By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Government has sealed Viju Industries Limited at 1, Awose Close, Awosika Avenue, Off Sapara Street, off Oba Akran Road, Ikeja Industrial Estate, Ikeja. The state government through the state Water Regulatory Commission, LASWARCO, sealed the company at the weekend. Speaking on the closure, Director, Monitoring and Compliance Unit of LASWARCO, […]

*APC candidate, Oyebanji seeks integration of all members By Clifford Ndujihe & Rotimi Ojomoyela TO ensure it approaches the June 18, 2022 governorship election with a united front, the Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, last weekend, raised a reconciliation committee to address the grievances of aggrieved governorship aspirants, who are bitter […]

By Richard Okotie Hakan Aysal, 40, has been jailed after luring his pregnant wife Semra Aysal to the edge of a cliff for a selfie and waiting until they were alone to push her to her death in 2018. A twisted husband who killed his pregnant wife by shoving her off a cliff edge when posing for […]

By Richard Okotie A suspect has been charged with murder after he allegedly sawed off a chunk of his friend’s leg as part of an ‘arrangement’. John Yalu, 36, is said to have used a circular saw to amputate the limb of a 66-year-old man at Fitzgerald Park in Innisfail, northern Queensland, Australia. Passers-by found […]

By Ike Uchechukwu, Ogoja  Corps members posted to Mbube West II are currently protesting non payment of their training allowance and have refused to leave the Registration Area  centre,RAC,  at Christ The King Primary School Odajie-Mbube ,Ogoja to various pooling Units . The NYSC members numbering about 50 vehemently refused saying that they must be paid before […]

By Richard Okotie Vladimir Putin, who ordered his Russian military forces into neighbouring Ukraine, is a strongman who seems to enjoy playing with animals even as he starts wars in Europe. He’s also keen to show the world what a great outdoorsman he is, regularly showing us how he’s managed to catch a fish or work with wildlife rangers. […]

By Henry Umoru FORMER Federal Commissioner for Information and South South leader, Chief Edwin Clark has taken a swipe at the Federal Government on its silence on the release of the remaining abducted Chibok girls who have been held captive since 2014 by members of the Boko Haram. Speaking yesterday at his Asokoro residence, Abuja […]

By BENJAMIN NJOKU Hell broke loose last weekend when Yoruba actress, Iyabo Ojo and her rival businesswoman, Aramide Arasky Onigbinde threw shades at each during an Instagram Live session over a husband snatching allegation. Aramide is said to have called out Iyabo Ojo on social media, warning the actress not to wish her ex-husband, Orlando […]

By Marie-Therese Nanlong, Jos Another traditional ruler in the Mangu Local Government area of Plateau State, HRH Dikyet Gupiya has been abducted by armed men at his residence in Pushit. The victim is the District Head of Pushit, the hometown of the State Deputy Governor, Professor Sonni Tyoden, and is said to be a close […]

MANY people were feared dead yesterday when some armed men suspected to be members of a cult group invaded a burial ceremony at Ebenebe, a rural community in Awka North local government area of Anambra State.

By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo We love to dump the blames on witches. In the last year, I have lost two friends. Both were young men who lived in my village. I became acquainted with them during the previous four years. They were solid and hard-working. They struggled to create a better future for their children. […]

By Emmanuel Aziken When last year, Senator Rochas Okorocha was paraded like a common criminal over the botched attempt in recovering properties confiscated from him by the Hope Uzodimma administration in Imo State, there were many who felt that the incumbent administration had taken to political banditry in its faceoff with  the former governor. There […]

By Muyiwa Adetiba The Jackson Five exploded into the world’s musical consciousness some sixty years ago. It was a family band of five brothers. Chubby cheeked and ‘petit’, Michael was the youngest and the most endearing. He was also the most prodigious. It was no surprise that he became the most enduring. Their father Joe […]

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki is blazing the trail in the education sector with the formulation of an education policy to sustain the impactful and transformative changes recorded by his administration in the sector over the past five years.

“We just started training our 10,000 recruits effective last Monday and we have been able to change the curriculum to reflect modernism.”