Day Ambode got a pat on the back
ON April 24, 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated some of the projects undertaken by the Lagos State governor, Mr Akinwunmi…
‘Aquaculture business is good in Nigeria, but…’
Bosede Adetoun Odedele is a farmer and member of Catfish Farmers Association of Nigeria (CAFAN). In this interview with STEPHEN…
Life will be miserable without my son, says father of slain banker
Olusoga Bakare was, until his death, the Operations Manager of First Bank, Idoani, Ondo State. His death has brought untold…
Our ordeals at the hands of foreign embassies in Lagos — Visa applicants
Is Nigeria now hellish? Is elsewhere heavenly? Is entry visa available? CHIMA NWOKOJI went into the heart of the raging…
Driver kills ex-boss’ wife for sacking him
Adeyemi Morenikeji, a 37-year-old former driver to one Mrs Rachael Ayanwale and her husband, did not give it a second…
Drug barons target air passengers with small luggage
Authorities are rolling out a number of enhanced security measures in airports across the country following reports of criminals planting…
Deyoruwa: Ogun community now a ghost town after herdsmen sacked 200 farmers, destroyed buildings
Deyoruwa community, a village between Remo and Egba land in Isara community, Remo North Local Government Area of Ogun State,…
‘Why govt, society must pay more attention to dental health’
FOR 700 residents of six of the 10 local governments in Oke Ogun area of Oyo State, there was a…
Walking through the shadow of death
This certainly is not a good time for many Nigerians. Everywhere across the country one turns, there is death lurking…
Hausa gold miners in Osun State open up: We collect N10,000 per gram, land owners sell for N50,000 per gram to merchants
AKINWALE ABOLUWADE who was at some gold fields in Osun State, reports that illegal mining activities have assumed an unprecedented…
Parents speak of mystery of identical girls reunited 19 years later
Richard Olukhakha and Rosemary Onyango, parents of Melon Lutenyo and Mevies Imbaya, whom they have raised separately, say their world…
Health centre in the gutters •‘Mothers like this place although it is not conducive’
Agugu community in Ibadan North East LGA of Oyo State relies on one hugely impoverished health post, in a really…
Police raid us at will, kill our businesses —Fun spot operators
OLALEKAN OLABULO, TUNBOSUN OGUNDARE and SEGUN KASALI got all sides to the senseless killings in the land.
Proposed fuel subsidy removal: Does FG has the interest of Nigerians at heart?
Recently, there were rumours/indications from the media that the federal government was mulling on removing subsidy from fuel. OLASUNKANMI OSO…
Stratolaunch: World largest airplane takes flight
An invention of late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, "Stratolaunch" the world’s largest aircraft took off over the Mojave Desert in…
Five years in captivity: Parents of remaining Chibok girls still await their return
Today marks the fifth year when 276 girls were abducted from the Government Day Secondary School, in Chibok, Borno State.…
Okediji: Last days of iconic Yoruba novelist
AKINWALE ABOLUWADE writes on the last moments of the late Yoruba literary icon, Pa Oladejo Okediji, describing his life and…
How religion, gold, politics birthed killings in Zamfara
Last week, Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State gave a graphic account of the mayhem unleashed on the people of…
Poverty: Kid scavengers take over refuse dumps in oil-rich A/Ibom
In this Akwa Ibom State community called Iwukem, a border town on the fringes of Abia State, is a camp…
Because I won’t know if the underwear is that of my daughter, I always turn Yahoo Boys away —Herbalist
TOLA ADENUBI, AYOMIDE OWONIBI-ODEKANYIN and KEHIDE AKINSEHINDE-JAYEOBA went on sniffing spree to find out how the womenfolk is coping in…
