DPO kidnapped in Edo, abductors demand N50m ransom
By Ozioruva Aliu – Benin City THE Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Fugar Division in Etsako Central local government area identified as Ibrahim Ishaq has been reportedly kidnapped near Ise river along the Auchi – Ekperi-Agenebode road. It was gathered that the police officer was travelling with his orderly, Friday evening, when they were attacked […]
Direct primaries and direct wahala for godfathers
By Emma Aziken The claim by some Nigerians that there is no difference between the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the All Progressives Congress, APC may have been consolidated by the parties’ common position on the issue of direct primaries. In a revolutionary move the House of Representatives, followed by the Senate, enacted a proviso […]
Ondo couple, friend murdered by ‘Yahoo Boys’, dumped in toilet
Two lovers and their friend have reportedly been murdered in their house located at Aralusi quarters in Akure, the Ondo state capital, by suspected Yahoo Yahoo boys (internet fraudsters).
Learn from Anambra governorship election, British envoy tells FG
The British High Commission has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to learn from, and improve for the 2023 general election, from the just-concluded Anambra State governorship election.
Bandits terrorising us are terrorists, Arewa Consultative Forum backs FG
The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has said that the declaration of bandits as terrorists was long overdue because those who terrorised a whole country had no other name.
Farounbi advocates inculcating work culture in school leavers
An ace broadcaster and Nigerian former ambassador to Philippines, Dr Yemi Faroubi has urged the school leavers to start preparing for what they want to become in the future right from their school days, saying, this is the only antidote to unemployment bane in Nigeria.
