IBADAN—BARELY three years after a kidnappers’ den was discovered at Soka in Ibadan where hundreds of people were reportedly used for rituals, the large expanse of land has again been turned into criminal hideouts where hoodlums swindle foreigners and other innocent Nigerians.

THE All Progressives Congress, APC, caucus in the House of Representatives, yesterday, expressed disenchantment with the ruling party by opposing passage of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework, MTEF, virement of N180 billion for critical infrastructure and the foreign loan request of $29.9 billion from President Muhammadu Buhari, during their caucus meeting, last night.

FORMER President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, wife of Ogun state governor, Funsho Amosun, former Speaker of House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole and prominent traditional rulers in the state have indicated interest to grace the 10th year anniversary of D. S Adegbenro ICT Polytechnic, Itori Abeokuta with the planting of over 300 trees within the Polytechnic.

As part of its corporate social responsibility thrust and community development initiatives, Nigerian Bottling Company Limited (NBC) has built and handed over a two-classroom block, fully furnished with desks, chairs and other classroom fittings to Kuchingoro Primary School, Abuja. The handover ceremony which took place on November 8, 2016, within the school premises in Kuchingoro, Abuja, had in attendance, community leaders, officials from the local education district authority, State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), parents, students and teachers.

BELIEVE it or not, first class graduates are still the most sort after when it comes to securing jobs in both private and public sector. Resource Managers, whose job it is to recruit workers, believe that first class graduates from the university must be the best hand for any job. Although, many times, the second class upper and second class lower division graduates, in practical terms, have proved them wrong.

I would like our women who are in the National Assembly as elected lawmakers to look into the health of women and enact laws that will protect the lives of women

ONE of the critical challenges that confronted the Nigerian government during the ascendancy of the Boko Haram insurgency was how to contain the dangerous propaganda machinery of the terrorists and their collaborators who, not surprisingly, infiltrated a section of the media. Apart from their ceaseless heart-chilling violence campaign across the northern part of the country, the terrorists also had a field day in the realms of media publicity.

IN a bid to foster access to education and encourage students to excel in academics and character, RedStar Express, under the RedStar Foundation Scholarship scheme, has selected some of its top management staff as mentors to nine students from public schools in Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Area.

Lagos—Chairman, UBA Group, Mr. Tony Elumelu has urged states and Federal Government to create the right environment for entreprises to thrive in country, saying: “This is one of the best gifts the government can offer to its citizens.” He said that to transform a people in the 21st century, government and its citizenry must be […]