IT is apparent that lack of training and apathy in parenting is the root of most problems in the country ranging from juvenile delinquency to corruption, violence and all forms of abuses. At a recent national parenting conference, tagged, “Critical Rescue”, it was argued that what parents and stakeholders put into children, is what they will get in return and as such there was an urgent need to rescue the recent crop of youths from destruction., writes Etop Ekanem:

Take a close look at your fingernails and observe how they look. Are they strong and healthy or do you see ridges, dents, or discoloration? Many such undesirable nail conditions can be avoided through proper fingernail care. As these conditions might indicate an underlying disease or nutrient deficiency that demands attention.

MAKURDI—The Vicar General of the Catholic Diocese of Otukpo, who was kidnapped about three months ago, Rev. Fr. John Adeyi, has been found dead at Otukpa in Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State.

CALABAR—NO fewer than 30 suspected militants, in the early hours of yesterday, attacked a convoy of Macmahon staff at Idundun Bridge, killing one driver and kidnapping five others. Vanguard learned that the deceased, who was driving one of the Toyota Hilux vans with number plates AKD 568 DS, was shot dead by the militants, who later kidnapped three expatriates, one of the company’s supervisors and a driver of one other vehicle in the convoy.

“When I was in Ikeja, most of my customers were runs girls (commercial sex workers). Some of them can entice you when they don’t have money to pay for their hair. But if you have self-control, you can easily tell them to come pay when they have the money. Doing pedicure is even worse. You must have self-control to be able to ignore when a woman’s laps are exposed in the course of you treating her feet. I cannot mix work with pleasure. So, I just had to develop a thick skin.

The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA has concluded plans to use electronic voting in its forthcoming general elections slated for July. The NBA president, Mr Augustine Alegeh, SAN, reaffirmed this at the just concluded National Executive Council, NEC meeting held in Benin, Edo State capital.

MUSIC sensation and Glo brand ambassador, Waje has joined leading cookery personality Chef Eros, and Jamie Oliver, as they recently unveiled food revolution day in Dowen College, Lagos. The event which was launched last month amidst fanfare of celebrities, with live cooking demonstration was aimed at ensuring that children below the ages of 20 are properly fed.“

The long title to the FoI Act states that : “it is an Act to make public records and information more freely available, provide for public access to public records and information, protect public records and information to the extent consistent with the public interest and the protection of personal privacy, protect serving public officers from adverse consequences for disclosing certain kinds of official information without authorization and established procedures for the achievement of those purposes and for related matters.”

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the freezing of the personal account of Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State as unlawful, undemocratic, autocratic, oppressive, draconian and has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes to unfreeze the accounts.

Former Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr. Olutoyin Ayinde yesterday disclosed that the distance between the collapsed guest house in Synagogue church and the aircraft that flew around that direction on the fateful day was like the height of four NITEL buildings put together.