The recent violent unrest which engulfed most parts of Odi-Olowo area in Mushin, Lagos State, at the weekend, where over three persons were reportedly killed, while seven others sustained severe injuries and more than 10 vehicles got damaged, might not be one of those popular battles for supremacy which have been going on between street urchins in the area, in recent times.

The Lagos State House of Assembly, yesterday, urged President Goodluck Jonathan, to as a matter of urgency, direct the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to live up to the expectation of Nigerians by ensuring adequate supply and proper pricing of petroleum products, particularly kerosene, across the country.

RELATIVE peace has returned to Bayelsa the only homogenous Ijaw-speaking state in the federation regarded as the flashpoint of the troubled Niger Delta region

RELATIVE peace has returned to Bayelsa the only homogenous Ijaw-speaking state in the federation regarded as the flashpoint of the troubled Niger Delta region.

OIL prices rose Wednesday after the Federal Reserve acknowledged that U.S. economic growth has slowed but should pick up again soon.