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Court order: Community petitions IG  over land dispute

Court order: Community petitions IG over land dispute

Days after a Lagos High Court, ruled in its favour, the Agunfoye village Igbogbo, an Ikorodu community in Lagos, has not known peace. Reason: The community has been under attacks by land speculators in an alleged connivance with the police, leading to loss of innocent lives and destruction of property worth millions of naira. This followed a right of occupancy ceded in favour of the Agunfoye village Igbogbo headed by the Adeyoruwa family.

Vodacom trains 25 female students on ICT

Vodacom trains 25 female students on ICT

VODACOM Business Nigeria has trained twenty-five female students of Clemmy High School, Agodo-Egbe, Lagos, on Internet of Things (IoT) as part of its support for the Girls in ICTprogramme. The students who were students from SS1 and SS2 learned how IoT is used in ensuring people’s safety and in securing property in today’s world. They also toured the company’s facilities, exposing them to the importance of connectivity and data security to individuals and businesses in this milieu.

Education sector needs complete overhaul – Berkhout

Education sector needs complete overhaul – Berkhout

Chairman, Safari Books Limited, Chief Joop Berkhout, has lamented the decadence in the nation’s education sector, calling for a complete overhaul of the system. Berkhout who stated this in Lagos during the presentation of a biography “I Remember” written by Professor Ladipo Adamolekun said: “The quality of education in Nigeria bears no comparison with the high quality during the 60s and 70s.”

Retired army officer hangs self in Calabar

Retired army officer hangs self in Calabar

The remains of a retired captain of the Nigerian Army, Friday William, found dangling on a mango tree outside his apartment in Calabar, have been taken to his hometown in Mkpat Enin, Akwa Ibom State.

Green hails Edo FA over South South tourney

Green hails Edo FA over South South tourney

TECHNICAL com-mittee chairman of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Chris Green has given a part on the back to Edo FA for putting together the South South champion of champions soccer tourney which is on-going at the Sam Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin.

EFCC storms ex-Gov Turaki’s home over N36bn theft

EFCC storms ex-Gov Turaki’s home over N36bn theft

OPERATIVES of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, stormed the Abuja home of a former Jigawa State governor, Saminu Turaki.
Neighbours of the former senator said they spotted the team of EFCC operatives at the 16 Dennis Osadebe Street, Aso Villa home of the former governor at about 7pm, Wednesday, but it was not clear what their mission was or whether the former governor was arrested by the operatives.

Giwa FC expelled!

Giwa FC expelled!

GIWA FC have been expelled from the Nigeria Football Professional League(NPFL) after they stayed away from a third game yesterday in Ilorin.

Bill Gates delivers 14th Nelson Mandela Lecture July 17

Bill Gates delivers 14th Nelson Mandela Lecture July 17

The Nelson Mandela Foundation in association with the University of Pretoria has announced that co-Chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Mr Bill Gates, will deliver the 14th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture on 17th of July 2016, the eve of Mandela Day.