Gorau under siege: Bandits kill four, shoot seven, abduct four
By Musa Ubandawaki, Sokoto SOKOTO — Gorau village in Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State was plunged into fresh mourning on Wednesday after armed bandits invaded the community, killing four residents, shooting seven others and abducting four people. The attack came only days after a devastating boat accident at the Gorau crossing point reportedly […]
When messengers of death came calling: Tragic end of a Bauchi cop
For residents of Zango, a surburb of Bauchi metropolis, the day will not be forgotten in a hurry. It was the day Abdullahi Shehu was brutally murdered. The slain man would be remembered as the hard working Aide De Camp, ADC, to Alhaji Abdumalik Mahmoud who was the former Deputy Governor of Bauchi State during the tenure of Alh. Ahmed Mu’azu as Governor.
Journalist’s battering: Acid test for Office of Public Defender
THE Office of the Public Defender, OPD, was created by the former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in 2000 to render free legal services to the less-privileged in the society regardless of their status, cultural or political affiliation and also to those whose fundamental human rights are being trampled upon.
FRSC to rank states on commitment to road safety campaigns
Meantime the Federal Road Safety Corps has said that it would soon embark on the ranking of the 36 states and Federal Capital Territory with regard to their commitment and funding of road safety campaign programmes. The FRSC said that the annual review of states which would entail the peer review of all the states of the Federation and Abuja would be conducted for the purpose of ranking the states according to their commitment to the provision of safety on their roads.
Aftermath of 722 deaths on Ogun roads: Stakeholders raise safety issues
Emotion was high and the atmosphere sober recently in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, when the state governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, reeled out the number of deaths recorded in two years through road accidents. According to Amosun, in 2011 a total of 722 people died and another 1,696 injured in 1,975 accidents in the state. The year 2010 recorded 649 deaths, 1,533 injuries and1,980 accidents.
Traffic Law: NURTW shops for park spaces
LAGOS State chapter of National Union of Road Transport Workers NURTW, has directed its members in the 37 Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, of the State to get spaces suitable for motor parks as the existing ones in the 20 local government cannot cope with its membership capacity.
