Year in review: Notable deaths of 2016

Majority of Nigerians made it through the emotional rollercoaster that is 2016, but many fell along the way.Here are some notable deaths that rocked us during the year:James Ocholi (November 26, 1960 – March 6, 2016)OcholiThe Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, James Ocholi, died in a road crash along the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway on March 6, 2016. His wife, Blessing, and son, Joshua, also...

Year in review: Notable deaths of 2016

Majority of Nigerians made it through the emotional rollercoaster that is 2016, but many fell along the way.Here are some notable deaths that rocked us during the year:James Ocholi (November 26, 1960 – March 6, 2016)OcholiThe Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, James Ocholi, died in a road crash along the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway on March 6, 2016. His wife, Blessing, and son, Joshua, also...

Singer resigns from choir over Trump

A member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir has quit the group rather than sing at Donald Trump’s inauguration and appear to endorse “tyranny and fascism.”In a resignation letter posted on her Facebook page Thursday, Jan Chamberlin said she had agonized over whether to sing at the January 20 ceremony and “spent several sleepless nights and days in turmoil.”She said her only option, finally, was to quit...

Shekau video mere terrorists’ propaganda – Army

   This screen grab image taken on December 29, 2016 from a video released on Youtube by Islamist group Boko Haram shows Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau making a statement at an undisclosed location. The embattled leader of jihadist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, appeared in a...

ASUU alleges N2bn fraud at University of Ilorin

  The Academic Staff Union of Universities has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, alleging more than N2bn fraud against the management of the University of Ilorin. The petition was jointly signed by the Ibadan Zone Chairmen of ASUU, Doctors Ade Adejumo and Deji Omole. Others...

Fire destroys multi-million naira foodstuff in Ondo market

The popular Odopetu market in Akure, the Ondo State capital, was gutted by fire on Thursday morning, destroying commodities worth million of naira. Though there was no life lost in the incident, it was gathered that many shops that were stocked with foodstuff were completely destroyed. Though,...

400 Level Osun varsity student buried amidst tears

The 400 Level student of the Osun State University, Miss Rofiat Adebisi, whose corpse was found at Iragbiji, was buried in Osogbo on Thursday amidst weeping and wailing by family members, friends and students. Adebisi was buried in Owo Eba area, near Ilesa Garage area of Osogbo,...

Man planning attack on Third Mainland Bridge arrested –Police

  Afeez Hanafi A suspected member of a militant group allegedly planning to blow up the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State, has been arrested by the police in Majidun, Ikorodu area of the state. The suspect, Abiodun Amos, aka Senti, was said to be a bomb expert, who had participated in...

Audio: Wike confesses to playing ignoble role in Rivers election rerun

  In what appeared to be a confessional, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has told Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State how he used his office to influence the election rerun in his state. As if to show utmost contempt for the Nigerian State, the duo of Fayose and Wike thrashed the Nigerian...

Canadian sisters arrested for ‘sextortion’ apologise to Otedola

Two Indian-Canadian sisters, Jyoti and Kiran Matharoo, owners of NaijaGistLive.com have issued apologies to oil business magnate Femi Otedola and his family after they were charged to court for cyber bullying, blackmail and extortion last Friday. The sisters were charged to court for producing...

No plastic, only contaminated rice in Nigeria – NAFDAC

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control on Thursday said laboratory result of the suspected fake rice showed that the product was not plastic but rice contaminated with micro organisms. The Acting Director General, NAFDAC, Yetunde Oni, said this at a news conference...

Buildings housing 81 police families to be demolished in Lagos

  The Nigeria Police in Lagos State, on Thursday said three more buildings housing 81 police families would be pulled down at the Highway Police Barracks, Ikeja due to structural defects. Mr Maigari Dikko, the Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), in charge of Works disclosed the...

The good and the bad sides of ‘zobo’ drink

Consumption of zobo drink is very effective in the management of hypertension due to its anti-hypertensive properties, says Dr. Ochuko Erukainure, a nutritional biochemist. Erukainure, a senior research officer with the Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi, Lagos State, disclosed...

Bomb scare in Yola

  There was a pandemonium at the Federal College of Education, Yola, on Thursday over a bomb scare following the sighting of a strange bag in front of the school. The development which obstructed traffic along the Jimeta-Yola Road for more than an hour, caught the attention of a team...

US sanctions Russia over vote hacking

  The United States on Thursday fired back at Moscow over its meddling in the presidential election, announcing a series of tough sanctions against intelligence agencies, expulsions of agents and shutting down of Russian compounds on US soil. Obama had all but accused Russian President Vladimir...

What does Boko Haram’s ‘defeat’ mean?

  The news that the terrorist group, Boko Haram, has been “effectively” defeated was as satisfying as watching a convoluted drama resolved with a deux ex machina turn in the plot. The inchoate resolution evokes past cases of similar premature announcements of Boko Haram’s defeat. If the...

APC plotting to bomb my plane – Wike

  Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt THE Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has accused the leaders of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State of planning to bomb him while travelling in a plane. Wike explained that the target was for the APC in the state to get rid of...

Why AGF shuns EFCC, sends judges’ cases to DSS

The Federal Ministry of Justice decided to forward petitions against judges bordering on alleged corrupt acts to the Department of State Services when the ministry discovered that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission failed to act on previous petitions as expected, The PUNCH learnt...

Inculcating smartphones into business

Create a visual checklist for your employees Are your employees sloughing off or ignoring your daily checklists? Maybe they are visual learners and cannot appreciate what an awesome checklist you have created. Send them the lists with visuals of what the end result of each task should...

How you can use smartphones for presentations

  Here are 10 ways you can incorporate smartphone users into your presentation and become the topic of conversation online and off. Encourage and reward people for using their smartphones At Cause Marketing Forum’s annual conference in Chicago in June this year, someone asked people...