Suspected gunmen, on Sunday night, kidnapped two female students of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago Iwoye, Ayetoro campus. The incident occurred at about 9 pm on Sunday when the suspected bandits stormed the Igbole Aibo quarter in Ayetoro, shooting sporadically.…
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Monday says only graduates with complete documents will be mobilised by the scheme for the service year. The NYSC Director of Press and Public Relations, Mrs Adenike Adeyemi, made this known in an…
Some former local government councillors in Niger on Monday resumed protest to demand payment of N1.27 billion benefits allegedly owed them by the state government. Report says that the 274 councillors , who served from 2016 t0 2019, converged at …
On Monday Ekiti government, commenced the payment of N507.4 million as compensations to victims of defunct SARS brutality and other segments of the society. Report says that Gov. Kayode Fayemi, at different ceremonies in Ado Ekiti, presented cheques, covering the…
The Lagos State Government says it will partner professional builders to achieve its objectives of curbing the use of substandard building materials causing building collapse in the state. Mr Olufunsho Elulade, General Manager, Lagos State Materials Testing Laboratory (LSMTL), made…
On Monday, a 25-year-old man, Ibrahim Yakubu, appeared before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly stabbing his neighbour on his mouth with a broken bottle. The defendant, a graphics artist, appeared on a count charge of…
By Haneefah Bello healing begins whenever you are ready – Ashley Davis honey, turmeric, chlorine & cloves. closed eyes, deep breaths, the cracking, then the counting: how many parts were you cleaved into? green bells ringing, limp shells bringing…
By Anointing Obuh This is how I remember my home downtown: Flowers fisting together like a child[‘s] hand, sprayed along the meagre journey From the patio to my room. The rain outside similar, to my mother’s tired eyes in this…
By Ejiro Elizabeth Edward I am earning loss as an inheritance Despair is a betrothal of life & death & my best friend is growing towards her extinction The doctor announces a new cell sprouting, coiling itself into her bone…
By Pamilerin Jacob Mid-February, I encountered a scholarly work that documents 50 women poets from 1985-2006. I mentioned this in my editorial note of the inaugural issue of EREMITE POETRY. I’d said: “…while working on an article for Poetry Column-NND,…
