The man, Godwin Obaseki
MR Godwin Obaseki was born in Benin City, the Edo State Capital to the famous and illustrious Obaseki family. He had his early education at St. Matthews Anglican Primary School, Benin City from where he proceeded to Eghosa Anglican Grammar School, also in Benin City for his secondary education.
Mob sets robbery suspect ablaze in Lagos
A suspected robber met his death, yesterday, as he was burnt to ashes by a mob, which caught him while he was escaping after he had snatched a bag from a commuter along Badagry Expressway, Lagos.
Woman accuses estranged husband of raping daughters
Akure—POLICE detectives in Ondo State Command are investigating a 50-year-old man, who allegedly had carnal knowledge of his two under-aged daughters.
3 Kano housewives throw step-daughter in well
Kano State Police Command has arrested three housewives in connection with the alleged attempted murder of a girl. The command’s spokesman, Magaji Majiya, confirmed the development in Kano, yesterday.
Cloud on ground: How hosting data locally can save businesses in a recession
So Cloud on Ground relates to a whole ecosystem of cloud provision capability, where various cloud solutions from West Africa, are hosted in Rack Centre in Nigeria. So Cloud on Ground is a market place where people have access to do different kinds of businesses. It is a comprehensive market place and an ecosystem for all the key facilities required to consume cloud services, while the data sits in Rack Centre in Nigeria.
NCC flaunts development potentials of Telecom
THE Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communi-cations Commission, NCC, Prof Umar Danbatta, marched to the rostrum at the commission’s conference room Abuja, Monday, like a special celebrity. While every other person was seated, including his directors and news men from all around the world, he emerged five minutes later looming large with a prepared speech in his hand.
Ebonyi youths butcher father of 3 over N2,000 fine
ABAKALIKI—THERE was tension in Amorie village in Ozizza community of Afikpo North Local Government Area of the state, following the killing of a middle-aged man, Monday Ali Agha, by some angry youths in the community.
Woman conspires with lover to fake her kidnap in Abia
UMUAHIA—ABIA Police Command has arrested one Sunday Ebasabor of Uromi in Esan North Local Government Area of Edo State, and his girlfriend, one Miss Grace Igwe of Agwulu in Umuahia, Abia State, for faking her kidnap to extort money from her family.
NDLEA arrests 59 hard drugs dealers in Bayelsa
YENAGOA—National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in Bayelsa State, yesterday, confirmed the arrest of 59 illicit drug dealers in different par
Ondo gov poll: Abraham wants EFCC to probe padded delegates’ list
THE crisis in the All Progressives Congress APC, in Ondo State, deepened yesterday, as the runner up in the governorship primaries, Dr Olusegun Abraham has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and other security agencies to probe and prosecute those, who doctored the delegates’ list used for the primaries.
Selling of national assets not bad – Obasanjo
ABEOKUTA—FORMER President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has thrown his weight behind call for the sale of national assets to raise money by the Federal Government, but, cautioned the government against selling them to cabals.
