THE Police in Akwa Ibom State have arrested two suspects in connection with the murder of the daughter of Abak Local Government Chairman, Miss Aniefon Aniediabasi Udo. Though the police could not give the identity of those arrested, our correspondent gathered that the two suspects in police net were politicians from the local government area. [...]

The three tiers of government in the Federation have agreed to spend over N1.2tn over the next four years to reform the Nigeria Police Force. This translates to N320bn yearly. A meeting involving the Federal Government, the 36 state governments and the 774 local governments where the decision was endorsed, reportedly ended in Abuja on [...]

Prof. Chinua Achebe There are very few people who can claim to be true citizens of the world in the real sense of it. The number of Nigerians among this special breed of people would be fewer still. Topping this very lean list would be the name Albert Chin?al?m?g? Achebe, known to most as Chinua [...]

Buyers from all walks of life throng the Alaba International Market in Lagos, reputed to be one of the biggest markets for electronic and electrical appliances, to make their purchases. Exuberantly, the sellers, on their part, make brisk business, raking in millions of naira. But surprisingly, both the sellers and buyers are quite oblivious of [...]

Lagos State prides itself as the Centre of Excellence, but only a few out of its millions of residents have access to potable water, FRANCIS FAMOROTI and SIMON UTEBOR report About three decades ago, when late Fela Anikulapo-Kuti released the hit the song, Water No Get Enemy, to emphasise the importance of water to human [...]