On arrest of judges and Sahara Reporters’ slant

JOURNALISM, like any other noble profession, is practised by diligent, educated and proud people. A journalist undergoes tutelage and is well apprised of the norms, dos and don’ts of the profession. A journalist, variously known as a reporter or editor, remains with that tag for life even if he ventures into any other profession.

One of the main tenets of journalism is credibility. A journalist or media house must be credible, reliable and trustworthy. The news from a credible media house is regarded as the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. When the reading public starts doubting the authenticity of news published by a media house, such a medium is slowly inching its way into oblivion or extinction.

Scientists grow mouse eggs from stem cells

Japanese scientists said Monday they had grown mouse eggs entirely in the lab, then fertilised them to yield fertile offspring, a scientific first cautiously hailed by experts in human reproduction.

The technique – which involved coaxing stem cells into becoming mature eggs – was still much too risky and controversial to be reproduced in humans, commentators said.

APC reveals why Fayose is ceaselessly criticizing Buhari

The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ekiti state has noted that the state governor, Ayodele Fayose, has turned himself into a “lone enemy” of President Muhammadu Buhari, even as it revealed the reason behind Fayose’s unrelenting criticism of the Buhari administration.

IBB hails Buhari over release of Chibok girls

Former military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, has hailed the recent release of 21 Chibok girls from captivity.

He described the development as a signal of hope for the nation.

Babangida, who rejoiced with the families, people of Nigeria and the Federal Government over the release of the abducted Chibok girls, said their release was an indication that President Muhammadu Buhari’s government was committed to ensuring safe release of all the abducted girls.

N4.7bn Arms probe: Obanikoro arrives in Nigeria

Senator Musiliu Obanikoro

The former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, has arrived in Nigeria from his base in the United States to respond to an invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in relation to N4.75bn arms funds traced to him.

I’m still alive, man with 97 wives in Niger

Bello Abubakar Masaba

THE Bida man with over 90 wives, Bello Abubakar Masaba, on Sunday condemned reports making the rounds in some media that he is dead, saying “it is the work of my detractors.”

The media had rumoured that Masaba, who had worked as a teacher and Imam, died after a brief sickness in Bida, Niger State.

Landlady bursts into tenant’s room, finds skeleton in Ogun

House with skeleton

A skeleton suspected to be that of a woman was found propped up on a chair in the apartment of a pastor, Sunday Aremu, in Peaceland Estate, Akute area of Ogun State on Friday after his landlady made a surprise visit.

Saturday PUNCH learnt that the landlady decided to burst into the apartment to evict the man, said to be a pastor, because he owed rents.