Trigger happy policeman shoots dead taxi driver, sick passenger

Trigger happy policeman shoots dead taxi driver, sick passenger

A trigger happy police corporal, attached to Yankaba Division, Kano, yesterday, shot dead a taxi driver conveying a sick female passenger, who also died in the incident, to hospital. An eyewitness, Isa Tanko, told Sunday Vanguard, that the killings occurred around 9.30am between Hadejia Road roundabout and Haye quarters of Nassarawa local government area.
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I went three days without bathing to record a song  — Adasounds

I went three days without bathing to record a song — Adasounds

Budding Afropop singer, Ofor Stephanie Adaeze, a.k.a Adasounds, who is known for her song Kejo, has come out to talk about the greatest price she has paid for her music and her alleged relationship with Oritsefemi. In a chat with Potpourri the light skinned songstress says she has had to spend three days in the studio without a change of clothing or toiletries.

South African Stock Exchange woos Nigerian companies for US$800bn investable funds

South African Stock Exchange woos Nigerian companies for US$800bn investable funds

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), South Africa, is intensifying efforts to concretize the recent partnership arrangement with the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) to create a robust cross-border listing of and trade in equities of Nigerian companies. The investable funds’ pool in JSE is put at about US$800 billion (N160 trillion).

Who can stop our Govs’ spending spree?

Who can stop our Govs’ spending spree?

At the end of their meeting last Wednesday in Abuja, state governors resolved to hold discussions with President Muhammadu Buhari to seek lasting solutions to the worsening macroeconomic challenges confronting the nation.

There is need for improvement in legal education curriculum —Mrs. Elizabeth Idigbe Partner

There is need for improvement in legal education curriculum —Mrs. Elizabeth Idigbe Partner

Mrs. Elizabeth Idigbe is a partner at Punuka Attorneys and Solicitors. A proud alumnus of the University of Benin, she is reputed for her expertise in security documentation, debt factoring and restructuring, company secretarial services and general corporate practise spanning across 25 years. She reminisced on her days at UNIBEN in this interview. Excerpts.

Buhari’s  diplomacy, Nigerian looters and Boko Haram

Buhari’s diplomacy, Nigerian looters and Boko Haram

Continuous optimism is the phrase that best describes the attitude of foreign policy analysts and diplomats who watched President Muhammadu Buhari’s four-day visit to Washington where he met with his United States (US) counter part, Mr. Barack Obama. It was the first step aimed at normalizing the frosty relations between Nigeria and the US under the presidency of the first black man to occupy the White House.

‘DESOPADEC Amendment Bill against youths’

‘DESOPADEC Amendment Bill against youths’

The proposed Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) Bill before the Delta State House of Assembly has come under attack by the Amalgamated Youth Organization of Delta State ,AYODES, which described the clause in the Bill as not only injurious to the youths, but would also make them unproductive.

God is beyond science

God is beyond science

You can never explain God. When we are talking about God, let’s put science apart”. With these words of Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, during a service of the Redemeed Christian Church of God (RCCG), we begin today’s Joyful Homes.

UNILAG protest: JAMB’s policy meant to help candidates — Registrar

UNILAG protest: JAMB’s policy meant to help candidates — Registrar

The Registrar/Chief Executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Dibu Ojerinde, has reacted to the protest at the University of Lagos by parents and candidates who could not access the university’s admission, noting that the policy introduced by JAMB, for which he has been criticised, “is actually meant to help the candidates not only to get admission but also to get it on time.”

Warri Relays: Athletes performances worry AFN officials

Warri Relays: Athletes performances worry AFN officials

Below standard performances put up by Nigerian athletes at Friday’s Warri grandprix and CAA relays left Athletics Federation of Nigeria officials wondering, if these athletes can rise to the occasion at the forth coming World Championships billed for August 22-30 in Beijing, China.