While on the boat going back, we noticed one speed boat racing to where we were. They caught up with us

Secondly, our concept of leadership in our part of the world makes the leader superior to the people he is leading which defeats the essence of leadership

Chidinma’s sponsor released just a part of the video after the former beauty queen reneged on their agreement after her victory

Last Wednesday, another violent incident on this police check point, which is about 2km to Pasankori (a palmwine depot) down-slope, would become a grim precursor to the evil that would befall Godogodo, about 8km away, three days later.

Every bit of human knowledge is from the past whether immediate or distant. Just like historians would say, what happened long ago matters in our present lives.

Promiscuous married ladies residing mostly at Independence layout axis and other parts of Enugu metropolis have turned the renowned Micheal Okpara Square situated within the three-arms zone into a daylight red light district.

When the former Anambra state Governor, Mr. Peter Obi refused to sit with Chief Willy Obiano and the other dignitaries inside the Peter Odili’s Hall inside the compound of Christ the King College, the import of his action was not lost on the other Old boys of the College, who had gathered to pay their last respect to Rev. Father Nicholas C. Tagbo, the legendary Principal of the famous college.

We have so many things lined up and we are focused on Nigeria with a broader African context. We intend to promote the culture and tradition of Africa but we are starting with home first which is Nigeria. With our toys, you can visualise Nigeria because in each state, we have a picture of what the state is known for. Like in Ebonyi state, we know they are the salt of the nation you have a picture of the salt there. We just try to make it engaging and interesting and also very colourful.

Izuchukwu Ezema, 23, says he was branded an armed robber and severely beaten for passing through a road allegedly reserved for the “free- born” at his home town in Alor Uno, Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State.

Everywhere you look in Calabar, Cross River State capital, you find estates which have been abandoned due to squabbles over the sharing of inheritance. The squabbles are sometimes so fierce that machetes and dreaded charm, ekpetiaba (kills within five days), are used by desperate members of families to eliminate or subdue siblings in order to take ownership or the lion share of estates.

EFFURUN – SAVE for the good judgment of the Ovie of Uvwie Kingdom, Delta State, HRM, Emmanuel Sideso, Abe 1, the embattled Unuewvoro (traditional head) of the explosive Ekpan community, Chief Newton Agbofodoh, would have earned a hurtful sentence prior to his formal arraignment by the Police over series of criminal allegations, including killings, for which he was seized since June.

Saturday Vanguard gathered that many Nigerians are aware of food safety, but they need more information to achieve and maintain safe food handling behaviours. Be Food Safe means preventing foodborne illness through four easy steps: Clean, Separate, Cook and Chill.

As early as 5 am every morning, Iya Lati is up for the day’s business. The business of attending to the “stomach infrastructure” of her customers by cooking of rice, beans, plantain and stew in addition to two or three other local delicacies. By 6.30 am She is ready to hit the motor park where her numerous customers are already waiting for her. Indeed, Iya Lati, is one of the hundreds of thousands of women who toil day and night to support their families by hawking foods on the streets of major cities across the country. From Lagos to Abuja, Port-Harcourt to Kaduna and Enugu to Ibadan, food vendors have taken over the streets. In fact, following the harsh economic reality that Nigerians are currently faced with, the business is booming.

YENAGOA—A first time encounter with Daniel Odey Udeh, popularly known as “Man of God” diligently breaking stones and patching up potholes on major streets of Yenagoa metropolis, Bayelsa State, one would mistake him for an employee of the state Ministry of Works or Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, FERMA. Ironically, his worn-down appearance makes look like someone, who ekes out a living from handouts from motorists, but in truth, Udeh is a Civil Engineering graduate of the University of Jos, UNIJOS.

The ugly phenomenon of abandoning children has been a social stigma for ages. Just as it is rampant in Oyo State, the story is the same across the country. Only God knows what could have happened if not for the quick and timely intervention of some orphanages and motherless homes. Places like Cheshire, Jesus Kids’ Home for Special Children and Ibadan Motherless Babies Home all in Ibadan give maternal affection and care to these innocent but unlucky children.