Abami Eda’s Portrait from Kalakuta Diaries
The memories and life of late Afrobeat music legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti came alive last week when friends , family members and followers of the revolutionary social crusader gathered at Nigeria Institute of International Affairs, Victoria Island for the public presentation of a new book about him entitled Kalakuta Diaries written by a friend and former personal aid to Fela, Uwa Erhabor.
Fire kills mother, 5 children in Kaduna
A mother, Mrs Zuwaira Yakubu, and her five children were burnt to death in the early hours of Tuesday in Danbaba village, near Birnin Yero in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
54-yr-old monarch arraigned for kidnapping
A 54-year-old traditional ruler in Calabar, Muri Maurice Eyo, two others said to be his accomplices, Francis Orok and Eyo Okon, were, Tuesday, arraigned before a Calabar Magistrate Court for kidnapping.
Day Lagos honoured education partners
He who opens a classroom door closes a prison door.’ This seems to summarise the guiding principles of Lagos State Government’s collaboration with its private sector partners in moving the education sector forward.
Otedola vs Farouk: Court adjourns suit indefinitely
Justice Peter Kekemeke of the Abuja high Court, Wednesday, adjourned further hearing in the suit between oil mogul, Femi Otedola and the embattled erstwhile Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on fuel subsidy probe, Farouk Lawan, indefinitely.
Teacher bags 6-month jail for stealing phone
ABUJA – A Christian Religious Studies teacher, Honest Alam, was Wednesday sentenced to six months imprisonment by a Karu Senior Magistrates’ Court for stealing a Techno handset worth N5,000.
