Her intention was to finish her service last year, (2011), go back to her state and wait for what the future has in stock for her to unfold. Unlike most other corps members, especially from the Southern part of the country, Ine Edet Anwana, a corps member of Batch A 2011, said she was not in any way scared when she received her call-up letter that confirmed her posting to Niger State.

They were said to have gathered for a church vigil to mark the climax of Easter which is the resurrection of Jesus Christ and his victory over death. But they had instead met their untimely death in a rather bizarre tragedy when the building of St Robert Catholic Church, Adamgbe, in Vandeikya Local Government Area of Benue State caved in, leaving no fewer than 22 persons dead, with 35 others in critical condition.

How often do you buy edible items on the road side especially around some popular markets like Agege, ketu, Ojota, Mushin and Iyana-Ipaja areas of Lagos State? You need to be careful as you might have unknowingly subscribe to expired or substandard products from some dump sites in the State especially Olusosun landfill in Oregun, Lagos.

…as touts take over passport office in Ikoyi.
Welcome sir, do you need passport?” “Do you need information?” “I can help you get it o.” These are some of the things you will hear as you get to the passport office in Ikoyi, Lagos. A visit to the Passport office is like a visit to the market where you are confronted by sellers who invite you to come and buy their wares.

The management of Shoprite supermarket, Enugu has donated gift vouchers worth N260,000.00 to the Therapeutic Day Care Centre (TDCC), Abakpa Nike, Enugu State . The school which caters for children with special needs such as mild learning disabilities; profound mental retardation; food allergies or terminal illness, etc. received the donation as part of Shoprites’ charity campaign.

It was actually a day for tears and mourning for the management of the Federal Polytechnic Bauchi when one of its dedicated and hardworking staff was killed in a motor accident, just a few metres away from the polytechnic premises.

Agege Stadium, Ijaiye Ogba in Lagos was the venue of this year’s finale of the football competition in commemoration of the Eledumare Festival organised by Olokun Festival Foundation. The venue was filled to capacity as many talented youths used the opportunity to showcase their soccer skills.

WHEN residents of Amuwo-Odofin Newtown, Mile 2 Estate Lagos, discovered in 2009 that tractors had been mobilised for the reconstruction of the only major road that passes through their estate, they heaved a sigh of relief.

As part of efforts to cushion the effect of disaster in some parts of the country, the National Emergency Management Authority, NEMA, says it has donated some relief materials to the Lagos State government.

As part of measures to reduce the perennial flooding in the Ejigbo Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Chairman of the council, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan, has directed 57 community development associations, CDAs, who were yet to ultise the desilting grants of their drainages to comply within the next 24 hours or face necessary sanction.

A Federal High Court sitting in Owerri, Imo State capital, has come to the rescue of an Owerri-based legal practitioner, Mr. Jude I. Ogamba, whose house was illegally allocated to another party by the Federal Housing Authority, FHA, without his consent.

Perhaps if Chukwuebuka Okonkwo had not returned to his mother’s shop to look for his brother Michael he would have escaped the tragic attack that has changed his life.

It was a joyful moment for the faithful of God’s Own Covenant Mission as they celebrated the third anniversary of the church located at Okota Road, Atinuke Shopping Complex, Okota Lagos. The theme of the celebration was “Grace to fulfill destiny”(I Corinthians 15: 9710).

The family of little Miss Stephanie Akeni has appealed to non-governmental organisations, philanthropists and public spirited individuals to come to their aid in raising N4 million needed for surgery to save her life.

Imagine a situation where a man paid to protect and guard you suddenly turns against you, using the weapons procured by you for that purpose. That is, instead of using these tools to safeguard you, he turns around to intimidate, bully, maim, dehumanise and even kill you in the process.