Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has debunked critics’ claim of his administration being elitist saying, “one has to distinguish between cynics and critics who can never see anything good.”

Policemen attached to Ejigbo Division in Lagos State have arrested three suspected members of a robbery gang, which specialised in snatching exotic cars from their victims and selling same at give away prices outside Lagos.

TWO unidentified persons were flung into the Lagos lagoon while several others sustained severe injuries, Wednesday, when a Lagos commercial vehicle lost its front tyres and somersaulted several times on the Third Mainland Bridge.

The scheduled Tuesday ward congresses of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Benue State failed to hold in most parts of the state due mainly to lack of materials, crowd violence and alleged imposition of candidates without recourse to laid down procedures and congress guidelines.

There is now a groundswell of complaints by clients in Aba, Abia State, who accuse their lawyers of defrauding them of huge sums of money.

TRAGEDY struck the sleepy Ameke Abam Community in Arochukwu local government area of Abia State Wednesday as one of its prominent sons and a foremost civil rights activist, Comrade Chidi Nwosu, was killed in cold blood in his house.

Imo State Police Command has arrested no fewer than 20 persons for various criminal activities, including kidnapping, armed robbery and murder.

Enugu State office of INEC says it has taken delivery of 1,000 Direct Data Capture, DDC, machines for the voter registration exercise starting January 15.

Anambra State House of Assembly Wednesday cut short its Christmas and New Year break to hold a plenary during which it passed a bill to alter the provisions of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 and third alteration of the constitution 2010 for the setting up of a National Industrial Court.

EBONYI State government Wednesday presented a budget proposal of N60.1 billion for the 2011 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly for passage into law.