Walking into the dialysis centre at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), you could see a young girl lying on the bed as her dialysis session went through. She looked innocent, pale, weak but amidst all these, one could also see a strong and determined spirit in her.

WHAT could have turned to a major tragedy at Kirikiri area of Lagos State was averted, weekend, as a tanker transporting 33 thousand litres of petroleum product suspect to be kerosene, collapsed and spilled it contents on a major street linking other parts of the area.

Emotions ran very high at the Yelwa cemetery in Bauchi State as five members of the Living Faith Church who were victims of Last Sunday’s bomb blast were finally laid to rest. It was a time for sober reflection, weeping and wailing by families and friends of the victims of the blast.

Barely two days to his 55th birthday, Mr Amaju Daniel Awani held on to his beautiful wife, Oseri Georgina Awani, as they walked happily towards the boarding point of the Dana Airlines at the Abuja airport, obviously looking forward to reconnecting with the commercial ambiance of Lagos after spending the weekend in Abuja.

ILE-EPO Market in Agbado/Oke-Odo Local Government of Lagos State, is usually a beehive of activities due to its popularity. With the possible exception of the Mile 12 Market, a major food hub in Lagos, Ile-Epo Market is perhaps the most popular destination for those wishing to purchase farm produce and food items.

“We are really helpless. I almost lost my life trying to rescue my canoe and fishing nets one early morning when a large section of the land caved into the river,” lamented Lucky Opuana, chairman, Anibeze Community Development Committee, an Isoko community in the Sagbama local government area of Bayelsa State which is also the home town of renowned historian, Prof Obaro Ikime.

Wonders they say,shall never end. This best describes what the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Other Special Offences, led by Superintendent of Police, Bayo Sulaimon discovered during the on-going massive reclamation of loops and illegal structures built under the bridges in the state.

THE people of Shangev-ya district of Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State recently had cause to smile in appreciation as the Border Communities Development Agency, BCDA, which is an agency set up by the Federal Government primarily to address the neglect of border communities, presented health and medical facilities to the Ada Community Clinic located in the area. This was done during the visit of the Senate Committee on States and Local Government Affairs.

IT was indeed a day of pain, grief and lamentation for Christian worshippers and residents of Yelwa Tudun community, a suburb of Bauchi State. For many, last Sunday was a black and bloody one following a bomb attack at the Living Faith and Harvest of Field church.

Will my mother come back to life”? asked seven-year-old Esther Okechukwu, a student of Government School, Fagba who gazed at the mammoth crowd that besieged No 12 Olaniyi st, off Akande Street, Iju/Ishaga area of Lagos State, the scene of the ill-fated plane crash of last Sunday.

As Nigerians await experts analysis of the black box recovered from the ill-fated Dana Air Mcdonnell Douglas MD-83 plane that crashed at Iju-Ishaga, Lagos, speculations remain high as to why it crashed. But an eyewitness, Leke Busari, who spoke with Vanguard Metro was convinced that a possible technical fault with the aircraft notwithstanding, the pilot erred in his judgement for failing to take advantage available to him in making a safe emergency landing at the near-by Oke Arin airstrip at Makogun Road, Ishaga.

For those who died when a church building under construction in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, collapsed, they woke up on Wednesday, just like any other day but little did they know that the day would be their last and a painful one for others to remember.

The Ntan Obu Ukpe in Eniong, Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State was on Wednesday May 23, nearly annihilated by the Ikpanya community of Ibiono Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State over the struggle for a piece of land that is rich in mineral deposits and alluvial products.

The inherent hazard faced by travellers plying the troubled East-West road which straddled the oil rich states of the Niger Delta again played out itself last week Monday night when a Mitsubishi Gallant car collided with another vehicle, a Honda car on the bridge and plunged into the Okoso river.

A member of the Edo State House of Assembly, Dele Oloruntoba, has assured Ekpedo community in Akoko-Edo Constituency in the state of his determination to bring infrastructure development to the agrarian community.