SOME call it Isemo, while others call it Igbele but whatever it is called, the meaning is the same: An age-old Yoruba traditional rite that imposes a restriction of movement on women at a certain period or occasion. Depending on some factors, Isemo is an annual tradition in some Yoruba-based communities observed to appease the gods and to ward off impending danger.

RESIDENTS of communities in Ishielu Local government area of Ebonyi State are presently living in fear of an imminent disaster. Their fear derives from the belief that the Eguho-Ebonyi bridge in the area would soon collapse if urgent steps are not taken to either rehabilitate or reconstruct it.

AHEAD of next year’s centenary celebration, Will and Wiser Nigeria, a youth re-orientation and development outfit, has concluded plans to use the country’s national flag as a symbol to strengthen the unity of the country.

Travelling all the way from Lukosi area of Ogun State to Ikorodu in Lagos on a motorcycle is certainly remarkable. But more remarkable is that when the three travellers stopped beside a new generation bank last Friday, this did not immediately arouse any curiosity or suspicion, especially as their mission was unknown to those who saw them. That was until an alarm was suddenly raised, prompting some members of the public as well as security operatives to go after these three jolly good friends.

Motorists and other road users plying the Jakande/Ejigbo/Ikotun route presently have cause to sigh in relief with the on-going rehabilitation and reconstruction of the failed and flood-prone road intersection at Iyana Ejigbo that has been notorious for frequent traffic bottlenecks, a nightmare for several years. More heartening, according to residents and road users, is the current effort to fix the drainage challenge believed to be responsible for the frequent flooding of the place any time it rains.