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Gorau under siege: Bandits kill four, shoot seven, abduct four

Gorau under siege: Bandits kill four, shoot seven, abduct four

By Musa Ubandawaki, Sokoto SOKOTO — Gorau village in Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State was plunged into fresh mourning on Wednesday after armed bandits invaded the community, killing four residents, shooting seven others and abducting four people. The attack came only days after a devastating boat accident at the Gorau crossing point reportedly […]
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Why Ministers must protect the President at all times, by Senator Seye Ogunlewe

Why Ministers must protect the President at all times, by Senator Seye Ogunlewe

Oluseye Ogunlewe’s bluntness may come with a tinge of contradiction in what he professes. When you ask a man about his tenure as minister of works and member of the Executive Council of the Federation, EXCOF, in the Olusegun Obasanjo government and he tells you that there is no cabinet but a President-in-Council, you begin to wonder what manner of EXCOF was in place.

Why Yar’Adua’s recovery is slow

Why Yar’Adua’s recovery is slow

Professor Martin Anthony Aghaji is currently the President of Nigeria Cardiac Society. He studied in England where he distinguished himself by acquiring the Fellowships of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of England, Glasgow and Edinburgh by examination. He also won the Master of Science Degree in Nuclear Medicine from Kings College Hospital of the University of London in 1983 after undergoing the requisite training. He was a substantive Registrar in the professorial unit of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery at Kings College Hospital Demark Hill London. He proceeded hence to the USA where he acquired a Fellowship in Congenital Heart Surgery, from the Milwaukee Children’s Hospital, of University of Wisconsin USA.
He specialized in Adult and Pediatric Heart Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Liver Surgery, Kidney Transplantation and Nuclear Medicine.

Day of R-A-G-E in Ajegunle!  (The untold story)

Day of R-A-G-E in Ajegunle! (The untold story)

PROTEST, whether peaceful or violent is not new to residents of Ajegunle, an average size community in Ajeromi\Ifelodun LGA in Lagos state. Ironically dubbed the Jungle City,(perhaps because of the people’s lifestyle) Ajegunle has been adjudged one of the most peaceful communities in Lagos State with nearly every resident having at least, basic knowledge of the other.

Easter Tragedy: He called his wife and died two minutes after

Easter Tragedy: He called his wife and died two minutes after

For Alhaja Risikat Lawal, wife of the late Alhaji Saliu Lawal,54, Public Relations Officer of National Open University [NOUN] , this year’s April Fool’s Day was her day of sorrow. That day, her husband, a media practitioner for 20 years from Share in Ifelodun LGA, Kwara, who had been plying the Lagos/Ilorin route for his duties, had called that he would come to Ilorin that day.

How police botched kidnap of 5-yr-old baby

How police botched kidnap of 5-yr-old baby

PERHAPS apart from divine intervention, benevolence and generosity could best be said to have saved the life of a five year-old baby boy from being kidnapped for a ransom by those who had worked, lived with, and benefitted immensely from his father. At the stalling revelation of the heinous plan, father of the victim, Mr. Mike Nwaforchukwu could not believe his ears as he listened to his ex- staff’s confession.

Did Ghaddafi speak the unspeakable?

Did Ghaddafi speak the unspeakable?

IN recent times, calls for Nigeria to divide along ethnic and regional lines were rife brought about by alleged marginalisation in one form or the other by different ethnic groups. United States Intelligence even said that if care is not taken, Nigeria, as we know it today, may stop to exist.

Lagos carnival of colour, glitz and splendor

Lagos carnival of colour, glitz and splendor

The rich and brilliant display of culture bore close resemblance to the world famous Brazilian street carnival that is usually marked by breath-taking music, dance and colourful costumes. Indeed the event, the Third Black Heritage Festival, put together by the Lagos State government and its private sector partners was a week-long celebration and dramatization of the rich and limitless resourcefulness of the Black race.

Puzzle over conflicting Appeal Court judgments on Emodi

Puzzle over conflicting Appeal Court judgments on Emodi

By Emmanuel Aziken Chief Alphonsus Igbeke who obtained a court judgment penultimate Thursday to remove Senator Joy Emodi from the Senate may have perfected a way upstaging legislators from his native Anambra State in the courts.Before Mrs. Emodi, Igbeke largely hailed as Ubanesse by friends and associates had also orchestrated in a very controversial and […]

As the NJC upholds Odili’s perpetual injunction: Who judge the Judges?

As the NJC upholds Odili’s perpetual injunction: Who judge the Judges?

By Osita Mba In a letter dated 29 March 2010, the National Judicial Council notified me of the outcome of my petition     against Justice Ibrahim Buba for gross incompetence and flagrant abuse of powers amounting to judicial misconduct and breaches of the Code of Conduct for Judicial Officers in relation to his perpetual injunction restraining […]

The unhealthy insinuation of the Nigerian medical doctors

The unhealthy insinuation of the Nigerian medical doctors

By Chris Agbiti One thing that I find curious about the Nigerian Medical doctors anytime I find myself at the corridor of our many health centres, (or is death centres?) is their paradoxical display of aristocratic gaiety as they strut our health landscapes in the performance of their work before their patients who usually watch […]

Unions must take interest in pension fund management, says SOZ

Unions must take interest in pension fund management, says SOZ

After over four decades in the trade union movement within which period he became the general secretary of a trade union from 1978 to2009, left wing intellectual of the trade union movement, Comrade Sylvester Ejiofoh bowed out of career trade unionism late last year.

20 foreign varsites partner Westminster College to boost admission

20 foreign varsites partner Westminster College to boost admission

Westminster College, Lagos, one of the top secondary schools in the country, is in partnership with 20 overseas universities that will give direct admission to students for courses of their choice on successful completion of the university foundation programme at the college.