Folake Sokoya Police Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday, July 12, 2016, nabbed, Benjamin Michael, 27, for attempting to remove a Mercedes Benz A-Class with the registration number UB 202 AAA from the park at a popular night club (name withheld) in Ikeja. The suspect, who hails from Ughelli in Delta State, was arrested after …

Oluwatobi Oyetunde In a bid to identify with children living with disabilities, a non-governmental ogranisation, JOINValue (Jewels of Inestimable Values), has donated gift items to Modupe Cole Memorial Child Care and Treatment Home in Lagos. The group, whose motto is: Impacting lives positively, recently played out its motto, impacting children living with disabilities with love. Chief Executive Officer of the …

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sought the collaboration of media organizations in the country to ensure effective implementation of the Capital Market Ten Year Master Plan. Director General of SEC Nigeria, Mounir Gwarzo said this Tuesday during a meeting with Management of Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), in Abuja. The DG said a successful implementation of the plan is …

International ratings agency, Fitch ratings has said Frontier Markets most especially in Africa are at risk in the last quarter of the year on the background of dwindling commodities prices and political crisis that has disrupted economy. The agency noted that the fall in global oil prices and insecurity were the main drivers for the downward trend in frontier market …

Folake Sokoya The first african female drummer, Aralola Apeke Olamuyiwa has been appointed as Cultural Ambassador for the Ife Kingdom, the cradle of Yoruba. The appointment of the famous drummer was contained in a letter available to Premium Times which was approved and personally signed the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi. The Royal father in the letter said, Olamuyiwa …

Olufolahan Osunmuyiwa As a child brought-up in an ethnically divided nation, every Fulani (fulbe) person was usually described as a Herdsman (pastoralist). My knowledge of the Fulani tribe played along their historical nomadic nature – a socio-cultural group who migrate from one place to another in search of livelihood. Importantly, stories told to children in the Southwest was that the …

By Emeka Oparah PROTOCOLS I am grateful to the author for giving me the opportunity to review her soul-stirring, breathtaking, disturbing yet inspiring book. It’s been a while I have been meaning to comment on the subject of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, and Mrs. Amara Van-Lare, by making me her book’s reviewer handed me a brilliant opportunity to ventilate my views on …

Dayo Emmanuel Residents of Thomas Salako street, Ogba, Lagos State may not know they are sitting on a keg of gun powder. This is because an electronic pole in front of house number 11, is about to cave in. Residents and owners of business concerns in the area Monday, told National Wire they perpetually live in fear because the pole …

Folake Sokoya The leader of cult group who was over the weekend, arrested by the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Police Command in Jakande Estate, Ajah area, Lagos suburb, has said that no amount of gun – shot can penetrate his body. The cult suspect, Andrew Awalebi, 35, who belonged to Eiye Confraternity, was arrested …

The new board of Skye Bank Plc has declared plans to ensure that the bank is ably managed to health,saying that they will work to shore up its asset quality and normalize its cost to income ratio in the overall interest of the shareholders. Speaking at the Nigerian Stock Exchange(NSE)Friday, on the occasion of the visit of the new board of Skye Bankto the …