The Green Affair! Etisalat Breaks up Genevieve Nnaji And Dbanj

The green fever has finally caught up with Nollywood queen, Genevieve Nnaji as she was yesterday signed on by Etisalat as their Easy Flex ambassador. I guess with her being in Etisalat now and her supposed potential fiancé Dbanj in Glo, their non-existent relationship has finally hit the rocks. Congrats Genny.

EXCLUSIVE: POLICE ARREST BENINOISE, 5 OTHERS FOR GUN RUNNING, ARMED ROBBERY

THE SUSPECTS

A Beninoise, one Abbey Edward has been arrested by officers of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly importing locally made pistols into Nigeria from Benin Republic and selling same to armed robbers. He was arrested together with five other suspects including; Adewale Osoja, Bala Yahaya, Hasan Ado, Ahmed Boladale and Abiodun Olarewaju.

EXCLUSIVE: Centenary Celebration-Police to deploy explosive detection devices to aiports, seaports

The Commissioner of police, of the Anti-Bomb Squad, Abdulmajid Ali has taken taken delivery of Explosive Detection Canine (EDC) to be deployed to all Airports and Seaports in Nigeria, particularly for the Centenary celebration, where foreign dignitaries are expected. He said anytime from now, the EDC will be deployed to all the Airports, Seaports and our strategic borders, because they increase security and enhance explosives detection capacity.

Another Recycling of Old Hands as Obanikoro, Gusau, others make President GEJ's Ministerial List

It was not surprising to say the least at the names released by President Goodluck Jonathan for a fresh ministerial list. It was simply a case of recycling old hands.  In the list were all one-time persons who have been in government in times past.

Read the list: Former National Security Adviser, Lt-Gen Aliyu Gusau, former Nigerian Ambassador to Ghana, Musiliu Obanikoro, and former Governor of Adamawa State, Boni Haruna were on the list of 11 ministerial nominees forwarded by President Goodluck Jonathan to the Senate for confirmation.

DEOLA AKINREMI: Seeking Justice for Ejigbo Sodomy Victims

Next month, it will be exactly one year since two women were dehumanised in Ejigbo Local Council Development Area of Lagos State by a group of men who sodomised them for alleged theft.  A few days after the incidence, one of the victims died without justice.  Adeola Akinremi visited the neighbourhood where the barbaric act took place and writes about efforts to get justice for the victims

Loud and crowded, Ejigbo in Lagos has that semblance of a disorganised community with scary sound of moving cars on its damaged roads and strange noise coming out of a market nearby. Its major roads are broken and the potholes on the roads are deep enough to make for a crypt. Most of the houses built under high-voltage electric cable make Ejigbo looks rumpled.