AWDROP gets team to regulate borehole drilling
Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi The Association of Water Well Drilling Rig Owners and Practitioners has set up a task force to look into the case of indiscriminate drilling of boreholes by some errant members....
View ArticleLSPWC begins reconstruction of Shomolu roads
Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi The Lagos State Public Works Corporation has announced the commencement of reconstruction of roads, including Odunlade and Fadipe streets, in Shomolu Local Government Area of the...
View ArticleWhat to do when your phone falls inside water
Anna Okon If your phone falls into a bucket of water and you retrieve it fast enough, you can save it instead of buying another. Here’s what to do when your phone falls inside water. Take the phone out...
View ArticleIlorin elders challenge Ahmed on workers’ salaries
Success Nwogu The Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressives’ Union on Sunday urged the Kwara State Government to prioritise payment of salary arrears to teachers, local government workers and others. The...
View ArticleThis devaluation ‘be like’ 419!
Economic Renaissance by Henry Boyo lesleba@lesleba.com 08052201997 The “419”, otherwise known as advance fee fraud, scam is well-known in Nigeria for boasting empty promises of stupendous returns which...
View ArticleFathers and finances
Nimi Akinkugbe Last week was Father’s Day. Father’s Day is a celebration honouring fathers and celebrating fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society (Wikipedia). It is also a...
View ArticleOn Brexit for Nigeria
The dictate of democracy is that the majority, no matter how slim, carries the vote. This has been the case in the recent referendum held in Britain as to whether or not the country should remain in...
View ArticleBauchi uncovers 6,065 ghost workers on payroll
Armstrong Bakam, Bauchi The Bauchi State Government said it had discovered 6,065 ghost workers on its payroll. The discovery followed the workers’ verification the state government compelled all civil...
View ArticleNational Assembly’s one year of dashed hope
ONE year into the four-year lifespan of the current National Assembly is enough time for Nigerians to make up their minds about what to expect from this present set of parliamentarians. The prospects...
View ArticleQuicktips on phone
Hide your phone number Calling Line Identity Restriction (CLIR)lets you withhold your phone number from being displayed for every call you make. To hide your number before making a call, dial #31#,...
View ArticlePolice arraign suspected land-grabbers for murder
Afeez Hanafi Two suspected land-grabbers have been brought by the police before a Tinubu Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, over alleged murder. The police accused the defendants, Femi Bakare, 52, and...
View ArticleSalesgirl in a coma after rape by hoodlums
Some hoodlums have raped a salesgirl (name withheld) to a coma after beating her at the Ekuigbo community of Ughelli-North Local Government Area of Delta State. The incident occurred on Monday at a...
View Article25 injured as truck crushes seven vehicles
Mudiaga Affe, Calabar No fewer than 25 persons have been seriously injured after an overloaded truck belonging to Dangote Cement rammed into seven vehicles at the Odukpani Junction in Cross River...
View ArticleFMC’s chief accountant kidnapped in Ondo
Peter Dada, Akure The Chief Accountant of the Federal Medical Centre, Owo, Ondo State, Mr. Kayode Asaju, has been kidnapped by suspected gunmen. Asaju, who was on his way to Abuja, was reportedly...
View ArticleComputer teacher gives schoolgirl N30 after rape
Olaleye Aluko The police in Lagos State have arrested a computer teacher, Cosmos Ubaja, for allegedly raping a 14-year-old schoolgirl in the Owutu area of Ikorodu. PUNCH Metro learnt that the victim,...
View ArticleVandals kidnap Arepo landlord, demand N10m ransom
Samson Folarin Some suspected pipeline vandals have abducted a landlord, Samson Olufemi, on Voera Estate, Arepo area of Ogun State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the vandals had entered the estate through...
View ArticleStepmother remanded for cutting off baby’s penis
Samson Folarin A 22-year-old woman, Bara’atu Rabiu, has been remanded in the Minna Medium Security Prison for allegedly cutting off the penis of her rival’s one-month-old baby, Buhari. She was...
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