•Mike Ejiofor A former Director of the Department of State Services, DSS, Mr Mike Ejiofor, in this interview, gives reasons for the escalation of kidnapping in the country, stating interim and long-term measures the government can embrace. Ejiofor, who is also a kidnap victim, reveals why payment of ransom is the only available option to [&hel...
•Bandits Gunmen believed to be bandits, today, abducted a director in Federal Housing Authority, Federal Capital Territory, identified as Aondo Ver, from his home, during an attack about 200 metres close to a military base in Pambara in the Bwari Area Council of Abuja. •Aondo Ver The bandits who struck around 12.30am today, shot indiscriminate...
•Artistic director Greta Gerwig The Cannes Film Festival announced today that Greta Gerwig, director of summer blockbuster “Barbie”, will preside over the jury at its 77th edition in May. The 40-year-old Gerwig, also an actor and screenwriter, takes the baton from Sweden’s Ruben Ostlund, whose jury awarded the 2023 Palme d’Or to courtroom dram...
•Prof Adeyemo The last is yet to be heard about the widespread criticism which has trailed the alleged flawed nomination process leading to the appointment of the current Chief Medical Director of Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Prof. Wasiu Lanre Adeyemo. Following the rash of protests and petitions against the appointment, the pres...