In what might appear as a curious coincidence, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has recently been featuring frequently in the news for the wrong reasons. At least for reasons other than that which informed it being set up by the Lagos State government. For instance a couple of weeks back two of its officials attached to the Iyana Ejigbo unit were involved in separate incidents that claimed the lives of a motorist and a motorcyclist.

It is widely believed that there is a time to be born and a time to die. The Chairman of Lagos University Teaching Hospital Medical Board, Dr Nurudeen Olowopopo obviously did not choose Sunday March 14, 2010 as a day to die but was found dead in his swimming pool.

CRUSADE against illegal bunkering operations in Rivers State, particularly the Ogoni axis of the state assumed an interesting dimension recently when about 813 illegal bunkers gave up the illicit activity.

Their wine and butter coloured uniform has become so well known that they are not easily mistaken at the various bus-stops and traffic-prone spots where they are deployed to ensure there is a free flow of traffic.

Being the first working day of the week, a trader Mrs. Rebecca Okafor was full of expectations. She was to follow her husband to the market to sell some farm produce, a business that has been the source of livelihood for the family for years. Unfortunately, an unforgettable incident put paid to her optimistic expectations and at the end of it all her husband was left almost bleeding to death.