Lagos Sacks 34 LASTMA Officers

  The Lagos State Government on Friday said it has sacked 34 officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, over cases of extortion and others.

   The government also disclosed that two LASTMA officers were currently being investigated for allegedly extorting motorist in the state. Deputy Governor of the state, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat  stated that the present administration was committed to given adequate support to LASTMA officials towards reducing travel time within the state, but would not condone any government official terrorising the citizens.

EFCC Apprehend Teenage ‘Yahoo boys’ In Calabar

    Operatives of the special task force, Uyo Zonal Office, of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested eleven suspected internet fraudsters, popularly known as ‘Yahoo Boys’ in an apartment on Parliamentary Extension, Akai Efa, Calabar, the Cross River State capital.

15 Year Old Nigerian Boy Forced To Marry 24 Year Old Pregnant Girlfriend

 

   A 15 year old boy has been forced to perform traditional wedding rites to a 24 year old girl he impregnated. The wedding happened in the Eastern part of Nigeria and the new couple can be seen looking clueless in the viral video.

Federal Government Orders Secondary Schools To Start Teaching History

 

   The government directed all basic and secondary schools across the country to immediately implement the teaching of history as a standalone subject from the next academic calendar.

  Mr Sonny Echono, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education made this known on Friday. It would the recalled that the Federal Government on June 18 promised the return history to school curriculum while ensuring that all primary school teachers are trained to deliver digital literacy.

Why UNIBEN Student Committed Suicide

    The real reason Christabel Omore Buoro Owoicho, a 300-level student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) committed suicide has been revealed. It was not over failed love affair. She was actually raped.

  Her friend and uncle who made this revelation said she was raped before she committed suicide.Earlier report had said she committed suicide because of a strained relationship with her boyfriend. She was said to have locked herself indoors after her roommate had left the hostel, increased the volume of her music player, left a note and committed the act.