The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC , on Tuesday in Akure arraigned the Vice Chancellor Of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, (FUTA), Gregory Daramola, over allegations of fraud to the tune of N24 million. The Vice Chancellor was arraigned along with the school’s bursar, Ayodeji Oresegun, for offences of misappropriation of public funds, misuse of office, and obtaining money under force pretense among others. While Mr. Daramola is facing a nine-count charge, his co-accused is facing a two-count charge of mishandling unpaid funds and fixing funds without due process. According to the charges, the vice chancellor and the bursar conspired “on or about 21 January, 2015 with intent to defraud to wit illegally place on fixed deposit the money of the Federal University of Technology Akure in a WEMA bank account No 1300002035.” They were also accused of abuse of office. “That you Prof. Adebiyi G. Daramola on or about 2nd September, 2016 at A...

By Isaac Eranga A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Women Friendly Initiative (WFI) has urged government at all levels to assist relevant bodies with the provision of fund to support the fight against cancer in the country. The Director of the NGO, Mrs Frances Teshoma made the appeal during an awareness campaign to commemorate 2017 World Cancer Day in Kuje Area Council recently. She said that the call became imperative to enable Nigerians live a healthy life. According to her, the campaign which had the support of Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO), was aimed at reducing the number of deaths from cancer among the public. “Cancer is a deadly disease and we have special focus on breast and cervical cancer, which are popular with the fe­male. “We also aim to sensitise the public on prostate cancer which is prevalent among male.” She insisted that early detection and prevention would reduce the number of deaths as well as bring about zero can­cer le...

By Isaac Eranga The Federal Government has released N844 million and employed 11,775 cooks to start its one-meal per day programme to more than one million primary school pupils across seven states in the country. This was announced in a statement by Mr Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Office of the Vice President. Akande said this while giving a media update on the Social Investment Programme of the Buhari’s administration. He said that the money had been released for the commencement of National Homegrown School Feeding Programme in Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, Oyo, Osun, Ogun and Zamfara states. The SSA noted that not all the states had implemented the programme, adding that it had commenced in Anambra, Enugu, Osun, Ogun, and Oyo states. He also said that the programme was expected to start during the week in two other states – Ebonyi and Zamfara – that had been funded already. Akande said that the Homegrown School Fee...

Armed men, suspected to be cultists, have attacked a police station in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State and freedtheir colleagues in detention. It was learnt that the attackers had gained access to the police station located in Ibillo after disguising as relatives of their colleagues on February 2, 2017. They were said to have shot sporadically, killing a woman in the process. The attackers were said to have successfully freed their colleagues and run away. Confirming the report, State Commissioner of Police, Haliru Gwandu, said the freed suspects had been arrested for alleged rape. He said, “Two rapists were arrested at Ibillo and unknown to the police, the suspects were cultists. Their members went to the police station. “But the police did not know they were there to rescue their members. There was sporadic shooting and an innocent lady was hit and killed.” Gwandu, who spoke while briefing journalists on Friday, disclosed that some of the attackers were la...

Former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has described Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed as an unrepentant liar. Fani-Kayode also described Mohammed as wicked, irresponsible, foul-breathed and pamper-wearing. The Minister of information, Lai Mohammed  The former minister made the comments via an article titled “Lying Lie Mohammed.” Read it below: The greatest evil that plagues our land today are not Boko Haram or the Fulani militias. The greatest evil are those so-called moderate Muslims and practicing Christians who pretend that the terrorists don’t exist, who turn a blind eye to their evil and who sit back silently and watch them. Consider the foul-breathed, pamper-wearing lying Lai Mohammed, Buhari’s Minister of Information. He falls squarely into that category. The other day he claimed that the assertion that Muslims kill Christians in Nigeria “is a fallacy”. This man is nothing but scum. He is filth. He is sick. He is an unrepentant and pernicious liar. He i...

by Kenneth Tadaferua And they built the golden calf, and the multitudes of the people bowed, and they worshipped, and they adored, and they rejoiced before it. They cared not about Mount Sinai. Nor about the ordinances and commandments of the Most High God, nor did they remember Moses. They ignored the bright burning Light on Mount Sinai. If you know not the light and the salt of the earth, how can you be the light and the salt that lightens and sweetens the earth. In their poverty, sicknesses, terrors and hopelessness, they turn not to Light but to the golden calf. Then they go home and in the emptiness of their hearts they ask, why am I so wretched, why is there recession, why can't I feed my family, why are there no jobs, no money, no electricity, no contracts, no trust, no good schools, no hospitals, why are our daughters turning to prostitutes and our sons, yahoo-yahoo experts, thieves, and criminals, why are they joining cults to adore the devil in other to get fraudulent...

Nigeria is estimated to have the highest number of out-of-school children globally, with over 10.5 million children out of school. Majority of the children live in rural areas and teachers in primary and secondary schools contribute highly in forcing children out-of-school, KELECHUKWU IRUOMA, in this investigation, unravels the illegal acts of teachers in Ajegunle, Lagos state. By Kelechukwu Iruoma On a cool Monday Morning at a slum environment, popular called Ajeromi, in Ajegunle, Lagos State, Peter Adekanbi, an 11-year old boy who had concluded his primary school education in a public school in Ajegunle and supposed to have been enrolled into a public secondary school to further his education was running helter-skelter playing football. He was not alone. There were six other children ranging from 7-12 years who were playing the football with Adekanbi. There were also numerous children ranging from 6-15 years seen in the community who were not at school then. While their mates...