Kidnappers of Lagos pupils give families 48-hour ultimatum
Olaleye Aluko As four pupils, a teacher and a vice-principal of Lagos Junior Model College, Igbonla, Epe, Lagos State, spend five days in captivity, the kidnappers have given their families 48 hours to...
View ArticleIs DSS right to invade judges’ homes?
The invasion is unconstitutional. The assault on the premises of the judges is unconstitutional. By the action, the Department of State Services is usurping the functions of the National Judicial...
View ArticleEconomic growth depends on patronage of Nigeria-made products — Buhari
Stanley Opara President Muhammadu Buhari has said his greatest desire is to guide Nigeria to become an export-led economy. According to him, there is no way to achieve this without building the right...
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[SPONSORED] Bethlehem Alemu Is Coming To The GTBank Fashion Weekend
In line with the theme of promoting enterprise, GTBank announces Bethlehem Alemu born and bred in Ethiopia, Bethlehem personifies the empowerment that fashion entrepreneurship can provide to young...
View ArticleCoping with labour and childbirth
Solaade Ayo-Aderele Ask the average pregnant mom what she expects during labour and childbirth, and she is likely to give you a blank look. A woman who has had a child before might hazard a guess;...
View ArticleWho wants to be a teacher?
Bayo Olupohunda A few years ago, while in my first year as a classroom teacher, I had posed the above question to my students. It was during a lesson in career counselling and the starry-eyed teenagers...
View ArticlePolice dismiss, arraign killer cop …family buries undergraduate victim
Samson Folarin The Lagos State Police Command has dismissed Sergeant Collins Idom, who allegedly shot dead an undergraduate of a polytechnic in Edo State, Joseph Eidonojie-Ugbeni. Idom had spent 14...
View ArticleGang breaks man’s skull with hammer, shoots two
Samson Folarin There was chaos in the Mushin area of Lagos after some gang members, who were engaged in a supremacy fight clashed. During the fight, the skull of one Oluwafemi, was reportedly broken...
View ArticleOil glut to last till mid-2017 unless OPEC cuts output – IEA
A massive oil glut may weigh on world markets deep into next year unless the OPEC producer cartel makes good on its promise to cut output, the International Energy Agency said on Tuesday. The oil price...
View ArticleWHO urges price hikes on sugary drinks in obesity fight
The UN health agency on Tuesday urged countries to start taxing sugary beverages as they fight against an obesity epidemic, pointing to evidence that price hikes can dramatically reduce consumption....
View ArticleGunmen kill police inspector in Imo
A Police Inspector attached to a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Imo State, Chief Marcellinus Nlemigbo, was shot dead on Sunday by gunmen. The incident occurred at Umudagu, Mberi, in...
View ArticleA’Ibom APC, activist hail move to sanitise judiciary
Etim Ekpimah, Uyo The All Progressives Congress in Akwa Ibom State and the Coalition of Human Rights Defenders have said the arrest of some judges in the country is in order. The Publicity Secretary of...
View ArticleSenate drops four NNDC board nominees, okays 15
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Senate on Tuesday approved the nomination of 15 nominees for the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission. President Muhammadu Buhari had sent the names of the nominees...
View ArticleBuhari nominates two S’Court justices, seeks Senate approval
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate, seeking legislative approval for the nomination of two judges to the Supreme Court. The nominees are Justice Sidi Baje...
View ArticleSheriff’s overseas trip stalls inauguration of peace committee
Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The inability of the Peoples Democratic Party to constitute and inaugurate a peace panel expected to reconcile its two factions has been attributed to the overseas trip embarked...
View ArticleWe’ve not transfered Visafone licence to MTN — NCC
Everest Amaefule and Ozioma Ubabukoh The Nigerian Communications Commission on Tuesday said that no decision had been taken yet to transfer Visafone Communications Limited’s licence to MTN Nigeria. It...
View ArticleFG to raise N1tn for housing scheme
Everest Amaefule and Rasheed Bisiriyu Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the Federal Government is working with stakeholders to raise N1tn for the provision of affordable houses for Nigerians....
View ArticleOlubadan, Alaafin in historic meeting, preach unity
Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan For the first time in almost a decade, the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji and the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, held an historic meeting an action which the...
View ArticleOndo PDP accuses APC of faking army uniforms
Peter Dada, Akure The People’s Democratic Party in Ondo State on Tuesday accused the All Progressives Congress of making fake army uniforms as parts of its plots to rig the November 26, governorship...
View ArticleGanduje promises to approve judge’s sacking
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, on Tuesday promised to approve the recent recommendation of the National Judicial Council to dismiss a judge of the state High...
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