…Deceased relations seek release of corpse By Albert Akpor PERHAPS, the biblical injunction, “to err is human and to forgive, devine,” was the highpoint of the parting words of the wife of a prominent Onitsha, Anambra state based Bishop and General Overseer (G.O) of a popular Pentecostal church (names withheld) who made a bizarre confession […]

….“I beat him to death ‘cos he was stealing” By Evelyn Usman The 24-year-Old lady, Janet James  that recently beat her half brother to death in Lagos has made startling confessions on why she cut short the life of the 8-year-old boy.   Janet, a cook with an Indian family at Number 15, Adeola Adeleye street, […]

By Simon Ebegbulem Benin City – Pandemonium struck last week Friday in Benin City , when a 50 year-old man, Mr Sunday Umorea, an indigene of Akwa Ibom state, murdered  his 46 year-old wife, Janet for receiving   a call at night  from her lover. The  incident which occurred at 2nd Federal Road, Uselu, Benin City, […]

In South Africa, the Apartheid government labeled Nelson Mandela terrorist, Jomo Keyata of Kenya was labeled a terrorist and these people became leaders of their countries. The important thing is this: The Federal Government had the opportunity to have resolved the problems of the oil producing areas, a long time ago, now it has led to loss of lives and property and more insecurity in Nigeria and that for me is what really matters.

THEY went and could not help but marvel at what they saw; so impressed were they that they felt it would not be a bad idea to replicate same at home . The team of Lagos State Government officials which travelled to Dubai in the United Arab Emirate (UAE) and Singapore have since returned to the country after their two-week sojourn and now seem to be in a hurry to bring their experience to bear in transforming Lagos into another Dubai in terms of infrastructural development.

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), will from August 17, 2009, start its week long annual conference in Lagos, which will bring together over 8,000 lawyers. The theme for this year’s conference is ‘Underdeveloped Nations, Failed Economies and Future of the Legal Profession’.. .

The amnesty granted to Niger Delta militants has taken-off, with little hitches so far. At least, from reports available, some of the militants  have started laying down their arms, while some others are still giving condition for the total surrender of their arms, which is accomplished, will restore peace to the trouble Niger Delta region. […]

As the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja division, handling the trial of the former Chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Chief Olabode George and five others charged over alleged contracts splitting and inflation draws curtains on the case, both the prosecution and the defendants are in high spirits for the final judgment of the trail court.

Prof Sonni Gwanle Tyoden, Vice Chancellor of the University of Jos bared his mind recently on issues relating to the institution and the university sector generally.
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JubailI Bros Enginering Ltd, has come to the rescue of Opebi Senior Grammar School Students whose collapsing classrooms block posed serious threat to their lives. The company consequently built six classrooms block and donated the structure to the school as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility to the community.