Five men arrested with N108m fake currencies

Men of the Lagos State Police Command on Monday had paraded five men who specialised in printing fake local and foreign currencies.

Parading the suspects before newsmen at the command headquarters, Ikeja, Umar Manko, Lagos State Commissioner of Police (CP) disclosed that the men were arrested by detectives attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), led by Abba Kyari, a Superintendent of…

Death toll in Nigeria emir attack rises to five

KANO, Nigeria — The death toll in a gun attack on the convoy of Emir of Kano, an influential Nigerian Muslim figure, has risen to five, the police said, as the monarch and his injured sons flew out of the country on Sunday.

“The interim chairman of Kura local government and his driver were also killed by some gunmen who pursued them from the scene of the attack” on Emir…

19-year-old boy gang-raped by five men, who tricked him with job offer in Lagos

“Life has been unfair to me”.

This was the  statement  that greeted this reporter as he approached 19-year-old  Chidi Okolie, who is currently going through psychological trauma following an act of gang-rape on him, Monday, in Badagry area of Lagos.

Chidi, as gathered,  left his home town in Izzih local government area of Ebonyi state for Lagos, two years ago, in search of greener pasture, following the demise of his…

Five goats arrested & prosecuted for violating Environmental Laws in Osun state

Seems its now a norm for animals to be arrested and prosecuted. Very funny!

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No fewer than five goats were yesterday arrested at Dele-Yesa area in Osogbo, the Osun State capital by officials of the state Waste Management Agency (OWMA) for allegedly violating environmental laws. The state Coordinator of the agency, Mr. Henry Ogunbanwo said the goats…

Five Nigerians Emerge As Richest Pastors In Africa – Forbes

Africans view the wealth of men of God from different perspectives. While some think there’s nothing bad living a good life filled with abundant wealth, others believe men of God are just supposed have enough, and that their calling doesn’t require luxury spending.Whichever way you choose to look at this, everyone has a right to their opinion. Here are the five pastors Forbes think are…

Nigeria Moves Up Five places In The New FIFA Rankings

Nigeria moved five places up on the Fifa global rankings to place 52nd at the end of 2012 in the latest statistics released on Wednesday.

The Super Eagles have climbed up steadily in recent times after gaining six places in November and have now added a further five to end the year on a rising note ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations in January.

Stephen Keshi’s…

Five minutes with Isabel Marant at Paris Fashion Week

French designer Isabel Marant tells Luke Leitch how Bardot, Brikin and Elvis inspired her spring/summer 2013 collection.

BY Luke Leitch | 28 September 2012

Over the last few years Isabel Marant has borderline cornered the market in outstanding outfits for gamine Parisian cool-girls-about-town (and wannabes, too). So following this afternoon’s hibiscus-print, steel-studded, and occasionally outrageously high-hemmed collection, we…

Apple’s iPhone 5: Five observations

The iPhone 5 finally hit store shelves Friday, after a record-setting pre-sale run of 2 million. At the end of the day, carriers are still tallying up their sales, but report that they had brisk sales days.

Sprint spokesman John Taylor said that the carrier is all but sold out of the iPhone 5 as of 5 p.m. Friday and is already taking names for the waitlist.

“Spanish football will kill itself in five years” – Football Economist

Spanish football must either change course drastically or it will “kill itself” within five years, according to Jose Maria Gay de Liebana, Spain’s most prominent football economist.

Gay de Liebana, an economics professor at the Universidad de Barcelona, was in the city on Thursday making his fifth annual presentation on financial issues facing Spanish and European football.

The well-respected professor stated…

Kim Bo-Kyung, Koo Ja-Cheol & the five ‘next big things’ in Korean football

ANALYSISBy Yonghun Lee & Ben Somerford

The South Korean national team may have started brightly on the road to Brazil 2014 in the final round of World Cup qualifying, but there are few supporters who are convinced about the future of the Taeguk Warriors.

Nonetheless, the next few weeks mark a significant period for Korean football, with the next generation of stars set to compete at…