Pandemonium broke out in Ajilete, Oke – Odan and Owode in Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State yesterday following the alleged killing of one youth by Customs officer in the state.

BARELY three weeks after the ban on commercial motorcyclists, otherwise known as Okada riders, came into effect in Delta State, some security operatives, especially policemen, and courier service outriders, have started violating the ban with impunity, Vanguard investigation has shown.

About seven persons were, yesterday, reportedly killed and 14 houses burnt in the Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State in renewed clashes between Koro and Eggon tribesmen.

Dubbed the biggest cultural Picnic in Africa, the 14th Lagos Book and Art Festival(LABAF), which commenced on the 12th November, 2012, came to a memorable close last Sunday at Freedom Park, Lagos.

FOLLOWING the charge by Governor Adams Oshiomhole to newly sworn- in Secretary to Edo State Government, SSG, Prof. Julius Ihonvbere, to assist in the effort to take the state to the next level, the SSG yesterday banned solidarity visits in his office in order to allow him focus on his new job.

ODIMODI community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State has alerted Delta State Security Council, DSSC, of imminent threat to the peace between the community and Ogulagha in the state, allegedly instigated by an oil company and other interested parties.

GOVERNOR Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has said it would not be out of place to describe most secondary schools in the state as “recreation centres for villagers just coming into town” due to their dilapidated conditions.

Resveratrol, a natural compound found in red wine, grape skins, blueberries, pomegranates and several other plants, could be key to curing aggressive prostate cancer, according to latest research.

National Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Victor Umeh, has accepted the mediation offer by the South-East chapter of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, following the crisis in the party.

THERE has just been a major re-enactment of the Amakiri Episode of 1975. Amakiri was a practicing journalist in the then Rivers State, when on the orders of the Military Governor of the State, Commander Alfred Diete Spiff, he was thoroughly flogged and his hair shaved perhaps with pieces of broken bottles.