ID Card of frustration? Why the National ID project is not on a fast lane
BAYO ALADE reports the frustrations encountered by Nigerians registering to obtain their national identification card at the offices of the…
Oyo’s Adeoyo hospital: ‘We now have more patients…’
Adeoyo Hospital, Ring Road, Ibadan, was a shadow of its past glory for many years courtesy of prolonged neglect by…
Okada: We’re considering options, including total ban —Lagos govt
BOLA BADMUS and SEGUN KASALI dug inside the information trough to present residents of Lagos with the thinking in government…
Xenophobic attacks: ‘If you fight them, they will lock you up even when the attackers are caught with guns’
Shola Adekola | Lagos Following the return of 187 Nigerians caught up in the xenophobic attacks launched at Nigerians…
They tried to strangle her, she escaped but got shot in the chest
The family of a young banker, Miss Nofisat Adetutu Ibrahim, who was shot dead penultimate week, has called for justice…
10.5 million out-of-school children: Will the fight against the scourge ever be won?
With an estimated 10.5 million out-of-school children, Nigeria is rated as one of the countries with the highest number of…
In Warri, siblings’ strange mental illness unsettles relatives, residents
The high rate of mental illnesses among young folks in the commercial city of Warri and its environs in Delta…
Agony of S’African returnees: ‘We went for greener pasture but came back with nothing’
Following the rise of xenophobic attacks in South Africa which led to reported deaths of Africans including Nigerians, the first…
Presidential Election Tribunal: All eyes on the judiciary
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) sitting at the Court of Appeal in Abuja will, this week, deliver judgment in…
Your land or your life •How land issues in Lagos community turned residents into IDPs
OLALEKAN OLABULO writes that crises over land issues has pit residents of communities against their leaders and real estate companies…
In 100 days, we feel a new political order in Oyo State- RTEAN spokesperson
Spokesperson of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), Oyo State chapter, Muktahiru Abdulmalik, speaks with DARE ADEKANMBI on…
We’re heartbroken, we want justice •Parents of slain up and coming Delta musician cry to IGP
IF Chinedu Obi, 26 years old and final year student of the Department of Geophysics, University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT),…
Wife, relatives, friends take bouquets of flowers to Mugabe’s funeral parlour in Singapore
Preparations have begun to give Robert Mugabe a state funeral as his wife, relatives and friends brought bouquets of flowers…
‘Here is the birthplace of the grandfather of Herbert Macaulay’
A quest to locate the ancestral home of the acclaimed Nigeria’s father of nationalism, Herbert Macaulay, shared a semblance with…
Herbert Macaulay (1864 to 1946): Where was he really from?
He was the first Nigerian to own a car. He was also the first to found a political party in…
‘How we handle men from Niger, Chad, Cameroon who troop into Lagos’
Is Lagos truly a no-man’s land? TUNBOSUN OGUNDARE and SHOLA ADEKOLA seek answers in the wake of the controversy trailing…
I know I goofed by having sex with ladies I prayed for —Pastor taking nude pictures of church members he was sleeping with
A self-acclaimed Pastor, Olusegun Oyetunji, based in Awe town, Oyo State, claims he got a call from God. But going…
His legacy is likely to haunt Zimbabwe for years
As independent Zimbabwe’s first prime minister, and later its president, Robert Mugabe promised democracy and reconciliation. But the hope that…
They ran from poverty to Lagos then, they became homeless
Fed up with life and living in their various communities, many people fled to Lagos in search of greener pasture.…
Yekini requires N10m to live without pain
For Muhammed Akanji Yekini, a tailor and resident of Ogbomoso in Oyo State, life is one of constant pain and…
