The Okori community, in Eleme, Rivers State recently hosted the entire Eleme community to a delightful display of culture under the aegis of its annual cultural festival/ end of the year celebration.

EIGHTY-TWO-year-old Madam Rebeca Taniyu Akinimola of Sapele, Delta State , got the shock of her life on November 4, 2010 when during her early morning devotion she got a phone call that some land speculators were busy clearing her land in preparation to developing it. Not amused by the story, she sent one of her sons, Shola to go and verify what was reported. He got there and never returned until late in the night.

IT was drizzling at Oshodi when this reporter boarded a commercial bus en route Ketu/Mile-12. But the light shower soon turned to a downpour as the vehicle approached Ojota.

For years, Igando New Town in Igando-Ikotun Local Council Development Authority and Olayemi-Asipa in Ipaja-Ayobo Local Council Development Authority were only 365 metres apart. But in spite of the short distance separating them, people in these two areas found it difficult visiting each other. The reason for this was the swamp that lies between the two communities.

It was an event Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State was scheduled to hand over 250 taxi cabs to taxi operators in the state as part of on-going efforts to phase out rickety cabs in the state. But the event was to be temporarily disrupted by a bomb scare which created panic beyond the confines of the State Secretariat, Alausa.