Aside the environmental degradation caused by oil exploration in the Niger Delta, there are other natural challenges these people are facing. One of such is water hyacinth which has taken over some of the communities in Bayelsa State, thus making it very difficult for the folks to fish and get to their farms which […]
Group of journalists from the print, electronic and bloggers recently gathered in Lagos to dissert and proffered solutions to the problems confronting the growth and risk they face in doing their jobs. The one-day training was organised by Spaces for Change with the theme: “Legal Clinic for at Risk Journalists, Bloggers and Media […]
What started two months ago as an exercise to clean up the in-bound and out-bound road corridors of Musa Yar’Adua Airport Expressway in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja has gradually become a tale of tears and pains. The exercise actually commenced after the FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello toured that road axis with some […]
Before now, it was almost inconceivable to think that after buying, planting and nurturing a tree in private residences, it then becomes a property that government claims exclusive rights over. It was also impossible imagining that felling such trees planted within private residences for any reason would attract the wrath of a sheriff who will […]
A 10-year-old boy, Monday Omoniye, was recently arrested in Edo State over his alleged involvement in criminal activities. He would later confess to having been introduced into robbery by his elder brother. According to him, he has carried out four robbery operations. He mentioned that he got the weapons during last October’s #EndSARS protests. He […]
Dare-devil robbers last week rained terror on Ilara-Mokin community in Ondo State where they attacked an old generation bank. ADEWALE MOMOH writes on how 15 armed robbers swooped on the community, leaving an ace broadcast journalist, a policeman and a motorcyclist dead after their ‘operation’ July 15, 2021, a Thursday will continue to resonate across […]
Babatope Okeowo reports that the fear of rapists has gripped the students of Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, while the people of Ifon in Ose Local Government Area are also fretting over incessant killings and kidnapping in their domain as brigandry rules in Ondo State Fear of rapists in OA USTECH […]
The sudden death of Ebonyi Commissioner of Infrastructural Development for Concession, Engr. Fidelis Nweze, has sparked off a probe of mysterious deaths of prominent sons of Ezza clan by the elders, UCHENNA INYA reports… The death of Engr. Fidelis Nweze last month shook Ebonyi State to its foundation. Till today, the state has not recovered […]
The 1981 set of old students association of Methodist Boys High School (MBHS), Lagos tagged: “The Pacesetters Group,” has reached out to the elderly at the Regina Mundi Old People’s Home, Lagos, with gifts, to mark the graduation thanksgiving of the set. Speaking on the side lines of the 40th graduation thanksgiving of the set, […]
The recent unveiling of the Lion Business Park (LBP) at 9th Mile Corner, Enugu has raised the hope of the business community and the state government to rekindle the industrial potentials of the state in particular and South East in general, writes Kenneth Ofoma The South East during the pre and post-independence era in Nigeria, […]