BREAKING NEWS; 70 FRSC Road Marshals Sacked in Kogi

FRSC members

  

About 70  Special Marshalls of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) serving in Kogi State have been  relieved of their duties for non-performance and other acts of indiscipline.

The outgoing State Coordinator of the Special Marshall Command of the FRSC,  Mr Joseph Solomon who stated this in Lokoja on Sunday while giving the account of his four-year stewardship said that the sack has reduced the number of special marshals in the state to 242 from 319. 

Bakare Slams Jonathan for Kneeling Before Pastor Adeboye

Pastor Tunde Bakare of the Latter Rain Assembly in a recent
 interview with Punch Newspaper said president Goodluck 
Jonathan belittled himself as the president of a nation by
 kneeling before Pastor Enoch Adeboye of Redeemed 
Church. Here are the excerpts of the controversial interview; 

Mom Dies From Heart Attack After Witnessing Killing of Three Sons

The late Atim Akpabio

A prominent Nigerian movie producer and gospel musician, Helen Ukpabio, recently lost her mother, Mrs. Atim Akpabio, who died after witnessing the murder of her three sons on the same day. WritesMary Ekah

When on March 25 last year, three sons of Chief Essien Akpabio and Mrs. Atim Akpabio of Mente Village, Nkari Clan, Ini Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom state and sibling of a prominent Nigerian movies producer and gospel musician, Evangelist Helen Ukpabio, were allegedly killed by a security team consisting of the State Security Service (SSS) agents on the same, day, one would have thought that would be the worst woe that could befall a family within one year. The family had also lost a daughter a few days later who died from shock after learning about what happened to her brothers and while the family were yet to comprehend the reason why fate should treat them that way, they never envisaged that the another misfortune will befall them soon again.

SIMON KOLAWOLE LIVE; Opposition and the Nigerian Project

Simon Kolawole Live!: Email: simon.kolawole@thisdaylive.com

I’m a young, politically conscious Nigerian and, should I say, someone whose vote is up for grabs in 2015. First of all, I do not have any party affiliation. Out there, many Nigerians like me would love to vote based on conviction, not some party or ethnic allegiance or financial inducement. Globally, the people who determine outcomes of elections are not always the partisans. “Unattached voters” have a say. They usually vote judging by the issues at hand and their assessments of what the candidates are bringing to the table. In advanced countries, ruling parties are voted out from time to time. Politicians debate issues (not zoning) that impact on the lives of the ordinary people. In Nigeria, we are still far away from experiencing this glorious expression of liberal democratic culture.

‘No Woman Should Die Of Complications From Abortion’

Doctor Ejike Orji

ROLAND OGBONNAYA AND STANLEY NKWAZEMA TOOK on THE COUNTRY DIRECTOR OF IPAS IN NIGERIA, DOCTOR EJIKE ORJI, ON THE ISSUES OF ABORTION AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN NIGERIA

Doctor Ejike Orji is a gynecologist. He temporarily dropped the stethoscope to go into the advocacy side of health some few years ago. Today, he is the Country Director of Ipas, an international organisation focused on women’s right and health globally. At present, he said that Ipas works in 40 countries including Nigeria. “Our main work is to make sure that no woman dies from complications of   unsafe abortion,” he told THISDAY in Abuja recently.

Fuel Depots: Apapa’s Constant Nightmare

Uncontrolled increase in the number of fuel silos in Apapa could spell doom for residents, nobody is sure when the next explosion would rock their world, writes BENNETT OGHIFO

The multiple explosions at the fuel dump in Lagos, last week, mirror the explosions and the ricochet caused by detonated bombs at the Ikeja Cantonment on January 27, 2002.

Both blasts had similar effects, except that the exact number of deaths in last week’s explosions are still unknown. Like the Ikeja bomb blasts, glass windows of buildings in residential estates within the area were shattered and those farther from the site shook violently, causing families and workers to panic.

JOY BEWAJI; The Matter on MAY D

May D

By Joy Bewaji

The entertainment crowd aren’t always prepared to hear about a break-up. There’s the continuous bickering about the situation that allows it to grow into a grotesque creature in the minds of the fans because of the many sides and twists to such stories. The most unfortunate so far has been, of course, the Mohits crew. The fact that we may never get to enjoy that indescribable element that comes from a Donjazzy/Dbanj collabo ever again is just heart-breaking. Another split that is regretful is the Psquare/MayD split.

Chidinma: Project Fame Prepared Me For Fame

Chidinma

Her performance at the season three of Project Fame West Africa spotlighted the petit but mightily endowed songbird, Chidinma Ekile to music pundits across Africa. And her name has since resonated everywhere African contemporary music matters. Chidinma’s single, ‘Kedike’ earned her the Best West African Female Act award at the KORA Awards held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast last December. The wonder girl talks to LANRE ODUKOYA about the Kora award and her rise to fame

WINNING KORA…

It feels really great judging by the fact that it’s still very early in my career. This kind of achievement is actually overwhelming. I must confess, I never thought all this will come this soon. Suddenly, I started getting enquiries from other African countries about my works. 

Police Chiefs Uneasy as Jonathan Pays Surprise Visit to Training College

President Goodluck Jonathan visits Police College in Ikeja, Lagos 

By Chiemelie Ezeobi             

President Goodluck Jonathan, on Friday paid a surprise visit to the Police College in Ikeja, Lagos, in a move presidency sources say was meant to pre-empt the whitewash that usually precedes the visit of top government officials to agencies.

But the grim situation the president glimpsed through his visit is said to be causing unease for police chiefs who fear there may be some harsh consequences particularly given that they had been totally kept in the dark over the unscheduled visit.

WAR OF WORDS; Amaechi and Orubebe Tussle

Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Amaechi, yesterday chided the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, over the latter’s criticism of his position on the troubled East-West Road project.

Orubebe had on Thursday during a tour of the project rebuked Amaechi for suggesting that the governments of the South-south states be allowed to take over and complete the construction of the road.

Anyaoku: Why I Didn’t Resign as C’wealth Sec-Gen

Nearly 18 years after he oversaw the suspension of his native country from the Commonwealth, former Commonwealth Secretary-General Emeka Anyaoku has said he could have resigned under the pressure of the circumstances if member countries had not specially reaffirmed their confidence in him.

In an interview with THISDAY in Lagos on his 80th birthday, Anyaoku explained also that he was motivated by a sense of obligation to the organisation’s ethical and democratic principles in taking the views he had taken at the time.