Bini riva life festival: The river proves “Water No Get Enemy” as neighbours unite
His Majesty sat in quiet excitement watching the boat races unfold before him. Around him, residents and visitors had gathered not merely to observe a festival, but to step into a way of life rarely glimpsed beyond the creeks and winding waterways of the Niger Delta. It was, in every sense, a homecoming, not of people, but of a people to their own story.
‘Jamb cut-off mark in the 90s, the minimum requirement was 180 but instead …’
Mixed reactions on Wednesday trailed the decision of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), to peg the minimum cut-off mark for admissions into universities at 120.
N11tn electricity scam: ICC hears SERAP’s petition
The International Criminal Court in The Hague is considering the petition on the allegations of widespread, systematic and large-scale corruption in the electricity sector since the return of democracy in 1999 and under the governments of former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan in Nigeria, anti-corruption advocacy group Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has confirmed.
800-year-old coffin damage in UK museum
An 800-year-old stone coffin was damaged earlier this month, after visitors placed a child inside the sarcophagus for an apparent photo op, the Southend Echo reported.
We collaborate with victims’ relatives, says kidnap suspect
ONE of the 26 suspected kidnappers and robbers paraded at the Police Force Headquarters, yesterday, revealed that they work with relatives of targeted victims during operations.
LAUTECH’ll soon resume, says governing council chair
The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, Professor Oladapo Afolabi, has given assurance that the protracted strike action embarked upon by the university workers will end in days.
