ABIOLA: 20 Years, Like Yesterday by Olawale Olaleye

Abiola ...the symbol of June 12 struggle

Once upon a time- precisely some 20 years ago- in the very heart of West Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria, held an election that was widely adjudged the freest and fairest and about the most credible on the continent at the time. And, except something fundamentally defining changes, that electoral exercise seems to have a lifetime rating on the chart of political history.

It was an experience that completely changed the cause of history. Coming from the backdrop of incivility that often characterised the conduct of elections in Africa generally and indeed, other developing countries of the world, the pride of the June 12, 1993 presidential election was shared 

beyond the borders of Nigeria. Even the colonial masters would be proud then that things were about 

looking up for one of their former colonies.

Dbanj Says Don Jazzy was the Wife in the Relationship

A year after the Mohits crew broke up, Dbanj in a recent interview by Nseobong Okon-Ekong and Vanessa Obioha, of THISDAY Newspapers, described Don Jazzy as the wife in the relationship while he(Dbanj) was the husband. Lol

N118bn for 46,821 Ghost Workers

Coordinating Minister for the Economy (CME) and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

The introduction of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) in the ministries, departments and agencies of the federal government has so far led to the discovery of 46,821 ghost workers and saved the nation N118.9 billion.

This is even as the Coordinating Minister for the Economy (CME) and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has attributed the low revenue by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to the federal government’s deliberate policy to cut down on the importation of rice and other staple food items with a view to boosting local production.

EXCLUSIVE: Navy Arrests 12 Suspects for Vandalism in Lagos

CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF, VICE ADMIRAL DELE EZEOBA

No fewer than 12 persons including a female were yesterday arrested by personnel of Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT, for allegedly vandalising power cables belonging to the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) in Apapa, Lagos.

The suspects, including a 21 year-old lady were arrested by naval operative along the Railway line at Leventis area of Apapa, during one of the regular raids to sanitise area. After the arrest, the personnel raided the area and recovered cutlasses, diggers, hammers and several wraps of substance suspected to be indian hemp.

EXCLUSIVE: A Year Old Baby Dies as Another Building Collapse in Lagos

The Collapsed Building

Tragedy occurred yesterday at Mushin area of Lagos, when a three-storey building collapsed at Challenge Bus Stop, killing a year old baby and leaving several others with varying degrees of injuries.

This is coming at the heels of yet another building collapse at the Agbado area of the state, reinforcing the recent discovery of the Lagos State Government, which alarmingly revealed that there are over 600 distressed buildings in the state in the last one year.

EXCLUSIVE: Police Station Where Officers Don't Wear Shoes

Some of the policemen in their bathroom slippers captured by lens

By Chiemelie Ezeobi

In what seems like a throw-back to President Goodluck Jonathan's days of 'no shoes', the men of the Trinity Police Station under the Area B Command in Lagos State, appear sentenced to working without shoes, no thanks to the rains which have made nonsense of any attempt to wear shoes within the station.

Instead of the normal black leather shoes that are compulsory part of the police dress code at Trinity Police Station, it is bathroom slippers, flip flops, rain boots and palms slippers, all the way, both junior and even senior officers.