Electricity consumers have decried the repeated collapse of the national grid, which happened again yesterday. They described it as an embarrassment to the nation. The national grid collapsed around 8.16am yesterday, the third time in one week, with its attendant blackout across the nation, reports Sunday PUNCH. Checks by our correspondent con...
•Kenya flag A popular Kenyan pastor is being investigated for cult activities after allegations he and other church elders sexually abused a number of women and girls, police said. The case came to light after the church run by Daniel Mururu in Meru County in central Kenya was torched by irate locals late last month, […]
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted no less than 36 parcels of a strong strain of cannabis concealed in six cartons of tins of branded Nestle Cerelac baby food, with six containers in each package at the SAHCOL export shed of Lagos airport and at a courier firm in Lagos. […]
A fatal accident involving two trucks and a bus today, around NASFAT along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway killed five people while 10 others were seriously injured. The accident said to have occurred around 9:56 am involved a Daf truck with number plate KUT561ZZ, a Toyota Hiace bus with registration number GGE84YF, and another truck without a [&h...
•FRSC officials controlling traffic The Ogun State Sector Command of Federal Road Safety Corps today issued a traffic alert to the motoring public disclosing the complete blockage of Ota-Idiroko Road in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state. The gridlock was said to have been caused by multiple crashes involving a truck, two tricy...
•Attack victims The UN human rights chief said today he was “deeply alarmed” by the string of attacks on villages in central Nigeria, which left nearly 200 dead, according to local authorities. Armed groups launched attacks between Saturday evening and Tuesday morning in Nigeria’s Plateau State, a region plagued for several years by religious ...

