For orphans, a reason to smile courtesy of PEM Foundation
CREATOR of television serial, Heaven’s Gate, Pastor Eskor Mfon, first of five children of Mr. Asuquo Ima Mfon, was a dynamic spiritual leader, devoted philanthropist and an innovative entrepreneur whose illuminating light was unceremoniously extinguished on Monday, April 30, 2007 at the age of 54.
Youths protest murder of a man in Zaria over N250
Some youths stormed the Zaria Police Station on Saturday to protest the alleged killing of one Abdullahi Nura by a middle age man, over a N250 snatched from a girl.
Edo communal clash claims 10 houses
No fewer than 10 houses were burnt in a communal clash between Okpekpe and Imiegba communities of Etsako East Local Government area of Edo on Saturday.
2015: Jonathan made no commitment to the North – Orubebe
The Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, joins the debate on whether or not President Goodluck Jonathan should seek re-election in 2015, saying the issue is for Nigerians to decide. The minister also speaks on the mandate of his ministry, Boko Haram and the politics of his home state, Delta.
JUSTICE FOR SALE: How some retired and serving judges, senior lawyers pervert justice
The alarming rate of the perversion of justice in Nigeria and the angst of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Dahiru Musdapher, and Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Justice Lawal Gunmi, is presented in this report. Their positions are corroborated by the observations of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA.
1.1 million Nigerians are blind — Ophthalmologist
A consultant ophthalmologist at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Dr. Bassey Etim, has said that there are an estimated 1.13 million Nigerians from 40 years and above that are currently blind.
