Spanking can harm your child’s mental health
Bukola Adebayo Agreed that a verse of the Bible says, “Spare the rod and spoil the child”. And it will be wrong to disobey instructions from above. However, the Holy Book does not say you should use...
View ArticleDevelopment: Obasanjo, Ogwu to lead talks at CU
Jesusegun Alagbe Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Prof. Joy Ogwu, have been selected as the special guests of honour and the keynote...
View ArticleNACJ to honour Arase, others with integrity award
Jesusegun Alagbe The Nigerian Association of Christian Journalists has selected the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, and some eminent Nigerians as recipients of the 2016 NACJ Integrity...
View ArticleGAFCON names Primate Okoh new chairman
The Global Anglican Future Conference Primates Council has elected the Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, The Most Rev’d Nicholas Okoh, as its new chairman. A statement by the...
View ArticleI’ve lost count of those I killed – Suspected cultist, kidnapper
Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt A suspected cultist and kidnapper shocked newsmen on Friday when he confessed that he had lost count of the number of persons he had killed before his arrest by men of...
View ArticleNSCDC destroys 13 illegal refineries in Rivers
Friday Amobi, Port-Harcourt The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps on Thursday destroyed 13 illegal refineries in Rivers State. This, according to the State Command of the NSCDC, was in line...
View ArticleFour suspects arraigned for killing DSS operative in Rivers
Friday Amobi, Port-Harcourt Four suspects have been arraigned in a Magistrate Court sitting in Port Harcourt for allegedly killing an operative of the Department of State Service in Rivers State. The...
View ArticleOne killed as fence collapses on construction workers
Alexander Okere A perimeter fence belonging to a petrol station along Murtala Muhammed Way in Benin, Edo State, has killed a construction worker after it collapsed on him and four others. The victim...
View ArticleBishop decries neglect of Nigerian prisons
Tony Okafor, Awka The Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor, has decried the poor state of prisons in the country, saying such facilities in a 21st Century must have a human...
View ArticleImo CP sues for peace between herdsmen, indigenes
Gibson Achonu, Owerri The Imo State Commissioner of Police, Taiwo Lakanu, on Thursday took a tour of duty to Okigwe Local Government Area of the state, where he preached peaceful co-existence between...
View ArticleCourt bars ex-senatorial candidate from parading self as lawyer
Ogbonnaya Ikokwu, Umuahia A High Court sitting in Umuahia, the capital of Abia State, has barred Mr. Ahamdi Nweke of Umuihe in Isialangwa South LGA from parading himself as a lawyer and restrained him...
View ArticleBoko Haram landmine kills seven IDPs in Yobe
A landmine reportedly planted by fleeing Boko Haram insurgents has killed seven returning internally displaced persons in Goniri town of Gujba Local Government Area, Yobe State. The victims were said...
View ArticleNasarawa workers decry non-payment of salaries
UMAR MUHAMMED The Nasarawa State Government has refuted claims that it directed all civil servants in the state to change their salary accounts from their personal accounts to the government-approved...
View ArticleLeading with a winning mentality
Seni Adetu Three weeks ago, I shared my thoughts on the strategic imperatives a business leader could consider to mitigate current business headwinds. I followed that with a discussion on the...
View ArticleA friendly chat with an old friend
Femi Fani-Kayode The following discussion took place on my Facebook friends’ page on May 2, 2016. Since it is already in the public realm, I have taken the liberty of sharing. Though we have not seen...
View ArticleNo land for grazing in Benue —Ortom
Godwin Akor with agency report The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has called for the establishment of ranches for Fulani herdsmen and their cattle to reduce the incidence of clashes between...
View ArticleArmy arrests young female B’Haram suspect
The Army on Saturday said during the ongoing clearance and rescue operations carried out by the troops of 28 Task Force Brigade, they were able to clear the enclaves of Boko Haram terrorists along...
View ArticleLagos police hunt for man over banker-wife’s death
Leke Baiyewu and Samson Folarin The Lagos State Police Command has launched a manhunt for Mr. Lekan Shonde, who allegedly killed his banker-wife, Ronke, in Lagos on Thursday night. Ronke Shonde, a...
View ArticleBuhari orders military to crush new Niger Delta militant group
Fidelis Soriwei, Olalekan Adetayo and Bayo Akinloye President Muhammadu Buhari has given a fresh order to the military to crack down on a new militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers, which has been...
View ArticleSheriff will bury PDP at May 21 convention — Ex-ministers
Olusola Fabiyi Aggrieved former ministers, who served under the Peoples Democratic Party-led Federal Government, have said that the forthcoming national convention of the party may turn out to be used...
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