How we made First Class, got Commonwealth scholarships
The story of Kehinde Caleb and Tayelolu Joshua Ayansola is one that comes with mixed feelings. They both graduated with…
‘I was excited. I was terrified. I was hopeful. It was a heady mix of feelings’
THIS morning I took a good look at myself. Though I had worked in a law office for close to…
Aftermath Buhari’s visit: Nothing has changed, killings still on —Benue residents
We thought that the visit of President Muhammadu Buhari would instantly bring an end to the senseless killings by Fulani…
21 days after: Abducted Dapchi girls’ parents still cry for their children
Twenty-one days after the abduction of 110 school girls at Dapchi, Yobe State, their parents and other stakeholders are still…
Prices of critical medicines skyrocket
PRICES of essential medicines for patients with chronic diseases like hypertension have hit the roof-top, a survey by Sunday Tribune…
Earpiece of death
In this report, BAYO ALADE and TADE MAKINDE write that deaths arising from the use of an earpiece especially by…
Nnewi: Where women rival men riding okada
Many people often wonder why there are so many women riding okada in Nnewi town in Anambra State. MICHAEL OVAT…
Nigerian schoolboy, Kelvin Odunuyi aka Dipdat, gunned down in escalating London gang ‘postcode’ war
Kelvin Odunuyi, 19, was gunned down as he stood with friends.The mother of a privately-educated teenager shot dead outside a…
Ondo hunters: Eight elephants attacked us, we killed and ate one
As controversies continue to trail the killing of an elephant in Idanre, Ondo State, the local hunter who led the…
‘I hid, watched herdsmen chase my people with guns, swords, cutlasses’
THERE was no escaping the certain death that was fast gaining on him, no thanks to his impaired mobility. But…
We receive about 90,000 emergency calls daily —LASEMA boss
MATTHEW ASABOR in this interview gets the General Manager of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Mr Tiamiyu Adesina, to…
International Women’s Day: Nigeria women join counterparts to press for progress
As the world commemorated this year’s International Women’s day, women across the world including Nigeria used the opportunity of the…
Encomiums as Ige, Oyekola bag best lawmakers’ award
It was a day of joy and a harvest of encomiums for two lawmakers in the Oyo State House of…
Subomi Balogun at 84: Portrait of a rare bridge builder
It is difficult, if not outright impossible to read the story of his life and not be eminently inspired. This…
Period poverty: How Nigerian ladies struggle to afford sanitary pad
Niyi Oyedeji writes on the challenges many Nigerian ladies face in having access to sanitary pads for their menstrual cycle.…
Assaulted, insulted, beaten… Men also cry
Every now and then, when reports of domestic violence reach public domain, the ‘usual’ assumption is that the victim is…
Fury of Keke NAPEP operators: Battle enforcement agencies over exploitations
ISAAC SHOBAYO reports that a protest by Keke NAPEP operators in Jos, Plateau State over what they considered exploitative actions…
Boko Haram escalates attacks
Suspected Boko Haram militants escalated their attacks killing at least 11 people including three aid workers in an attack on…
“We knew our daughter is missing after receiving her school box from her colleagues”
Kachalla Bukar’s eyes filled with tears when he looked at a blue plastic basket containing his 14-year-old missing daughter’s belongings.…
‘Doctor told us he saw where bullet entered my son’s body but could not see the exit point’
Alhaji Waheed Adeleke is the father of Kehinde Adeleke, who died from the gunshot he received during an argument at…
