IMF borrowed from Nigeria in 1974

Minister of Finance in the Second Republic, Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji, said yesterday the International Monetary Fund, IMF, borrowed money from Nigeria in 1974.
Alhaji, who revealed this when Senator Shehu Sani paid him a private visit in his residence in Sokoto, said he signed the loan agreement when he was Permanent Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Finance.

Lightening kills civil servant in Kwara

TRAGEDY struck, yesterday, in Oro, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, when a 47-year-old civil servant was killed by lightening during a downpour that lasted about eight hours in the state.
The downpour, which began suddenly, started at about 7a.m. and did not let up until about 3pm.
It was gathered that the deceased was, until his demise, a staff of the Registry Department of the College of Education, Oro.

My husband left me for an older woman

My husband was the love of my life and I thought we would grow old together. I did everything for him for the 12 years of our marriage and made our marriage as comfortable and happy as I possibly could.
Then I started hearing tales of him being around an older woman who ran a chain of restaurants. When I confronted him, he denied everything, saying his family was more important to him. 

I am in love with my man's half-brother

When I met my current boyfriend, he never mentioned anything about having a half-brother. We’d been together for about a year when he introduced him to me at a social gathering. 

Is my Mum still seeing her ex?

I finished university education recently and mum used her clout to get me to serve in the state of my choice by sending me to one of her influential friends. 
Of course, I knew who he was then— an ex-boyfriend of mum’s. But the way he fell all over trying to help made me have a feeling there was still something between them. 
After my youth service, he not only made sure that I got employed right away, he also give me some money to tide me over until I got my first salary. 
My dad runs a law firm with three other lawyers but he does not have mum’s connections in the corporate world— she used to be a confidential secretary now turned a director of a good company.

I can't resist my ex

I‘m currently married to a widower, who is a smashing husband and father to my two children from my first marriage. He has three children of his own.
I still have to get in touch with my ex to discuss the children’s welfare from time to time and we have sex whenever we could. We’ve always been sexually compatible. 

Gov Ayade takes Joy Odama’s murder case to President Buhari

Late Joy

Governor Ayade

GOVERNOR Ben Ayade of Cross River State, yesterday, vowed to take the case of murdered 200 Level student of the Department of Mass Communication, Cross River State University of Technology, CRUTECH, Joy Odama, to President Muhammadu Buhari.
Governor Ayade spoke through the Director General, Due Process and Price Intelligence Bureau, Governor’s Office, Calabar, Cross River State, Alphonsus Eba, at a briefing in Abuja.
The governor also said the matter might be pursued to the Supreme Court for justice to prevail no matter how slow the wheel of justice might be.

Police demolish shrines used by ritualists, kidnappers in Ikorodu

Rescue couple, arrest priest

The priest

The rescued couple

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Mr. Imohimi Edgal, yesterday, led a team of policemen to shrines used by kidnappers and ritualists in Ikorodu area of the state, rescuing an abducted couple and arresting a priest.
At the end of the three-hours exercise, four shrines were destroyed in Imota and Agbowa areas of Ikorodu.

El-Rufai orders re-opening of tertiary institutions in S-Kaduna

...pursues multi-campus policy

Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State, yesterday, ordered the immediate re-opening of all tertiary institutions shut down in Southern Kaduna since last December at the peak of the security challenges in that part of the state.
Governor el-Rufai gave the order on a day he disclosed that each local government in the state will host a campus of state-owned higher institutions to bring education closer to the people.

Judicial workers blame poor justice delivery on corruption

CHAIRMAN of Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, Delta State branch, Mr. Augustine Chiejina, has said corruption is a major clog hampering effective delivery of justice in the world, particularly in Nigeria.
Speaking during the opening ceremony of the maiden judiciary staff week in Asaba, Chiejina said their choice of the theme, Integrity and Transparency, Panacea for Efficient Judicial Administration, was to better address perceived anomalies affecting the growth of judiciary in the country.

Malaria, fungal, respiratory, urinary tract infections hit Makurdi flood victims’ camp

The camp opened for people displaced by the flood disaster in Makurdi town and its environs has been hit by malaria fever, fungal, respiratory and urinary tract infections, due to poor and inadequate toilet facilities.
Cases of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders, PTSD, commonly found among the adults inmates, also abound among the displaced persons.