BETTER “Pikin” crooner, Harrison Tare Okiri, popularly known as Harrysong has declared that he has no intention to dump his record label, Five Star Music, owned by business mogul, Emeka Okonkwo a.k.a E-Money and his elder brother, Kingsley Okonkwo a.k.a Kcee.

KANO—The six months trial of the five suspected killers of 74-year-old Madam Bridget Agbahime, over alleged blasphemy was brought to an end yesterday as Kano magistrates freed all the accused.

THE Senate Committee on Marine Transport has suggested that the Tolaram Group, sponsors of the Lekki Deep Seaport, should include rail transportation in their construction works to avoid gridlock along the port access road. The Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Ahmed Yerima, made the suggestion during an oversight function of the committee and a visit to Lekki deep seaport in Lagos.

THE Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, was formally established in 1980 as Ogun State Polytechnic during the military administration of Harris Eghagha, but, the first set of 220 students were admitted in January, 1979.

TRADITIONAL birth attendants patronage has become a dangerous culture and menace which is daily claiming the lives of young mothers and their new born.

CONSTITUTIONAL lawyer and human rights activist, Chief Mike Ozekhome, recently added another feather to his cap as he was conferred with a chieftaincy title The Mayegun Baamofin (voice of the voiceless) by the traditional ruler of Ido Osun Kingdom, Oba Aderemi Adedapo in Osun State.

THE spiral effects of the cold war between the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu and the National Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun spread to Oyo State on Tuesday as their loyalists stood in defence of their leaders.

SMOKE billowed from the bonfires made by protesters across the major towns in Ondo state to express their displeasure over the substitution of the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Eyitayi Jegede, SAN, last week Friday.

Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State has declared a state of emergency on health in the state, a move that followed his unscheduled visit to Minna General Hospital and other health facilities in the state recently.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has described the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III as a worthy scion of his forefathers.

IN a bid to motivate and appreciate the Nigerian teacher’s effort in grooming and instilling knowledge in students, LWTZE Community Initiative, a Non Governmental Organization, is set to organize a one day event to honor public school teachers.

FORMER Head of Department, Educational Foundations, University of Lagos, Prof. Guy Chibuzoh Ilogu has been conferred with the prestigious honorary Doctorate Degree award by the European American University in Common Wealth of Dominica, held at the University of Ghana.

M Ekomobong Finbarr has successfully produced and defended this solar powered tricycle (Keke) as his first degree project in partial fulfillment for the award of a degree in Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Technology, (FUTO), Owerri. It took him just few weeks to produce the tricycle.

FOUNDER of UNICAF, Dr Nicos Nicolaou, has said that it is imperative that higher education becomes a more affordable option to enable the continent to create a strong, well-qualified workforce to meet the needs of its growing economy.

INSTITUTIONS in Nigeria have long been citadels where students must buy text books and ‘handouts’ (materials) recommended and written by their lecturers before they can pass the courses being taught by the lecturers.