ADEOLA AKINREMI: Inside the Land of the Living Dead

Adeola Akinremi, on a voyage of discovery, visited Uzuakoli Lepers’ Colony located a few miles away from Umuahia, the Abia State capital. He reports on the ruins of what was once a vibrant leprosy research centre in West Africa, the sorrow of the lepers and the pains of their caregivers

I was still in bed when I heard a knock on my door. It was the taxi driver. I pleaded with him to wait. It was 6.30 am.  A few minutes later I followed him downstairs. He showed where he had parked within the hotel premises. We had a quick conversation about the journey. The time it would take, the cost and the challenges of the road journey.  We agreed.  Adventure followed adventure.

FEATURES; Are Dating Sites Fuelling Adultery?

More marriages are crashing over what experts partly blame on technology through the proliferation of dating sites, writes Ebere Nwiro

Last year, the Kano State Governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso organised a mass wedding in the state.  He said he wanted to checkmate the rising incidence of failed marriages in Kano that was giving his administration sleepless nights, saying he felt it was time to arrest the situation.

With a project tagged the Zawarawa Mass Marriage programme, Kwankwaso seeks to take widows, divorcees and even young girls off the streets of Kano with a law to check the rising incidence of divorce and separations.

Policewoman Shot Dead in Kano

IG, Mohammed Abubakar

A policewoman attached to the Zone 1 office of the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) was shot dead by gunmen in the early hours of Tuesday in Kano.

The policewoman, who was dressed in her uniform, was said to have  parked by the road side to fix her tyres  when the gunmen riding on a motorcycle shot her dead. She was said to have been on her way to the office when the incident happened.

The gunmen fled the scene of the attack immediately after the shooting, which occurred barely 24 hours after a multiple explosion at a popular motor park in Kano killed more than 30 people.

State Police Commissioner, Mr. Musa Daura confirmed the killing, stating that already detectives have swung into action with a view to apprehending the assailants.

More to follow...

A Soldier's Show of Shame

So, I was on my way to work today, minding my own business when this Soldier from nowhere who simply had the name tag Mohammed showed that despite the democratic dispensation, you can't cage the military for long....I digress...

Anyway, the commercial bus I was in had taken that Idiaraba route and had gotten to the College turn by Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). All of a sudden, a dark blue (or is it black?) Golf car with registration number BR385JJJ Lagos, wanted to take take the turn just as our bus was driving down.