Killing over alleged blasphemy rocks Sokoto
Tension has gripped parts of Sokoto metropolis following the stabbing of controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Musa Ayuba Lukuwa, shortly after he conducted the Jumu’at prayer at his mosque in the Mabera area of the metropolis.
Dearth of qualified English, Maths teachers hit Lagos schools
THE National Union of Teachers, NUT Lagos State, has raised an alarm over shortage of qualified English language and Mathematics teachers in state owned secondary schools.
From beggar to civil servant: Story of a physically-challenged street sweeper
It was a wet Saturday afternoon, after heavy downpour. Two unrelated events were simultaneously going on not far from each other in Lagos Island. First is the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, state rally where President Goodluck Jonathan and the leadership of the party were addressing party members at the Tafawa Balewa Square, TBS.
Travails of an octogenarian
Elder Bernard A. Onyegbula of Umuoyima village, Owerri Municipal, is definitely not a happy man. He is completely heartbroken and he readily tells it to whoever cares to listen.
Synagogue building collapse: Church, govt in ding-dong
AS Lagos State Government continues preliminary investigation into the immediate and remote cause(s) of the collapsed six-storey Guest House of the Synagogue Church of all Nations, SCOAN, there is anxiety in the polity on whether or not the right thing will be done.
Ugborodo crisis: How my men got injured – Navy Commander
When news broke September 7 that two naval personnel of the Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS, Delta were injured in a brush with edgy youths in volatile Aruton (Ode-Ugborodo), the ancestral home to the Ugborodo people of Warri South West Area of Delta State, authorities at the Warri Naval Base were initially reluctant to explain what led to the situation.
