Little Ayomide Coker had wished to become a medical doctor until her vision was rudely terminated by the untimely death of both her parents in a ghastly motor accident. She ended up with an aunt who rather than send her to school, gave her out as a house help to one of her friends who lives in Lagos.

At the grand finale held at the Blue Roof Auditorium of the LTV 8 premises, Agindigbi, Ikeja, their joy and expectations heightened as Governor Babatunde Fashola dropped hints of special goodies for them, saying that his administration was more than ever determined to assist the sector harness its potential and entrepreneurial energy to create wealth and eradicate poverty.

PENULTIMATE Saturday will for long remain indelible in the minds of the expatriate staff of construction giant, Setraco Nigeria Limited. That was the day one of their own was honored by the people of Oporoma in the Southern Ijaw council area of Bayelsa State.

About two weeks ago, there was jubilation at Okota-Itire and its environs when the Okota-Itire overhead bridge was commissioned by the Lagos State governor, Babatunde Fashola. Indeed, most traders and artisans in the area did not transact businesses on that day as they thronged the venue with different placards expressing their appreciation of the good works done by the state government.

IT was a horrifying night on Monday in Awka, the Anambra State capital when seven persons, including a three-month-old baby were crushed to death by a trailer carrying a 40-feet container and heading to the commercial town of Onitsha .

Succour has come the way of five widows of Amagu-Ikwo in Ebonyi State as a philanthropist and youth leader in the state, Mr. Chinedu Ogah, through his Chiboy Foundation, has built five units of two-bedroom apartments, one each for the five indigent widows who more or less previously lived under thatched roof huts that leaked water during rainy seasons and quite discomforting for human inhabitation.

The service of songs was part of an elaborate funeral programme organised for the late media guru, Dr. Stanley Macebuh who passed on last March at the age of 67 and was buried at the weekend.

Nigerians are said to be hardworking people who have little time or no time for something as essential as leisure. But when they do, a boat cruise is not your everyday form of leisure or relaxation – not even in Lagos, a city that is surrounded by water -ocean, islands, lagoons, etc.

Just when some Nigerians were getting agitated about the ability of President Goodluck Jonathan to be his own man, he shocks Nigerians with his choice of vice presidential nominee in the person of Architect Mohammed Namadi Sambo, the governor of Kaduna State. This report presents the pressures Jonathan has had to stave off.

A glance at the one-storey building located at 9, Oloje Street in Papa Ajao area of Mushin, Lagos would not give a clue of any recent tragedy. Just last week what was considered a strange fire, engulfed a two-room bedroom flat located on the ground floor at the back of the building, consuming the entire members of the Madus family.