For some weeks, many commuters and motorists have had bitter tales to tell of their experiences in coping with the challenges arising from the recent flooding of their communities which cut off the sole access road there.

NINETEEN days after the October 1 twin bomb blasts in Abuja that nearly marred the nation’s Golden Independence Anniversary, the Federal Government said, yesterday, it was now set to prosecute Charles Okah, the younger brother of South Africa based alleged militant leader, Henry Okah and four others

THE future will have no pity for those men who possessing the exceptional privilege of being able to speak words of truth to their oppressors, have taken refuge in an attitude of passivity, of mute indifference, and sometimes of cold complicity,” so said Frantz Fanon.

NIGERIANS are no longer surprised when Profes-sor Attahiru Jega, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, speaks about the possibility of the 2011 elections holding at a later date. What may still surprise some is that Jega, who arrived at the job highly recommended, is building strong alibis, in case things go awry.

EDO State Governor, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, has directed the Edo State Police Command to thoroughly investigate the circumstances that led to the killing of one person at Ora Ward in Ovia South-West Local Government Area of the state, during the membership registration exercise of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, recently.