Kidnappers of mum of Okowa’s aide demand N35m ransom
Abductors of Mrs Queen Eyetan Egbedi, mother of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s Senior Special Assistant on Agriculture and immediate past Chairman of Sapele Local Government Council, Mr Julius Egbedi, yesterday demand a ransom of N35m to secure her release.
Top 7 players to watch in 2016’s
This is a rundown of the top six players you need to watch in 2016, based on their compelling storylines in 2015.
Cultists kill one in Delta, police arrest 12 suspects
SUSPECTED cultists have stabbed a middle aged man identified as John Mobor to death in Warri, Delta State.
Oil thieves break more pipelines as Navy lauds officers
OIL thieves continue to break into flow lines in Delta state even as the Nigerian Navy scores its men high in the fight to end oil theft and illegal refineries in the state.
OBA LAOYE: TIMI OF EDE
“T his is Nigeria Broadcasting Service – (B’olu badan ba’ku ta ni o joye (who is the next king, if Olubadan passes on) ojogede dudu inun takun (he eats an unripe plantain and suffers stomach discomfort) ko so ni gbese ni bi lo si le keji (there is no debtor here, go to the next house) Eko je Ibadan lowo 130 ( Lagos owes Ibadan 130 thousand pounds)” was the famed signature tune of the Nigeria Broadcasting Service, the precursor of today’s Radio Nigeria. It was the drumming creativity in 1956, of the drummer-King, Oba John Adetoyese Laoye 1, Timi of Ede ( December 1946- May 16, 1975).eded
A greater dawn
Forget about yesterday. The future is too bright. The pains, shame, sufferings and humiliations that you may have gone through in the past is nothing compared to the glory that is ahead of you. The glory of the latter house shall be greater than the former.
Clearing Agents’ Association seeks review of import policies
The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) on Friday called on the Federal Government to review import policies.
Eagles face daunting challenges in 2016
2015 was a bonfire of celebrations for Nigerian football following Eaglets victory at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile and the Under-23’s triumph at the AFCON U-23 Championship in Senegal but 2016 will present daunting challenges to the Super Eagles, who have a mountain to climb to qualify for the 2017 AFCON in Gabon and FIFA 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Whenever I talk to my dad, I end up frustrated
It’s great when I don’t care and I’m not listening and just want him to finish talking. But, I don’t think I’m always going to be like that. Randomly, I’d decide that I want to actually hear him out but I get so worked up afterward that it’s difficult for me to concentrate on other things. That’s annoying!
Am I too old for her ?
For the past six months, I have been texting and speaking over Facebook with a babe and met up a few times. During these meet ups, we held hands, hugged and kissed. We admitted to liking each other, but there is the problem and I think it is ridiculous. Her friends think I am too old for her. Fair enough, I’m almost 36, but she is almost 17 and my religion permits a sexual relationship with a girl that age.
I refuse to let our son turn family home into a love nest !
JULIE has just finished her stint at the private hospital where she was a matron. Her husband is a partner and a consultant at the same hospital. His hours were less erratic than hers and as she rummaged in her kitchen in the dead of the night for something to eat, she noticed the silence seemed a bit errie. Usually, when she came in late, Fred, her eldest son, who’d just been back from his Youth Service, would have soft music wafting from his room.
