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with ’Nonye Ben-Nwankwo and Ademola Olonilua Although popular singer, Waje, has been blessed in her career, performing for kings, queens, presidents and other dignitaries as well as picking up accolades both in Nigeria and abroad, she has not been so lucky in her love life. In a chat with Saturday Beats, the single mother of one refused to say if there was a love interest in her life but she was quick to say what she looks out for in a man. According to her, the most important thing she looks out for in a man is one who is…

Simon Utebor, Yenagoa Former Military Administrator of old Rivers State and Amayanabo of Twon-Brass, Bayelsa State, King Alfred Diete-Spiff, has urged workers to act as whistle-blowers to tackle the incidence of payroll fraud. Diete-Spiff, who is also the Chairman Bayelsa State Advisory Committee on Sanitisation of Payroll, made the call on Friday during an interactive session between the committee and stakeholders of Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area including council workers and organised labour. He said, ”To reduce the incidence of payroll fraud in government systems, I advise workers to act as whistle blowers by reporting all acts of payroll fraud to…

Kunle Falayi The rate of ritual murders in Nigeria in the last few years has been a source of concern but in recent times, the increasing cases of female university and polytechnic undergraduates falling victim of ritual murderers has been frightening. Student life in public higher institutions in the country can both be brutish and challenging. But for many female undergraduates, it is a constant battle for survival in the midst of sexual harassment by lecturers. But outside the school campuses, Saturday PUNCH found out that more female undergraduates are now being preyed upon by opportunistic kidnappers looking for candidates…

A mother in Canada has drugged her daughter with sleeping pills after which she set her body on fire in what the judge labelled  the  “ultimate senseless betrayal”. Laura Coward pleaded guilty to second-degree murder charge of her daughter, Amber Lucius in a Calgary courtroom in February. She has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance at parole for 18 years, according to Metro UK. Coward was arrested in Alberta two days after the young girl was reported missing in August 2014. The report said Coward had given the girl a toxic but non-lethal dose of a prescription…

Kunle Falayi As reactions pour in over the death sentence passed on two policemen over the killing of six Igbo traders in Area 11 Garki, Abuja, on June 7, 2005 by a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Maitama, on Thursday, Saturday PUNCH looks at the sequence of events that led to the killing of the victims. Coming 12 years after the incident, Ezekiel Achejene and Emmanuel Baba (both police constables) were sentenced to death by Justice Ishaq Bello for the murder of five traders at the Apo Mechanic Village – Ifeanyi Ozo, Chinedu Meniru, Isaac Ekene, Paul Ogbonna,…

with Ademola Olonilua Approximately 2.5 million children are injured or killed each year by hazards in the home. Many of these accidents could have been avoided if some simple precautions were put in place. Childproofing your home is one of the easiest ways you can keep your children safe. Infants, crawling babies, toddlers and young children can easily injure themselves on many items around the house. Stoves, cabinets, cleaning supplies and electrical sockets are just a few of the items that can cause injury or something worse. Take some time to childproof your home and put your mind at ease…

Nigeria’s southern oil-rich Rivers state on Saturday backed a government call for major oil companies to move their offices to the Niger delta region, as part of measures to stem unrest in the oil-rich area. Attacks by rebels seeking a fairer share of Nigeria’s multi-billion-dollar oil wealth for local residents have slashed output and hammered revenue at a time of falling global crude prices. Last week, Nigeria’s Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo ordered major oil companies including Anglo-Dutch Shell as well as US groups Mobil and Chevron to relocate their main offices to the troubled Niger delta region, where most people remain…

Novelist and feminist Chimamanda Adichie has stirred a debate by saying it is difficult to equate trans-gender females to real women. The writer shared her view on the issue in an interview with Cathy Newmand on Channel 4 News, which was aired on Friday. Asked during the interview whether it matters how you arrived at being a woman and whether trans-women can be considered real women, she explained it wasn’t difficult to accept that trans-gender females can be equated to real women. She said, “When people talk about trans-women, my feeling is that trans-women are trans-women. I think that if…

As the Kaduna International Airport continues to bubble following the closure of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika has indicated he would remain in Kaduna throughout out the six week when Abuja airport would undergo repair works. Sirika said he relocated his office to Kaduna to ensure […] Airport closure: I’ll remain in Kaduna for six weeks – Aviation Minister Source: Business

Technology Times – NIGERIA TECHNOLOGY NEWS | MARKET INTELLIGENCE | ADVISORY SERVICES | EVENTS Regulators of the telecoms and banking sector say they have managed to stave off receivership of Etisalat Nigeria over owed a group of local banks. Etisalat Nigeria, the number four mobile phone company in the country by subscriber numbers came under a looming threat of takeover by the bank consortium over alleged debt payment default. […] The post Regulators save Etisalat Nigeria from receivership appeared first on Technology Times – NIGERIA TECHNOLOGY NEWS | MARKET INTELLIGENCE | ADVISORY SERVICES | EVENTS. Source: Technology