We can’t afford to break – Eminent Nigerians

EMINENT Nigerians, yesterday, took a dispassionate peep into the topsy-turvy journey of Nigeria into nationhood 52 years after independence and returned a grim verdict: There is nothing to celebrate because the country is hanging on the precipice of disintegration amid worsening poverty among the citizenry. They dissected the causes of the country’s stunted development and proffered solutions.

Full Text of President Jonathan's Independence Speech

This is the unedited text of President Jonathan's address to the nation this morning

Beloved countrymen and women, on this day, fifty-two years ago, our founding fathers brought joy and hope to the hearts of our people when they won independence for our great country. Nigeria made a clean break with more than six decades of colonial rule,

Murder: IG’s team visits Ugochukwu’s family

By Evelyn Usman

LAGOS – The Investigative team set up by the Inspector-General of Police to investigate the killing of a 36-year-old man who was shot dead five days after his weeding in Gbagada area of Lagos, weekend, paid the bereaved family a visit.

There had been controversy over the killing of Ugochukwu Ozua, an engineer, following an eyewitness account that said he was allegedly shot dead by a policeman, while the Police said his killers were robbers.

Robbers Invade Lagbaja’s Lagos Home

Men of the underworld on Saturday, September 29, 2012 invaded Lagbaja’s Omole Estate, Lagos home and carted away with valuables worth millions of naira.