Dr Wale Ahmed is Lagos State Commissioner for Special Duties. Ahead of the demolition of some defective buildings at Oke Afa, Isolo, he presented N200,000 each to the occupants to relocate. In this piece, he explains how the state government is assisting victims of emergencies even as he appeals to Lagosians(particularly those in flood prone areas) to relocate because of the anticipated intensity of forthcoming rains.

People may have their different views about the action of the 13-year-old stowaway boy, Daniel Oikhena, but he has become some sort of a super star, going by the attention being paid to him by security agencies and the Edo State government. Daniel, on Saturday, August 24, stowed away in the wheel well of an Arik aircraft from Benin-City to Lagos.

August 31, 2013, will forever remain indelible in the memory of the staff and management of Federal Medical Centre, Azare in Bauchi State. It was on that day that the Chief Medical Director of the Centre, Dr. Musa Mohammed Dambam and the District Head of Yamai Village in Dambam Local Government Area, Alhaji Adamu Manu, were brutally killed by gunmen suspected to be hired assassins.

A transformation life coach and Chairman, ACTS Generation, Liala St. Mathew Daniel has expressed the need for Nigerian youths to be productively involved in volunteering activities in order to assist the country in addressing its numerous socio-economic challenges.

WITH the rain pouring in torrents in many parts of the country, its effect is adversely affecting many erosion-prone communities in Anambra State. It has become a common sight to see many families abandoning their homes whenever it rains because their houses are flooded. The floods have created gully erosion in areas that hitherto did not have such problems.