Son sets mother ablaze over witchcraft allegations in C’River
By Ike Uchechukwu, Calabar CALABAR — A middle-aged man, identified as Emmanuel Akposi, has been declared wanted after allegedly dousing his elderly mother with fuel and setting her ablaze at Ojo community in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State. The victim, identified by family sources as Mrs Atim Akposi, also known as Atim […]
Bayelsa blast: The lingering fear
THE use of powerful explosives such as dynamite in settling political scores first reared its head in Bayelsa in 2001 when the state assembly complex was blown up by unknown persons in the wake of the power tussle between the then speaker and now senator and the erstwhile governor of the state.
N30 million in service of alma mater
WHEN Daniel Kolawole Olukoya registered at the Saint John Primary School, Akure in 1964, neither the headmaster nor even the young boy had any idea of what the future held for him. Like other pupils, the little Daniel just wanted to start a foundation for his education.
Senate should have courage to nail Yerima – Odumakin
TILL date, the situation of the girl child in Nigeria and Africa remains critical, due to a lot of factors. Even though the 1990 African Charter on Human Rights and Welfare of the Child underscored these unique factors, the girl child is far from the special safeguard and care prescribed by the charter.
Storm over tolling of Lagos-Epe Expressway
Despite the pockets of protests that have greeted the envisaged introduction of tolls along the Lekki -Epe expressway, the concessionaire, Messrs Lekki Concession Company (LCC) Limited last week insisted that barring unforeseen delays, the rehabilitation and upgrade of the 49.4 kilometre expressway will be completed before the end of 2011.
For Ebonyi women, a reason to cheer over salt
Ebonyi State is called “The Salt of the Nation†for the simple reason that the entire stretch of the state harbours a rich deposit of natural salt under the earth.
