Bandits displaced residents of 148 communities in Southern Kaduna, says Asake, LP governorship candidate
By Biodun BusariThe Kaduna state governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Jonathan Asake, has said that residents of no fewer than 148 communities in Southern Kaduna have been displaced by bandits. Asake, the erstwhile President of Southern Kaduna People Union (SOKAPU) also disclosed that he had been visiting the communities destroyed and plundered by bandits […]
Katsina, Borno, Sokoto, others at risk of high flooding — NiMet
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, has predicted excessive rainfall in the northern states of Katsina, Borno,Sokoto, Kano, Jigawa, Gombe, Yobe, Bauchi and Adamawa, which is likely to make them experience flooding in August, September and October this year.
Insecurity, economic woes top agenda as govs meet today
WORRIED by the economic woes Nigerians have been complaining about and the hardship associated with it as well as the recurring cases of insecurity, resulting in kidnapping, killings and wanton destruction of property by terrorists across the country, governors of the 36 states of the federation will converge on Abuja today to brainstorm on the issues.
Security of life and property: The Nigeria Police: Crime prevention (5)
By Aare Afe Babalola IN this week edition, I intend to expatiate more on crime prevention by the police. The law enjoins the police to ensure that the commission of crime is avoided or prevented. In other words (keeping the definitions offered earlier at the back of our minds), serious violations of law, acts of serious […]
Wife in critical condition after husband, mistress’ machete attack
A housewife, simply identified as Wakaego, is battling for her life at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH), Rivers State, following an alleged machete attack by her husband and his mistress.
Okada riders protest alleged killing of two colleagues by Police
Pandemonium broke out in Fagba, Iju area of Lagos, yesterday, following a protest by commercial motorcyclists over the alleged killing of two of their colleagues by the Police.
4 students drown at Elegushi beach in Lagos
Four students of Kuramo Senior College, Lekki reportedly drowned, yesterday, at Elegushi beach, Lagos.
9 die, 13 injured in Bauchi auto crash
The Bauchi State Command of the Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of nine persons in an auto crash, Monday, at the Kwanan Shettu along the Postikum- Azare expressway in Bauchi.
As Okey Ikechukwu becomes professor
By Valentine Obienyem I was going through different social media platforms last night, when I came across the exhilarating piece of news on the appointment of Dr. Okey Ikechukwu as Professor of Strategic Management and Human Capital Development by Nnamdi Azikiwe University. With a Bachelor’s degree in philosophy, and after a straight Ph.D. in philosophy (and […]
Urhobo traditional jurisprudence and primogeniture
By BOBSON GBINIJE “Whilst thou waitest for dead men’s old shoes, thine own exertions might procure thee new ones. Be like the bee, and thou shall gather the honey of life and not cursed dungeons”— Napoleon’s Oraculum THE tradition of primogeniture entails the total non-negotiable handing over of power of attorney over properties, titles, positions, […]
Transformative strategies needed for contemporary advertising, says Babaeko, X3M Founder
Advertising has become more complex and developing transformative strategies to satisfy consumers is becoming a more challenging task with each passing year. Steve Babaeko, Founder, X3M Ideas, said this at the pan-African creative advertising powerhouse’s unveiling of its 10-year blueprint as part of activities marking the firm’s 10th anniversary, in Lagos. The grand rollout featured […]
