BEING a littoral state and the commercial hub of the country, Lagos has attracted more ships and vessels than any other city in Sub Saharan Africa since the Portuguese explorer Ruy de Sequeira named the area around the city Lago de Curamo, meaning lakes in Portuguese.

John Obaro is the Managing Director/Chief Executive, Systemspec Limited, an indigenous I.T firm that developed Remita, an information technology platform used by the banks, federal government and some states for e-payment, e-collection and e-payroll. In this interview, during a conference on, Winning Big With E-Payment, organised by the company, Obaro spoke on the state of the e-payment industry in Nigeria and the role of Remita in future of the industry.

After nine years of litigation over an estate occupied by employees and former employees of Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited, a Lagos High Court in Igbosere has ruled that the occupants should purchase thirty housing units in the estate.

If they had known, maybe they would have asked government to forget its job so they could live together. This is part of the lamentation of Mr Austin Amu, the widower of Mrs Sandra Amun, who lost her life, Saturday, March 15, 2014, at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium Benin City, where the recruitment exercise of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) took place.

Tuesday, March 18 is not a day some operators of tricycles, popularly called ‘KEKE NAPEP’, in the heart of the Federal Capital Territory would want to come back.

Lance Corporal Matthew Isabu (93NA/35/1993), who claimed to have served in 1 Division Workshop of Nigerian Army, alleges that he has been tortured since December 2000 when a scuffle with an air force sergeant reportedly led to his death. His story:

Ordinarily, rape is forcefully having sex with someone against her wish or will, especially using violence. Over 90% of predatory sex is perpetrated by males against females. To some extent, rape reflects the ambivalence, moral decadence, ethical bankruptcy, materialism, corrupt soul, widespread promiscuity and hypocrisy that have characterized Nigerians over the years.

Senator Domingo Obende is the senator representing Edo North senatorial district of Edo state, where Governor Adams Oshiomhole hails from. In this interview with Saturday Vanguard, the APC senator gave reasons for sponsoring the same sex prohibition bill and why he wants his people to support his second term bid

The national youth leader of Southern Kaduna socio-cultural umbrella body, the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), Sebastine Luka and three of the group’s officials were on Tuesday detained by Kaduna State Police Commissioner, Umar Shehu, over a planned prayer session for last Saturday’s killings of over 119 people in three Moroa villages, in Kaura Local Government Areas (LGA) of Kaduna State.

Her Excellency, Deaconess Roli Uduaghan, the First Lady of Delta State, is well positioned to tell the Emmanuel Uduaghan story having been married to the governor for 24 years. Last Sunday, she sat down to tell the story. Her narration laced with never-before-told tales of the inner life of the Delta State first family also reveals Roli’s role as a supportive spouse and spiritual shield.