Fufu seller confesses to mixing hypo, detergent and potash with cassava to make Fufu

Mr and Mrs *Tanimola* (not real names) residing in Oba-Ile, Akure recently bought Fufu (a starchy meal made from cassava) for lunch but few minutes after the meal, they developed stomach ache until they received medical attention. Then they remembered that the Fufu they ate was having strange odour and vowed never to eat it […]

Covenant University Professor arrested for raping student, 17

A lecturer in the Department of Business Management at the Covenant University Ota, Dr Stephen Ukenna is currently being investigated by the Ogun State police command for forcefully having unlawful carnal knowledge of a 17-year-old student of the school (name withheld). The 41-year-old lecturer was arrested following a complaint lodged at Ota area command by […]

Stanbic IBTC to rehabilitate young offenders

Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, a member of Standard Bank Group, has donated a vocational centre to one of its host communities. The finance department of the organisation recently built a fully equipped vocational centre at the Borstal Training Institute (BTI), Abeokuta, Ogun state, as part of its Corporate Social Investment (CSI) initiative. The BTI is […]