Kogi poly boils as Okada rider stabs female student to death
A student of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, Jibrin Aliyat was on Monday night stabbed to dead by a bike rider leading to student of the polytechnic yesterday taking to the street, unleashing mayhem on okada rider, burning vehicle and destroying other valuables property.
Ubulu-Uku kingmaker rejects 17-yr-old monarch
CRISIS is brewing in Ubulu-Uku Kingdom, Anoicha South Local Government Area of Delta State, following the rejection of the newly crowned 17 years old monarch, HRM Chukwuka Akaeze I, by the Onishe (King- maker), Chief Emma Ejiofor.
States and local governments: A cartel against the common good
Our political history has seen a succession of opportunistic characters appealing to our base instincts to secure power and quick wins. As an American novelist, Henry Adams once put it, politics is “the systematic organisation of hatreds.”
Ikorodu kidnap: We fed the girls with noodles – Suspects
Operatives of the Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS, Ikeja , Lagos said they have arrested three more suspects over the recent kidnap of three female Senior Secondary School students of the Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary, in Ikorodu Lagos state.
Northern Senators reject bill on gender equality
A bill seeking to guarantee women equal rights with their male counterparts was, yesterday, thrown out by the Senate when it was presented for consideration during plenary.
Tompolo appeals court order for his arrest
Chief Government Ekpemupolo (alias Tompolo) has filed his appeal before the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos, challenging the order of the Federal High Court, Lagos, for his arrest.
Justice Ibrahim Buba of the lower court had, on January 14, 2016, issued a warrant for Tompolo’s arrest. On January 27, 2016, Tompolo filed an application before the court, to set aside the said warrant of arrest.
