THE people of Ezza-Ezillo communities in Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State woke on Saturday, December 31, 2011 without the slightest premonition that death was lurking at different locations in the area.

ALmost every community in the traditional African society is identified by a unique feature which makes it different from others. Such unique features include the type of music, dance, cultural festival, sports and sacred rituals.

AN ongoing short-term skill acquisition programmes organised by the Lagos State government through the Ministry of Women and Poverty Alleviation, WAPA empowerment programme, has become the toast of not only the youths but septuagenarians and widows who are yearning to engage in innovative ventures such as manufacturing new and existing products in the country.

THE joy of the people of Lagos Central Senatorial district knew no bounds when their representative in the Senate, Senator Oluremi Tinubu empowered rural women and awarded scholarship to many of her constituents.

As the new law prohibiting motorcyclists popularly called Okada from plying major roads in Lagos State took off yesterday, both the operators and those who patronise them are already counting their losses. The government had given Saturday, December 31, 2011 as the deadline for Okada operators to take their bikes off the highways.