Monday Lines: Issues in Adenuga’s ‘death’ rumour By Lasisi Olagunju

There is the legend of a newspaper journalist who had an issue with his uncle, an oba in present-day Osun State, and threatened the king with death. The man needed a favour; the oba closed his eyes to the man’s demand. “Kabiyesi, you will die,” he reportedly informed the oba. “Iku boo?” Everyone who heard him gasped and upbraided this man for the sacrilege of speaking ill to a king in the palace. They thought his beer and booze had again taken hold of him. In response to demands of…

NYSC launches ‘Close User Group’ to enhance improved supervision of Corps Members

The National Youth Service Corps has said it would continue to deploy Information and Communication Technology tools in the monitoring and coordinating effective supervision of Corps Members in their places of Primary Assignment and during Community Development Service. The NYSC Director General, Brigadier General Muhammad Kaku Fadah disclosed this at the NYSC Lagos State Orientation Camp in Iyana-Ipaja, during the formal launch of the deployment of ‘Close User Group’ package aimed at improving effective communication among NYSC Staff, Corps Members and other stakeholders of the Scheme nationwide. He added that…