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Thursday, 27 December 2012

Fashola vows to deal with owner of stored fire crackers

Lagos state Governor, Babatunde Fashola, yesterday visited the site of the boxing day firecracker explosion that razed about 15 buildings and killed an 11 year old boy. Fashola said he plans to punish the owner of the store on Oko Awo street where the fire crackers were stored.

“In order to make quick business, we have lost a life, we lost property and all of us are in danger. All of these items are under one form of prohibition or the other and we have men and women at our various entry and exit points. How did they get in? How did they enter? Who imported them and who cleared them? Who approved them to come in. Those are very serious issues we must also ask ourselves" Fashola said Lagos state is one of the states that has banned the use of fire crackers

Wednesday, 26 December 2012

Two month old baby stolen in market

Source: Daily Sun

Christmas festivities has turned out a huge misfortune for a young couple, Mr. and Mrs. Ikechukwu Ufondu, after a strange woman stole their two-month-old baby on the eve of Christmas at the Mohammadu Abubakar Rimi Market in the state capital.

Lovely!

Xmas cow goes wild, injures man in Onitsha

Source: DailySun

A middle-aged man trading at the Onitsha main market, Obinna Adimora has been admitted into a private hospital following injuries inflicted on him by a Christmas cow in Awada area of Onitsha yesterday. Trouble started for Obinna when tenants in a commercial building located in Ben Aghaeze Street contributed money and bought a live cow for Christmas merriment.

“I spent eight years studying Medicine and Surgery in UNIJOS and graduated in 2004 and later served in Bauchi State. A year later, I got a job at Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission where I practised for six months. But I was later asked to leave.

“I moved to Kogi in 2006 and it was there that a friend introduced me to the business. I was making good money and later got a part time job at Federal Medical Centre. I received N90,000 as monthly salary which was not enough for me. So, I stuck to the pipeline business.”

Many people were injured and cars destroyed when a multi-storey building packed with fire crackers and other types of goods went up in flames on Wednesday morning on Lagos Island.The explosion was caused by knockout.

Hollywood actor Idris Elba in town for D'banj's koko concert

Idris Elba came in yesterday morning for the koko concert, Koko Concert will hold tomorrow Thursday December 27th at Eko Atlantic. The event will be hosted by Idris Elba and will feature Tinnie Tempah, Big Sean, Pusha T and many top Nigerian artists. Ticket: 5k regular, 20k VIP and N1m for table.

More pictures after the cut..

Barely 24 hours after images of a twin duplex under construction in Lekki Phase 1, where AY Makun and 2face Idibia will become neighbours emerged, the comedian has come out to clear the air about some misconceptions

Dear friends,

I want to seize this opportunity to
wish you and your loved ones a
merry Christmas and a happy
New Year in advance.

I feel the pains of Nigerians and
that is why this yuletide period I
have personally instructed that
our roads should be worked on
to enable you and your loved
ones travel safely for the holidays
knowing that this season brings
with it the highest volume of
traveler traffic of the year.

Banky W granted an interview recently and said he is single and available. The truth is that in my business it is very hard to find somebody, because of what is going on now and how fast your life is. Everyone is asking, even my parents are asking where is the girl; but hopefully, I will find the right person soon. It is not something I am afraid of, it’s not something I am running away from, it will definitely happen.

Check out Toke Makinwa casual look

The pretty radio presenter wore this to the baddest concert. Love the look!

Okonjo's Kidnappers arrested inside a bank

Operatives of the State Security Service, SSS, have arrested six of the abductors of Prof. Keneme Okonjo, mother of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala. Okonjo, wife of the Obi of Ogwuashi-Ukwu, Prof. Chukwuka Okonjo, was kidnapped on December 9, 2012 at the palace of the traditional ruler.

However, through concerted efforts of the combined security agencies in the country, the victim was released on December 14. But in a bid to unravel those behind the kidnapping, arrests were made by the police, Army and men of the SSS.