SULTAN of Sokoto and the President General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, has warned Nigerian leaders to stop what he described as the “blame game and face the reality” on the bad state of the nation’s economy.

The Registrar of the Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN), Oron, Mr. Ante Mkpandiok, has laid to rest months of speculations surrounding the ailment and eventual death of the institution’s rector, Engr. Anthony Ishiodu.

The Golden rule is to treat others the way you want to be treated. Teach your children to be their brother’s keeper. Starting with their siblings the act of being nice is a must.

In this interview with Professor Patrice Lumumba, a former Director of Anti-Corruption Commission in Kenya and the Director of the Kenya School of Law, he discusses the challenges of fighting corruption. Lumumba, who was on Channels Television, expresses the hope that with a sustenance of the momentum in President Muhammadu Buhari’s fight against corruption, the dividends of a corrupt-free society would be there for all to benefit.

The University of Lagos, Akoka, has an effective system for handling such cases. For instance, the university’s management does not waste time in sanctioning any staff or student found guilty of such offence after thorough investigation – indeed, the university has zero tolerance for improper sexual conduct. In addition, aside from organising orientation programmes during which students are educated on various aspects of life in the university, including appropriate interpersonal relationships, there is a Counselling Centre run by experts in the relevant disciplines to help them deal with life’s issues in a rational, civilised and levelheaded manner.

Since the return of democracy in 1999, Nigerian political leaders have been occupied with the manipulation of both the people and the system. The result is that the nation is now practicing convoluted democracy in which political dissent is criminalized.

Some few months back, at one of these private A-list parties, Dora was having the time of her life. So were a few of us that shared a table.

The incarceration of Azibaola Robert, the Chief Executive Officer of Kakatar Civil Engineering and Construction Company, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has begun to bite.

Those deluded enough to test the strength of the Nigerian state are by now learning the hard lesson of their foolhardiness. In this context the reference is to those criminal elements that rode on the coattails of Boko Haram terrorists to have their field day with other forms of crimes like the cattle rustlers that took the northern parts of the country especially the north west as a playground.

Smuggling with motorcycle, popularly known as Okada, has been one of the major challenges facing security operatives at Nigeria’s border with Republic of Benin. The porous border with numerous entry and exit points as well as the volatile nature of the border communities make curbing this menace extremely difficult.