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They come in different forms. Recruitment centres, online marketing, talent hunts, and their like. The jobs they offer vary, and are dependent on what they want to term them.

The first challenge Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, moved to solve on assumption of office on May 29, last year, was the water problem in the state.

Britain has been faced with addressing issues around legal migration as it runs concurrently with the controversial efforts in tackling illegal migration amid diplomatic complexities.

Nigerian music star, Dr Sid, and his estranged wife, Simi, got married in 2014 in one of the most talked-about celebrity weddings. They welcomed their first daughter and a second one a few years later. Then trouble started in their marriage.

>Despite the economic gains that have come with the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) policies that enhanced the use of Point of Sale (PoS) machines for financial transactions across the country, the devious activities of scammers are discouraging many from making use of the technology in their business deals.

That sexual and gender-based violence has assumed a frightening proportion is an understatement, and should be stopped forthwith.

A day with ‘beggars’ could be funny and seamy. You get to see all stuffs: They are humans and have the same mental disposition as every other person.

Despite the fact that the Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act (SSMPA) 2013 prohibits Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) community and stipulates 14 years imprisonment for an offender, many Nigerian youths have been lured into the practice and clandestinely carry out their acts.

A recent visit to the Eye Centre at Isolo General Hospital, Lagos State, was eye opening. At 7.30am, over 200 people had besieged the centre waiting for doctors’ arrival to commence attending to patients. Although members of staff of the centre did well in coordinating the patients to ensure orderliness, the experience was no less harrowing.

Seme community, a border settlement between Nigeria and neighbouring Benin Republic is on the outskirts of Lagos State, just like Shaki in Oyo State, Idi Iroko in Ogun State, and Jibiya in Katsina State.

The National Situation Assessment Analysis estimates the number of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in the country to be 17.5 million. Majority of these children live in institutions - orphanages – and do not interact with the larger society.

The quest for the restoration of the Biafra republic has become almost a singsong for young people of Igbo extraction. Although it has created pains, claimed lives and property, and continues to impact negatively on the economy of the region, its proponents insist on the feasibility of the project.