A randy young man from Kano abducts, kidnaps, or elopes (with) a damsel in Bayelsa, and the whole country is in confusion! Well, not the entire, but, at least, some people seem to be at a loss. Yes, some aspects of the matter appear to be odd—though not against the normal ethos of the country. Yes, it is only natural that one should be concerned, but there is a limit to everything though the itch dictates the scratch, and that is for the man itching to say; and the man, or woman, indeed said it loud this time.

It was not difficult locating Kauyen Tofa, ancestral home of Yunusa Dahiru, a.k.a. Yellow, the lover-boy believed to have abducted Bayelsa teenager, Ese Rita Oruru. The dusty and sleepy village lies 40km West of Kano, and the only feeder road that links Yunusa’s village to the outside world is a sad reminder of total neglect by those saddled with the position of authority in Nigeria.

Last Monday’s abduction of three female students from their hostel at the Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary (BMJS), Ikorodu, has exposed the inability of security agents in Lagos State to curb the activities of pipeline vandals operating in the Arepo, Ogun State, close to Ikorodu, Lagos. The vandals who are mainly militants from the Niger Delta, had held sway for a long time in the area and it’s environ as they masterminded the vandalism of pipelines belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, and siphoned the contents within Arepo. They are also behind the incessant bank robberies in Lekki, Ikorodu, Festac and Agbara areas of Lagos and Ogun States, during which they carted large sums of money and killed several residents including policemen.

By Clifford Ndujihe & Vincent Ujumadu, Chimaobi NwaiwuIMMEDIATE past National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, and the party’s senatorial candidate for Anambra Central senatorial rerun election, Chief Victor Umeh, yesterday, narrated his 15-hour experience in the hands of the Department of State Services, DSS, operatives, who interrogated him in Abuja over allegations of supporting Biafra agitators and insulting President Muhammadu Buhari during his campaigns.

By  Evelyn Usman, Bose Adelaja and Monsuru Olowoopejo Some parts of the   Mile 12 market and environs in Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos, yesterday, were tension-soaked  following fresh killings by armed hoodlums suspected to be from the Northern part of the country. Four persons were reported killed in the renewed midnight ethnic clash which started […]

Stop-gap Eagles coach, Samson Siasia has said the only way Nigeria can defeat Egypt in this month’s AFCON 2017 twin qualifying fixtures is by sticking together and presenting a united force to fight what seems an herculean battle.

Asomugha Sonia, a.k.a Soblinkx, is a budding singer who is unquestionably endowed and isn’t afraid to flaunt it. The Bums don’t lie sensation graduated from Imo State University, with a B.Sc in Political Science. She has this amiable girl-next-door personality that is totally different from her glamourous outlook. In this interview she opens up on her love for music and talks about sex and love.

Recognising the role of women in economic growth in Nigeria through entrepreneurship training, partners to the forthcoming 2016 International Women’s Day Conference, Rubies Vocational School and SME100 Nigeria have agreed to empower young and upcoming women in the country with entrepreneurial skills to make them better women of the future and economic productivity.

The Transition Committee Chairman of Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State, Hon. Chukwudi Fred Ezinwa has applauded Governor Ugwuanyi’s brave initiative towards the proposed International Investment Summit in the state billed to hold from April 12 to 14.

President Muhammadu Buhari has described a renowned scholar and elder statesman, late Professor Eskor Toyo from Akwa Ibom state as a man who stood against social injustice, discrimination and poverty in Nigeria.