Land remains a gift of nature to man. Its acquisition, most often, is fraught with one form of controversy or the other especially in urban and semi-urban areas. The emergence of land speculators popularly called Omo-onile in Lagos and other thriving cities of the country does not offer any pleasant experience to many too. While a lot of such cases ended up in law courts, others have sparked unimaginable crises leading to loss of lives and wanton breakdown of law and order.

M rs Josephine Olusheyi Williams is the 17th Head of the Lagos State Public Service. She rose through various hierarchies before Governor Babatunde Fashola appointed her as the HOS recently.

A SCARY but heart warming incident happened in Imo State on September 27, 2013. Two teenagers, Gideon Emenike and Chibuisi Nwafor, aged between 16 and 17 years, performed a feat which not only shocked their rural community of Umuchima Ubaha, Okigwe LGA, but the whole state. It also had the state Police Commissioner, Mohammed Katsina, scampering to the community. The teenagers launched a rocket, which both of them fabricated, into space.

ONE of the virtues which Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) harped on and indeed shoed exemplary leadership is Patience and Perseverance. Unfortunately this is found missing in the lives of many Muslims. Even our leaders who are supposed to show this character are found deficient in patience. That account for some of the ills we have in Islam especially in this part of the world. Allah mentioned the word Sabr – patience in 90 places in different chapters of the Qur’an. He equates patience with success and at another point with faith. He places huge reward for those who are patient.

Let us first know what datimg means, then, we can attempt to give answers to the question. . 1-When a couple is dating, it means they may or may not get married on the long run. It is different from being engaged. In dating, the intention is not always as clear as when a couple is engaged.

We are living in a society attacked by indecent and vulgar dresses. Westernisation and cultural adaptation have eroded our natural sense of decency in our mode of dressing. Day in day out we see new vogue and designers that expose the body parts of a woman all in the name of fashion and style.

Reactions have continued to trail the recent media reports that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said it will not suspend its ongoing strike until the salaries owed its members are paid and government shows reasonable level of commitment, starting with the release of N100bn this year.

PRofessor Oyelowo Oyewo, the immediate Past Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Lagos, is the Chairman of the 50th Anniversary Celebration Committee of the Council of Legal Education (CLE), a former Member of the Council and the Council of the Nigerian Institute of Advance Legal Studies (NIALS).In this interview, he spoke on the Nigerian Law School at 50 taking a look at its problems , progress and prospect. Excerpts .

The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, has reserved judgment in an appeal filed by Nigerian Bank for Commerce and Industry (NBCI), challenging decision of the Federal High Court in awarding damages of N66 million to Dauphin Nigeria Limited.

THE Senior Staff Union in Colleges of Education, Nigeria, SSUCOEN, has declared that it has rejected the proposed implementation of the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System, IPPIS, believed to have been put in place by the Accountant General of the Federation, AGF, for members of the Union.