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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Samuel Oyadongha & Emem Idio Y ENAGOA— A 26-year-old lady, identified as Miss Deborah Eteh, was bathed with substance suspected to be acid on Tombia Road by Edepie, Bayelsa State, by her ex-boyfriend, who came in from Rivers State. It was gathered that both of them were in a relationship in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, before the victim, Deborah, pulled out of the relationship and relocated to Yenagoa. The suspect is said to have traced his victim from Port Harcourt to Yenagoa, where he bathed the victim with substance suspected to be acid. Following the alarm raised by the victim’s neighbours, residents of the area apprehended the suspect, who is currently being detained at a police station in the state capital. The victim was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, where she is receiving treatment. Contacted, spokesman of the state Police Command, Asinim Butswat, who could not confirm the incident, sent an SMS, saying “I cannot talk right now...

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http://ift.tt/2dJq6HP By Johnbosco Agbakwuru Academician , politician and retired permanent secretary, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife could well be described as a man who made a success of his endeavours as an academic having been a member of the faculty of some Africa’s leading universities including Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, University of Ibadan, and Harvard University. He subsequently joined the civil service where he retired at the apex as a permanent secretary. Following his retirement, he joined politics and on his first try was elected governor of Anambra State on the platform of the defunct Social Democratic Party, SDP. An unwavering voice for an egalitarian society, Dr. Ezeife in this interview gives his assessment of the state of the nation, the Igbo race among other national issues. Excerpts: T here are people with the view that if the country is restructured, it may lead to disintegration, what is your take? The only thing that assures the disintegration of Nige...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Dayo Adesulu The Chairman, Lagos State branch, University of Lagos Alumni Association, Dr. Lukumon Adeoti, has said that the association will today unveil a compendium in honour of its late former Vice Chancellor, Professor Babatunde Sofoluwe. Speaking at press briefing held at UNILAG, he noted that the collection of the compendium would include love letters as well as the first and last academic papers of the late don. Announcing the fifth Babatunde Sofoluwe Memorial Lecture scheduled to hold this week Friday in Lagos, Adeoti said the late Vice Chancellor contributed immensely to UNILAG Alumni. According to Adeoti, the late academic, who was a former Dean of the Faculty of Science, UNILAG and former Deputy Vice Chancellor, Management Services, was the third alumnus to emerge VC of the institution. Sofoluwe died in 2012 at the age of 62. He said: “ Sofoluwe was an embodiment of simplicity. He commanded great respect and goodwill. We are proud of him as a p...