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The Lagos State government has warned again that there will be more rains after the August break as it announced at the beginning of the year. The Commissioner for the Environment, Mr Tunji Bello, stated this during an inspection of the cleaning exercise of System Two channel consisting of Bajulaiye-Shomolu Canal. He said there was the need for Lagos residents ...

The State Security Services, SSS, has stated that an al Qaeda-linked suspect was the brain behind last week’s attack on a UN building in Abuja. Mamman Nur, a member of the radical Islamist group Boko Haram, which reportedly has ties with al Qaeda-affiliated groups in Africa was named as the suspected organizer. Two men were also arrested in connection with ...

A stray cheetah entered into a health center in Wundanyi last Friday causing panic among the members of public seeking medical attention and medical personnel. The terrorized patients screamed for help, prompting the villagers to come out in large numbers with arms. Operations at the hospital were temporarily halted as residents including patients who had visited the facility took available ...

Rebel officials have given Gaddafi’s loyalists in Sirte a deadline. They have until Saturday to surrender or the new National Transitional Council, NTC, will start attacking. They say time is running out. The National Transitional Council has been struggling to negotiate a peaceful end to the conflict, but hopes of a final surrender are fading. For fear of civilian casualties, ...

The United States (U.S.) assured Africa on Tuesday that it would help the continent to develop her air transport market and continue to engage the continent for a secure aviation environment. The American Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs in the Department of Transportation, DOT, Susan Kurland, revealed this at the end of the three-day 17th Aviation and Allied ...