Tinubu sends state police bill to Reps for constitutional approval
"This Bill builds on the significant work already done in this regard by the House of Representatives and incorporates additional safeguards to ensure that the creation of a dual policing structure to address our nation's evolving national security challenges can be achieved quickly and effectively to the benefit of all Nigerians," he said.
Day Area Boys became ‘graduates’
By Olasunkanmi Akoni & Monsur Olowopejo For 45 miscreants popularly called “Area Boysâ€, June 25, 2009 was a day they became ‘re-branded’ with a new lease of life. They can now boast of becoming graduates and several days after they are still basking in the euphoria of having at last shed their unenviable status as […]
Keke Marwa : The three-wheeler terror on the road
By Albert Akpor WHEN tricycles, popularly called Keke Marwa were introduced into the city of Lagos by the military administration of Colonel Buba Marwa (rtd) many saw it as the military administrator’s way of placating the masses and mitigating their impoverishment at the time. This presumably explains why the introduction of the tricycles was widely […]
A law against indecent dressing?
By Mike Ebonugwo Fashion-crazy Nigerian ladies may do well to read this. An impromptu gathering of parliamentarians in a commercial bus popularly known as Danfo has passed a judgement of condemnation on them after a heated debate on whether the prevailing dress culture in the country is justified in any way. The parliamentarians had boarded […]
In Isheri-Oshun, flood is king
Also, access to and from the community has been denied as the major road has been taken over by flood. The road had become slippery and those who dare to go out would have to remove their shoes and wade through the flood,…
Turkey: Where the West and the East melt *With critical lesson for Nigeria
If you don’t know, or may want to confirm what you already know, Turkey is one of the world’s greatest tourist attractions in modern times. Besides its historical past that was rich in diversity of civilisations, modern Turkey magnificently stands out as the melting point between the Western and Eastern cultures that appear to be […]
