Category: Investigation

Mike Ejiofor is a former Director of the State Security Service (SSS). In an interview with SUNRISE DAILY CREW on Channels Television recently, the security expert said the federal government needs to think in terms of technology to curtail the spate of kidnappings on Nigeria’s highways. Excerpts   Can you take us through your experience in the hands of kidnappers and why it took you that long to let Nigerians know that some uniform men were involved in your ordeal?   xWell, in the intelligence practice there is what is…

Many people, including medical experts, seem to agree on depression as the possible cause of most suicide incidents. Hopelessness, feelings of guilt, loss of interest, insomnia, and low self-esteem are some of the most popular symptoms of depression. And while effective prevention and treatment of such mood disorders have been known to reduce the scourge, however, ignorance and stigmatisation often prevents depressed patients from accessing needed treatment, especially in this part of the world. Yet, two renowned Ifa priests, perhaps unsurprisingly, maintain a different stance from the arguments canvassed by…

The traditional method of fish-smoking in the Niger Delta region saw women spending many hours tending to fish laid out on mesh over smoking coals. Health hazards from smoke inhalation were high, while the output from such intensive labour was often low. That is now changing with the introduction of new smoking ovens. AKINWALE GANG, who recently toured the oil rich area, reports that the new technology is boosting income, providing better food and improves health   Omowunmi Omoyele, 26, was getting ready to prepare her fresh fish for smoking.…

The need for the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) to save lives may have informed the swift demolishing of marked defective structures after the Ita-Faji and Kakawa Street building collapses. And as part of efforts to provide succour to the victims who are affected by this exercise, the government has provided accommodation at the State Relief/Resettlement Centre in Igando, Alimosho Local Government Area. ISIOMA MADIKE, who visited the Island as well as Ignado, tells a story of a distressed people who are reluctant to relocate to a new abode…