•International Worship Centre, Uyo Segun Ayobolu, respected journalist, author and perfect gentleman is my contemporary in what used to be called the Lagos-Ibadan press axis. Festus Adedayo, another journalist and media consultant, belongs to the same axis but is little known to my generation of editors. There is however a fine thread that con...
•Armed Fulani herdsmen The only time I remember I don’t have my arms is when I’m at my duty post opening the gates for survival as a security man,” says 60-year-old Bello Adamu-Abubakar, who is an example of when life throws you a lemon, make lemonade from it. •Adamu Adamu-Abubakar is a husband to one […]
•Lagos hospital Five months after an elevator accident led to the death of a House Officer, Dr Vwaere Diaso, at the General Hospital, Odan Lagos, the equipment was yet to be replaced. Diaso was killed after the elevator crashed from the 10th floor to the ground floor of the 131-year-old hospital, reports Sunday PUNCH. A […]
•Beta Edu Anger over the memo issued by the Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, instructing the Accountant-General of the Federation, Dr Oluwatoyin Madein, to pay N585m into the private bank account of a project accountant in her ministry, Bridget Oniyelu, spiked yesterday, with the opposition parties calli...
By the Rivers of Uta Ewa, in Ikot Abasi LGA, Akwa Ibom State, there we sat down to remember our fatherland, our homeland. It was December 23, 2023, the onset of harmattan haze. The riverside was gloomy, a perfect picture of Nigeria. The currents were strong and tended to change direction suddenly, a perfect picture […]
•Prison A Nigerian, simply identified as Oladimeji has narrated how he and his friend identified as Cosmos, were arrested in Togo and sent to prison without fair trial. He said he and Cosmos were travelling to Canada and decided to first travel to Togo before flying to Canada having got information that it was cheaper […]
•Tudun Biri village One month after the tragic error drone bombing that claimed over 100 lives from three communities in Tudun Biri village of Igabi LGA of Kaduna State, residents say they are still waiting to be compensated for their losses, and the reports and outcome of the various committees set up by governments at […]
The year 2023 ended with many issues unresolved by the government at all levels. The judiciary is not left out as old and recent cases were brought forward to the new year, reports Daily Trust. Below are five of such high-profile cases. DCP Abba Kyari On February 14, 2022, a police officer, DCP Abba Kyari […]
•Tinubu Stakeholders have scored President Bola Ahmed Tinubu low on his performance more than six months after taking over the reins of government, saying his administration has worsened the condition of Nigerians. Most of the stakeholders who spoke to our correspondents on President Tinubu’s administration so far, while noting his boldness ...
•Newly married: Mark and Ijeoma Toast: To love and to be loved is to feel the sun from both sides The traditional marriage between Ijeoma Onyekwere and Mark Eze was held today Saturday December 30, 2023 at The Salvation Army compound, Somolu, Lagos. The couple, the bride’s parents – Lieutenant Colonels Paul & Edna Onyekwere [&h...

