A popular maxim has it that the rich also cry. The reality of this recently played itself out in Ogun State as a traditional ruler, the Aga-Olowo in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State, Oba Abdulrasheed Adeosun, narrowly escaped death when he was attacked by a gang of suspected assassins which stormed his palace in the wee hours penultimate Sunday.

One day, we will all die and when the time comes, there is nothing that can be done about it. Death is a debt every living soul must pay when the time comes”. These were the last words that Babangida Mohammed Danbaba, a Police Inspector attached to the Government House Bauchi, said to one of his colleagues at work.

Against the backdrop of the recent flood that ravaged many parts of Nigeria, leaving death and destruction in its wake, the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, says it has taken pre-emptive measures against any likelihood of future re-occurrence of disasters, including bush and market fire during the harmattan and dry season.

One day, we will all die and when the time comes, there is nothing that can be done about it. Death is a debt every living soul must pay when the time comes”.

CONTROVERSY now surrounds the alleged murder of master Wisdom Felix Edu, who until his death was a staff of Treasureland Hotels, Ediba Road, in Calabar Municipal Council of Cross River State. Curiously, the tree beside the swimming pool where his body was discovered was said to have ‘mysteriously’ withered within 24 hours after his death.