As poor as some residents of Ido Local Government area of the state are, they paid through their noses to get health care delivery. Though, the last administration in Oyo State gave the impression that health care was free, many patients in the 33 local government areas in the state, especially in Akufo, Onigbinde, Ogundele Alaho and its environs still paid for medical treatment. No wonder, many of them preferred the alternative traditional treatment.

It was indeed a sad day of reckoning for three suspected drug traffickers as their get-rich-quick escapade was effectively foiled by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos. Among the suspects was a 35-year-old man, Udeh Donatus Chukwuka, 35, who ingested both cocaine and heroin.

When Vanguard Metro, VM first met him, his condition was visibly pathetic. He was living in a house with perforated roof, with nylon hanging loosely under the ceiling, which serves as a protection against leakage from rain and intrusion of creeping creatures.

The crisis rocking the Irri Development Union, IDU, an umbrella body of indigenes of Irri community in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State, appears far from being over, given the accusation and counter-accusation trailing alleged killings in the town.

It was another day of terror in Misau Local Government Area of Bauchi State, when gunmen attacked a first generation bank and a police station, in what was described as a double operational invasion. The attack which was not the first of its kind in the area, left six police men and one civilian dead, while several others sustained injuries. And while it lasted, it created pandemonium in the entire area.