ADMITTEDLY, the more things change, the more they remain the same. Kidnapping has been with man from time. In our younger days, at the shout of “Gbomo gbomo”, every child ran inside and locked the door. Gbomo gbomo were the kidnappers of that time who did not carry out their trade for ransom.

The Nigeria Football Federation has risen in strong defence of Flying Eagles coach John Obuh whose team failed to defend the African Youth championship trophy in Algeria.

BAYELSA is a place of great puzzle and intrigue for me. I find this state and its people rather exotic. Any time I have an opportunity to be in Bayelsa State I never pass it up.

MY earliest encounter with Chinua Achebe was not the usual “suspect”; his trailblazing work, Things Fall Apart. That came a bit later. I had my earliest encounter with Africa’s greatest writer, with Chike And The River. It was set in Onitsha, against the backdrop of the majestic River Niger.

TWO natives of Oruku have been shot dead allegedly by gunmen from neighbouring Umuode community in a fresh gun battle which commenced since Sunday.

Tips to good oral habit include the following are essential to good healthcare.

The Nigeria Football Federation has ordered Nigeria Premier League clubs, Warri Wolves and Enugu Rangers to agree on a transfer fee for Super Eagles’ attacking midfielder Sunday Mba before the close of work
today.

Technical and vocational education is an important stream of the educational system in many societies due to its impact on diversified human resources development. But in Nigeria, little or no attention is being paid to this aspect. With more than 167 technical colleges nationwide whose enrollment is below capacity, stakeholders have continued to worry over the lack of attention paid to this section of the sector and its implications for national manpower development.

‘…culprits must be punished’
The Nigerian Air Force said Wednesday it had begun investigation into the assault of some distribution and transmission workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, at Ipesu-Ijesa and Ijesa town in Osun State, which had led to the disruption of electricity in the affected areas for many weeks.

The federal government has sold the Omotosho Power Plant to China National Machinery and Equipment Import and Export Corporation, CMEC, under a debt-equity swap arrangement.

VICE Chancellor of Delta State University, Abraka, Professor Eric Arubayi, has vowed to expel any student caught indulging in cult activities.

Two years into office, Governor Kayode Fayemi has in the mind of many moved Ekiti State forward. But success in governance is only one yardstick ahead of the forthcoming gubernatorial election next year.

The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos, yesterday, ordered retrial in the case by DSV Limited, a shareholder in Daily Times Nigeria Limited, who had alleged gross and illegal sale of Daily Times assets.

If you thought climate change was some distant phenomenon happening in a far away country, think again. Prof. Emmanuel Oladipo, once thought so too.

Mr. Eyiowuawi Abiola is a lecturer at the Tai Solarin College of Education, Omu-Ijebu, Ogun State and an associate member of the Nigerian Institute of Science Laboratory Technology. At the 12th National Council on Science and Technology Meeting and Exhibition held in Ibadan recently, Eyiowuawi spoke to Vanguard Learning on one of his innovations, Artificial Human Kidney Dialysis machine. Excerpts: