The Anti-Bomb Unit of the Nigerian Police Force recently graduated 121 officers who completed the basic courses that qualified them as Anti-Bomb Technicians and Investigators at the Traffic Training Wing of the Police College Ikeja – Lagos.

CONSIDERING the ravaging phenomenon of get-rich-quick syndrome which has apparently eaten deep into the culture of most Nigerians, especially the youths, one wonders if good Samaritans are still in existence in the country.

September 27, 2013 is a day residents of the sleepy rural community of Umuchima, Ubaha, Okigwe Local Government Area of the state will not forget in a hurry. On this fateful day, a very unusual but deafening noise suddenly rented the air, accompanied by a rare spectacle that threw all and sundry into panic as they scampered into safety. The strange sound was later traced to the family home of a visually-impaired pensioner, Mr. Augustine Eke.

Four years ago, Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) asked occupiers of stalls at Karu market to move out to enable it renovate the market that has unarguably fallen into disrepair , with stall owners and customers alike facing dire environmental challenges.Apart from the perennial flooding that often caused pool of stagnant and odorous water , the sanitation situation got authorities worried about a major epidemic; so, understandably, many people including shop owners and residents who patronize the Karu market, saw reason on the need to renovate the market.

The police on Thursday arraigned a driver, Adewale Adesanya, 40, before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun on a two-count charge of manslaughter and reckless driving.