GLOBAL COMMUNITY REPORTERS

By U. D. Okechukwu Okay my people. Do you remember our bus park? That place where we will enter all those rugged-ever dirty-malnourished-everlasting gear problem-slow buses either to boundary or Mile 2. Yes! That place that has the gateless entrance at Airport road and another gateless exit on Cardoso street is now an entertainment garden. Well, the term ‘entertainment garden’ is simply packaging, we have to package our community small nah right? It’s actually an array of beer parlor shops and restaurants that has a big space in the center where people sit in the evening to have a chilled bottle of beer and a hot plate of food or pepper soup.  Those old buses have all been sold to condemn by their owners and During the day, some korope buses carry passengers to Boundary only. From 6pm, they stop! Then the parade of the park changes. Feel free to stop by at any of the shops inside the park to get a chilled beer, pepper soup, nkwobi, rice and beans, Akpu na ofe egusi, amala ati ewedu...

The medical team of the Lagos State Government, presently in Saudi Arabia to cater for the health needs of Lagos pilgrims, has warned them to avoid moving around in the sun, saying it is dangerous to their health because it can affect the blood system, dry out water in the body fast, cause headache, pains, weakness and dehydration.

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed optimism on the release of more of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls, after 21 of them were freed by Boko Haram, following more than two years of captivity.

Five-year-old Aliyah Masaku, who was attacked by three dogs in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, has died. Aliyah died at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, on Wednesday after she was transferred from the Ikorodu General Hospital, where she was first admitted.

Dele Ogunyemi The Nigerian Navy Logistics Command, Oghara in Delta State has commenced the construction of the Naval Officers’ Wives Association Skills Acquisition Centre. The Command’s Coordinator of NOWA, Mrs Loveleen Lassa disclosed this during the commissioning of the NOWA’s Secretariat and the foundation laying ceremony of the association’s proposed Shopping Complex at the Logistics Command in Oghara. Mrs Lassa said that the skill acquisition project when completed would serve as part of the NOWA’s Corporate Social Responsibility initiative to the host communities. She said, “The skill acquisition centre will be opened to members of the host communities as part of the NOWA’s Corporate Social Responsibility initiative. “The structure will have offices and a conference room on the lower floor, while the upper floor will accommodate the Skills Acquisition Centre that will comprised tailoring and bakery sections.” Lassa, in her address on the occasion also thanked the leadership of th...

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday said it would no longer allow indiscriminate parking of vehicles on the road networks across the state on the basis of queuing up for Premium Motor Spirit otherwise known as fuel, just as it threatened to sanction any erring filling stations and motorists who flout the directive.

By Taiwo Jimoh Detectives attached to the Special Antirobbery Squad (SARS), Lagos State Command, have arrested two suspected armed robbers who hid inside septic tank at Lekki area. The suspects, Ismail Ayodele (26) and Ugochukwu Stanley (30), were arrested inside the septic tank where they hid after robbing residents of Osapa London Estate of their valuables and money. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Bala Elkana, confirmed the arrest. He said: “On July 11, police received information from a reliable source that some armed robbers were sighted at Osapa London Estate, Lekki, robbing residents of their valuables at gunpoint. “Upon receipt of the information, operatives from Ajah Police Station and SARS moved swiftly to the scene of the crime. “Immediately the suspects sighted the policemen, they ran to a nearest compound and hid themselves inside a septic tank. They were later arrested. A locally made pistol with five live cartridges was recovered from them after forc...

The ghost town sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Monday (today) got bloody in Nnewi as two people have reportedly died in an alleged confrontation between the Army and suspected members of the IPOB. According to an eyewitness account, the confrontation occurred at the Izuchukwu junction area of the roundabout in the industrial town and the two people who are reported to have died include a leader of Eastern Security Network (ESN) and a commercial motorcyclist. THE AUTHORITY, an online news platform, claimed that the incident started around 7.00 am in the morning when some members of IPOB came out to enforce the sit-at-home order and in the process barricaded the major roads in Nnewi, an industrial town in Anambra State. The eyewitness stated that some unidentified soldiers, however, showed up to clear the roadblock items leading to an altercation between them and the IPOB members. Sources mentioned that the two victims were actually killed by gun...

As with the chicken base, this easy mince base can be divided into three batches for freezing. We recommend using beef mince with 10% fat. This, plus a few veggies, passata and milk creates a life-saving recipe for hectic days. Ingredients:  3 tbsp olive oil 1 large onion, finely chopped 3 garlic cloves, crushed 1 large celery stick, finely sliced 1 large carrot, finely chopped 1.5kg beef mince, 10% fat 3 tbsp tomato & vegetable purée 600ml passata 150ml milk Method: Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan, add the onion and fry until it starts to soften, then add the garlic, celery and carrot and cook until soft. Meanwhile, heat the remaining oil in a separate frying pan and fry the mince in batches, scooping each batch out with a slotted spoon and leave any excess oil behind. Add the mince to the veg, then stir in the tomato purée and cook for 1 min. Stir in the passata and bring to a simmer. Cover and cook over a very low heat for 1½-2 hrs, then add the milk and ...

Gov. Amosun of Ogun State, who was on his back from the swearing in ceremony of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu in Akure, stopped his convoy to save accident victims.