Ayade reappoints Uko as carnival consultant
THE governor of Cross River State, Prof Ben Ayade, has re-appointed travel expert, Mr Ikechi Uko, as consultant for the international aspect of the carnival. The move is part of efforts to re-position...
View ArticleRole of friends in relationships
Dear Harriet, my partner is highly influenced by his friend, who is living with him, in terms of taking decisions. For example, I told him that it would be nice for him to start saving for the future,...
View ArticleBadagry visitors’ bureau unveils plans
IN an effort to boost the profile of the ancient town of Badagry as a tourism and investment destination, the Badagry Convention and Visitors Bureau has unveiled plans for the Badagry Economic Summit...
View ArticleProven ways Nigeria can overcome economic recession Anglican Bishop Akamisoko
If there is one thing the Bishop of the Diocese of Kubwa, Anglican Communion, the Rt. Rev. Duke Akamisoko, is passionate about, it is the urgent need for the government to address the current economic...
View ArticleMadeline Berah, the African DETECTIVE in ’Tis Every Bit Like Murder (4)
Just then, we heard a sound from the direction of the room. We all looked at each. Could the dead woman have risen again? The inspector continued. ‘She had come to see the Inspector-General about a...
View ArticleGod’s ultimate desire for your marriage (2)
Dear Reader, You are welcome to this exciting column in Jesus’ name! I told you last week that one of God’s ultimate desires for you is to keep yourself pure. Today, I will be teaching on Divine Favour...
View ArticleMan goes to prison for forgery
An Ebute Metta Chief Magistrate Court has sentenced one Durojaiye Busuyi to three years imprisonment with hard labour for forgery. Busuyi was prosecuted for forging a proficiency certificate from the...
View ArticleGod’s ultimate desire for your marriage (2)
Dear Reader, I am grateful to God for the privilege to share God’s Word with you today. Two weeks ago, I taught you how to keep yourself pure. Last week, I taught on divine favour. Today, I want to...
View ArticleSuspected kidnappers abandon Nigerian kids in Benin Republic
Two unnamed children suspected to have been abducted in Nigeria by unknown persons have been sighted in Cotonou, Benin Republic. The children, according to a source, were found roaming the streets of...
View ArticleHow police arrested kidnappers of Lagos landlords
Facts have emerged on how the police arrested the kidnappers of some Lagos landlords and also foiled the gang’s attempt to kidnap the traditional ruler of Ibeju-Lekki, a highbrow community in Lagos...
View ArticleSeptuagenarian in court for allegedly duping Redeemed Church N1.6m
A Septuagenarian, Adewale Murtala, on Friday appeared before an Osogbo Magistrates’ Court for allegedly duping the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Osun province 1, N1.6 million. Murtala, 71, is...
View Article‘How rise in dollar rate improves local content’
Mojisola Opasanya is the MD/CEO of MO Daises, a T-shirt making and customizing outfit. A former manager with the Nigerian Breweries, Opasanya speaks with ADEWOYIN ADENIYI about the positive aspects of...
View ArticleHow gunmen robbed, raped us—Rivers corps members
It was a sorrowful nightfall for two members of the National Youth Service Corps last Wednesday in Asarama Community, Andoni Local Government Area, Rivers State, after they were robbed and raped by...
View ArticleTaking a second wife
Dear Harriet, we have been married for 36 years now and blessed with a daughter. Medical report confirms that my wife is infertile. As a result of this, she asked me to marry a second wife. I love my...
View ArticleSex worker arraigned for selling daughter for N60,000
A 37- year- old sex commercial sex worker, Grace Aghomi Onome, has been arraigned before an Ebute Metta Magistrate’s Court for allegedly selling her daughter for N60,000. Aghomi was said to have sold...
View ArticleOgudu residents decry abrupt demolition, seek compensation for damage
Residents of Peter Oki/Raphael streets, Ogudu area of Lagos State have decried the abrupt demolition of their houses by the Lagos State Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Physical Planning....
View ArticleDubai returns to Nigeria for Akwaaba
Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism) will be at this year’s Akwaaba African Travel Market, billed to hold between tomorrow and Tuesday next week. This, according to the...
View ArticleEthiopian Airlines vows to stand by Nigeria
AT a period when many international airlines operating in Nigeria are reconsidering their activities, while some are even withdrawing from the country, the management of Ethiopian Airlines has...
View ArticleBoy, 7, four others dead as truck rams into market in Benin Republic
No fewer than five persons, including a seven-year-old boy, identified as Sola Faniyi, were crushed to death and scores injured after a truck loaded with bags of rice rammed into Igolor market, in...
View ArticleTaking a second wife 2
IN continuation of last week’s article regarding the question asked by a reader whose wife, for some reasons after the birth of their first child, advised her husband to take a second wife because may...
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