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In Lagos, light will shine again with ‘home-made’ transformers

In Lagos, light will shine again with ‘home-made’ transformers

By Olasunkanmi Akoni & Monsur Olowopejo Barring any unforeseen developments, communities in Lagos with no electricity transformers or malfunctioning transformers will have every cause to rejoice soon if an intervention plan by the Lagos State government to solve electricity problem in the state is anything to go by. The plan was said to have been […]

Oil Sector Deregulation: Students to be mobilised for protests, lecture boycotts

Oil Sector Deregulation: Students to be mobilised for protests, lecture boycotts

AS tension grips the nation over planned deregulation of the oil sector and the privatisation of the country’s refineries, the Education rights Campaign (ERC) has threatened to mobilise Nigerian students and youths for nationwide protest actions and lecture boycotts should government fail to halt this policy.

With Lagos City Champions, it’s football fun all the way

With Lagos City Champions, it’s football fun all the way

DRIVING along the ever-busy Bank Anthony Way, in Ikeja, one will not fail to notice the campaign banner stretched through the length of the road. One’s curiosity is immediately aroused by the campaign message: “Lagos Own the Game”.

You can operate in the supernatural!

You can operate in the supernatural!

Miracles are no accidents. They are the responses of God to the desperate faith of men and women. We don’t wait for miracles, we work at them. I want you to know that every need answers to a miracle! Every challenge bows to a wonder, and every desire surrenders to a sign. When you take your place in God, every devil will no doubt give way to you on earth. I believe that before you get to the end of my teaching this month, you would have been initiated into a world of signs and wonders.

Despite evil in the world, God is still in control — GKS president

Despite evil in the world, God is still in control — GKS president

THE prevalence of evil in the world today does not mean that God does not exist but is a test of faith for true Christians, according to the president of God’s Kingdom Society (GKS), Brother Oseghale Emmanuel Aighalua, who admonished Christians not to allow the fear and worries of present day life to seduce them from “the firm and settled principles of Christianity”.

Bishop proposes national day of fasting and prayer

Bishop proposes national day of fasting and prayer

PRESIDING Bishop of Rhema Christian Church, Sango Ota, Dr. Taiwo Akinola has called on all Nigerians to always pray for God’s mercies upon the nation, stressing that only divine intervention can put the country back on the path of socio-political development.

How police rescued kidnapped pregnant woman, daughter

How police rescued kidnapped pregnant woman, daughter

They vowed to kill me and my unborn baby and my three and half year ~old daughter if my husband failed to pay them N20 million as ransom for our release”. These were the words of Mrs. Nkechi Odidika who, alongside her little daughter, Sandra have just been rescued by Men of the Benue State Police Command from the den of kidnappers who abducted them two days ago from Kebbi state en~route one of the southern states.

Husband laments neglect by hospitals

Husband laments neglect by hospitals

I took my child to Bengoz hospital but the doctor said he could not handle the situation so I had to take her to Navy town Hospital where my neighbors rushed my wife to but unfortunately when I got to Navy Town Hospital , I found out that they rejected my wife and said they could not admit my child either since they rejected my wife .

War against corruption: We must all become activists

War against corruption: We must all become activists

Our country is being wantonly pillaged to a state of nothingness by those who manipulated themselves to political and other offices that confer on them the undeserved privilege of controlling the national till.

Bearing a passport: A right or a privilege in Nigeria? (2)

Bearing a passport: A right or a privilege in Nigeria? (2)

By Awa Kalu The Agbakoba case, supra, found its way to the Supreme Court [See Director, SSS v. Agbakoba (1999) 3 NWLR (Pt. 595) 314]. At the Supreme Court, Onu JSC, in a concurring opinion stated as follows: “In the United Kingdom, for instance, the Court of Appeal observed that ‘the grant or refusal of […]

Banks should decide whether they want to do banking or trade, says Mrs.Tinu Oni Ihama

Banks should decide whether they want to do banking or trade, says Mrs.Tinu Oni Ihama

A woman of many parts, she has for six years now been the national president of the Business and Professional Women, BPW. Mrs. Tinuade Oni Ihama, in this interview, unveils all it takes to be successful in business and talks about all that BPW has been able to put in place under her leadership, among sundry issues. Her words:

Sunborn: A yatch hotel floating on controversy

Sunborn: A yatch hotel floating on controversy

When the Sunborn Yatch Hotel, a floating hotel facility, berthed at the Marina waterfront recently, it elicited a lot of excitement among many Lagosians. Many saw it as a spectacular sight to behold, especially it was the first hotel of its kind to float on water in Nigeria.

Review of laws for social and economic development in Nigeria

Review of laws for social and economic development in Nigeria

By Bolaji Owasanoye A number of factors were identified as stifling investments, economic growth and robust business practices in Nigeria. These factors hinder local and foreign investment in core areas such as infrastructure provision, agriculture, real estate to mention a few. One notable feature is the inadequacies or absence of modern laws in virtually all […]