Monday, 16 January 2017

IFELODUN Human traffickers’ new fishing pond


 


Human traffickers to Libya and other countries abroad are feasting on the desperation of poor, ambitious residents of Ifelodun Street, Ayobo, Lagos, report Medinat Kanabe and Dorcas Egede

Sunday, 8 January 2017

Saturday, 7 January 2017

BOKO HARAM | Kidnapped Teenagers Identify their Abductors (PHOTO)

Two teenage girls who were abducted in Bama, Borno State, by insurgents have identified the picture of the Amir (Commander) that led others to abduct them from their family home, where he was a daily caller before he joined Boko Haram. Maimuna, 17, and Maryam, 15, are Shuwa from the Muhammat family in Bama, where the only male of four children, Usman, was going to secondary school along with a close friend, Abba Fanni.

Forex responsible for kerosene price hike—IPMAN

Olanrewaju Okanlawon, a factional Chairman of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), in Kwara has ascribed the recurring hike in the price of kerosene to the unstable foreign exchange occasioned by the lingering economic recession.

LAUTECH reopens on or before February 1 – Ajimobi

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State says Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, will resume academic activities on or before Feb. 1.
In a statement issued by Mr Yomi Layinka, the governor’s Special Adviser on Communication and Strategy on Saturday, the governor said arrangements had been concluded to re-open the university.

Pastor Adeboye resigns

Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye has retired as the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG).
Just last year, the church slammed those calling for the 74-year-old to retire as head of RCCG.

Horror stories from low-income earners

Yetunde Oladeinde, Assistant Editor and Medinat Kanabe in this report recount the agonies of families whose breadwinners can no longer eke out a living on account of the biting economic situation.

Some consequences of failed abortion

Are there repercussions for failed abortions? Are there any links between deformities in newly born babies and attempts made by their mothers to terminate them in their foetal stages. Medinat Kanabe explores the possibilities.

Deadly diagnoses, a nation’s scourge


How deadly can wrong diagnoses get? For those who have gone through it, it is nowhere to be, as it usually spells wrong treatment and graver complications. In this report, Medinat Kanabe explores the stories of some people who have managed to escape the peril of such medical errors and why these things happen.

Rape in the house of God

Often, they scream, cry and fight to free themselves from what they consider an absurdity from their religious leaders; at other times, they just lay at the receiving end, believing somehow that what they’re being put through may just be right. After all, these are men of God; they know it all and can do no wrong.

Nigerian nonagenarian, Mbanefo, slams govt over alleged poor regard for education

  A nonagenarian and former Nigeria’s  ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations (UN),   Arthur Mbanefo , has criticised...