalition held at the Marina Waterfront, CMS, Lagos.

BRT Bus Kills Commercial Motorcyclist, Passengers

Barely three days after the incident involving the Bus Rapid Transport (BRT)buses and the military, where one of the buses crushed a soldier to death, yet another incident with the BRT took place yesterday, this time, sending three people, a motorcyclist and his two male passengers, to an early grave. Eyewitnesses said the incident happened when the motorcyclist who was fleeing from policemen who were chasing him for plying the highway, against the law, ran into a BRT Bus while in motion.

Damboa Attack: 63 Abducted Women Escape Boko Haram Captivity

SHETTIMA

Sixty-three (63) women who were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents in parts of Borno state, about two weeks ago, may have escaped captivity and returned  back to their homes, security sources revealed Sunday.

Some witnesses told reporters that the women surprisingly who emerged in large numbers on Saturday must have taken the opportunity of relaxed watch on the camps where they were held hostage to escape.

FASHOLA TO THE RESCUE: Inspects Traffic Gridlock Points in Mile 2, Apapa, Gives Tanker Drivers Ultimatum

FASHOLA

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), yesterday inspected the traffic gridlock points at the Mile 2 under bridge of the Lagos – Badagry Expressway undergoing expansion and Creek Road in Apapa, extracting a commitment from fuel tanker operators to ease traffic on the roads leading to Apapa within one week.

Apapa Blasts: Arrest of 50 Suspects was Pre-emptive, Say Police

Almost a week after about 50 suspects were picked up from different parts of Lagos State, following the twin explosions that rocked a tank farm along Creek Road in Apapa, killing four persons, the police have said the arrests were preemptive raids.

As at yesterday, it was still unclear if the suspects, who were mostly foreigners, had been cleared or charged as the police had planned earlier.

The police had days after the blast kicked off a massive mop up of suspects and transferred them to the state Special Investigation Bureau (SIB), Ikeja where they were profiled.

Again Unknown Gunmen Open Fire on Worshippers in Jos

Unknown gunmen on Sunday night opened fire on a group of Muslim worshippers in Bukuru, Jos south local government area of Plateau State injuring three persons at about 9:00pm Sunday night  during Tarawi prayers, after the Muslims broke their fast.

SMOKING BAN TAKEN TOO FAR AS Son kills Father over Anti-smoking Advice

Tragedy struck  Monday in Aguabosi  village in Ugwuoba in Oji River local Government Area of Enugu state when a middle-aged family man was reportedly killed by his own son for allegedly questioning his smoking habit.

Lawan, Emenalo Head for Supreme Court Over $620, 000 Alleged Bribe from Otedola

Former Chairman, House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy Regime, Farouk Lawan,  has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court to challenge the judgment of the Court of Appeal refusing to quash charges of corruption filed against him and the Secretary of the committee,  Boniface Emenalo.