It was indeed an exceptional day at Oghara, the country home of the ex-governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori. In Nigeria, the date is regarded as ‘Democracy Day’, but that was not the reason men

Kidnappers may do well to steer clear of Edo State as the government is reported to be tinkering with a law that will spell the death penalty for them if caught.

By Peter Duru, MAKURDI The protracted skir-mishes between the native Tiv communities of Benue State and Fulani herdsmen which have in recent time defied all peace initiatives suddenly took a turn for the worst early in the week with the sacking of Udei community in Guma Local Government Area by an army of Fulani mercenaries […]

The absence of counseling and child education on career choice in secondary schools, particularly those of public schools is no longer in doubt. This have not only led the students to make wrong choice of courses to study at the universities but has also contributed in no small measure to the ever- increasing number of unemployable graduates on the streets.

Children, according to a data of the United Nations, are the most vulnerable to road accidents. It was against this backdrop that the Lagos State Government says it has initiated several programmes to safeguard children, who constitute a significant number of its 18 million population, from avoidable mishaps.

The above headline question is on several lips at the moment. Indeed, this is a time to be wary if you are a police man in Rivers State. According to the state Police Commissioner, Mr Suleiman Abba, about six police men, including an Inspector, were gunned down and their rifles taken within the last two weeks.

Mr. and Mrs. Kingsley Amaechi, both native of Orlu in Imo State are in dire need of help.Kingsley, 37, is a cleaner with Eleganza group of companies with a meagre monthly salary of N10,000, while his wife Ijeoma, 34, is a house wife.

He is a victim of an armed robbery attack that left many people dead along the Sagamu – Benin expressway five years ago. But Ifechukwu Eze was lucky to be one of the survivors who lived to tell the tale of that scary encounter with men of the underworld.

Residents along the Mile 2 to Badagry route have commended the Lagos Transport Management Authority, LAMATA, for the recent introduction of the Lagos Bus Rapid Transit,BRT system for commuters along the route.

Mrs Prisca Lawson, a social services manager has urged Governor Babatunde Fashola who was recently sworn in for his second term in office to construct at least four recreation centres in each of the 20 local government areas, LGAs and 37 local council development areas, LDCAs, in the state.

It was an intriguing drama of buck-passing few days ago in Asaba, the Delta State capital between a Camerounian security guard and a man who claimed to be a Pentecostal pastor.

It was a sobering experience for Bauchi State Governor, Isa Yuguda, when he visited the ATBU Teaching Hospital to see some surviving victims of the bomb blast at the 33 Artillery Brigade, Bauchi that claimed the lives of 13 persons, injuring 40 others.

IT was indeed a pathetic sight as Vanguard Metro’s team was conducted round the debris of a make-shift structure that once housed a couple and their four children. The couple are presently mourning their twins, aged two and half years, who perished in a mysterious inferno.

FIFTY-FIVE years ago, the Nigerian Navy, NN, became fully Nigerianised with the statutory responsibility to safeguard the nation’s territorial waters and ensure secured and virile maritime environment

Monday May 30 turned out to be a day of pain for a motorcyclist who refused to part with N1,000 as requested by a team of policemen at Berger-Under bridge along the Oshodi-Apapa expressway in Lagos. The motorcyclist had his two legs shattered by a truck laden with an unhooked container which ran into him while he was engaged in a shouting match with the policemen over their extortionist demand.