THE insanity in the ever bustling Oshodi Market in Lagos, popular for cheap goods, a haven for pick pockets, all shades of criminals and perpetual traffic gridlock, was on January 2, 2009, brought to a halt when a Special Taskforce of the Lagos State Ministry of Environment stormed the area and demolished all illegal structures and squatters.

IN Yamshyi, a small, sleepy community of farmers and rural dwellers in Kaduna State, routine incidences of rape of young girls are commonplace. The abominable act is usually perpetrated by males and other sexual predators under the pretex of assisting the unsuspecting victims to cross the dangerously water logged bridge which is the only bridge linking the settlement with the outside world.

ELEVEN months ago, Mrs Maureen Falemara, 32, was proudly expecting the arrival of her second child. Maureen who holds a National Diploma, ND, in Marketing from Ondo State Polytechnic, Owo, however had her joy cut short when it was discovered that the baby girl she was delivered of at a private hospital in Agege, was not altogether a normal child. Baby Favour was discovered to have a large ventricular septa defect.

THE relentless war against criminals in Imo State since the assumption of Mr. Mohammed Musa Katsina to head the State Police Command as Commissioner, has again paid off with the unearthing of fake brewers of all manner of bottled wines and spirits. Some of these fake brewers were traced and picked up from Owerri municipality, Ezinihitte Mbaise and Aba, Abia State. Ordinarily, people would say that Katsina was dabbling into the jurisdiction of the National Agency for Foods, Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, but Katsina thinks differently. He fights crime wherever he finds one.

The number one task of the commission at this time is the digital switch over. All over the world, because of the ITU’s regulation, digital switch over is not only important because it helps to optimize the use of the spectrum which is a scarce commodity, it also offers opportunities for the television to be redefined. It makes the television more interactive and more socially valuable.