Between cultists, witches, and geniuses: Inside the world of lefties
RITA OKONOBOH in this report, juxtaposes the negative stereotypes steeped in cultural realities and the uncommon talent usually ascribed to…
Rats of Nigerian ports: How serving, retired customs officers fleece the nation of trillions of naira
The Senate Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff recently raised the alarm over 282 vessels missing from the nation’s seaports…
N1bn debt, litigation ground refuse collection business
AKIN ADEWAKUN, TUNDE DODONDAWA, CHUKWUMA OKPARAOCHA and SEGUN QUDUS walked the streets to understand the refuse crisis gripping the state.…
How Solarin picked Igbo kids from warfront and trained them —Omole
Twenty-three years after his demise, friends and admirers of the late educationist and critic, Dr Tai Solarin, still speak about…
My aim is to become the Olubadan of Ibadan —Lekan-Salami
Adenrele Lekan-Salami is the founder of Adenrele Lekan Salami Foundation and the last son of the late Football icon and…
Calls for development journalism heighten
The call for development journalism is to advocate that journalists report and analyse issues affecting the ordinary people or those…
When Gbagyi, FCT indigenes, protested marginalisation
HUNDREDS of Gbagyi people, the real indigenes of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Friday, 4 July, 2017 stormed the…
FG charges telecom operators on drop call, call masking
THE Federal Government has charged telecommunication operators and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to stop call masking and investigate how…
Abuja Electric Company probes death of 2 in Niger
Following the death of two persons in an electricity mishap in Bosso, Niger State, the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC)…
The child-inmates of Badagry
A recent visit by Lagos State Chief Judge, Justice Funmilayo Atilade to Badagry prison revealed an unimaginable condition in which…
Dangerous business: How snake farm controversy is rocking Benue State
JOHNSON BABAJIDE reports on the controversial snake farm purportedly owned by Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, who has denied the…
We ate grasshoppers, lizards to survive the war
The Nigeria-Biafra Civil War has become an indelible mark on the history of the nation. JUDE OSSAI was in Oji…
Our frustrations with Neighbourhood Safety Corps, LASTMA, others —Residents
They are being buffeted on all sides. Even those who ‘signed’ them into law aren’t indulging their excesses. BOLA BADMUS,…
Tension in Osogbo over rising cases of missing persons, ritual killings
THE Osun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Fimihan Adeoye, has said that his command has adopted intelligence gathering and due…
‘Psychiatrists needed to end Boko Haram war’
It’s often said that prevention is better than cure. But when it comes to the devastation wreaked upon civilians by…
How to prepare for an interview
Do you have a job interview on your schedule? There are a number of steps you can take before (and…
9,000 farmers to benefit from CBN scheme in Abuja
THE Federal Capital Territory Administration has disclosed that about 9,000 farmers within the FCT have so far been registered to…
Pay staff salaries with Paris Club refund, minister tells Abuja area councils
THE Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, urged the Chairmen of Area Councils to use the…
FCT to partner Jaiz Foundation on services
THE Federal Capital Territory Administration is to partner the Jaiz Foundation to provide infrastructure, housing mortgages and humanitarian services for…
Alleged probe of TETFund by Senate diversionary-NANS
THE National Association of Nigerian Students has described as “diversionary” alleged attempt to probe the past administrations of the Tertiary…
