In many parts of the country, there is increasing patronage for water transport as an escape option in traffic gridlock-prone areas. This is the case in Lagos where many residents now find solace in this means of transportation to make up for the constant loss of man hours often associated with road transportation.

Last Sunday, scores of youth from Ifira village, Igabi Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State, who had made a habit of taking an illegally carved short-cut that passes through the perimeter fence of the Kaduna International Airport, Kaduna, were livid when they discovered that one of the “routes” had been blocked by the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).

WHEN Dupe Olowoyo wedded her heartrob Sunday Olowoyo in 1996, her joy of a blissful married life was boundless. Even though babies did not come immediately after the marriage, she did not entertain any fear or misgivings. And when she had a baby boy two years after

Hope has come the way of Jude Ndubuisi Azubuike, a young lad who until his visual impairment, had, like many other youths, a dream of going to school and becoming a big time lawyer.

Tomorrow is the D-day. Nigeria’s 2011 elections will kick off with the National Assembly contestants slugging it out in different states of the federation. So far, the level of violence recorded in some states has been frightening if not disturbing.