Shocking !! Another Facebook lover dies in Lagos

Late Adekemi Faboro

For the ladies that are always ready to hook up with strangers on social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Badoo, WeChat, WatsApps and so on, caution might be the word for them. 

This is because, few years after Cynthia Osokogwu, the daughter of a retired military officer, was allegedly lured to Lagos by her Facebook lover, drugged, raped and murdered in Festac Town, another Facebook lover has reportedly died in Lagos.

The latest victim, identfied as Adekemi Faboro, who teaches at a private nursery and primary school, in Ojota, died in Ogba area of Lagos last weekend while on a date with her married Facebook lover, Christopher Ezekiel, for the first time.

Jonathan assures elections would hold as rescheduled

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday doused fears of another postponement of the general election, saying the polls date would not be changed.

He stated this at the Naval Dockyard, Victoria Island, Lagos, during the commissioning of four new vessels to boost the capacity of the Nigerian Navy.

Polytechnics heading for another crisis

Unless the Federal Government moves swiftly to avert the impending strike by polytechnic workers, students may be heading back home soon as the unions in the sector brace up for another round of confrontation with the government.

The three unions (Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Non Academic Staff Union of Educational and Allied Institutions (NASU), and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics (SSANIP) are accusing the government of refusing to honour agreements reached and doing nothing to address the grievances that led to its protracted strike (11 months) which was suspended in July 2014 to enable the Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, settle down and look into the issues.