Immediately after the announcement of the appointment of Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar, popularly called MD by friends and admirers last month, hell was let loose. Virulent attacks came from some quarters-some calling him a tribal jingoist, others a religious fanatic,etc.

A middle-aged young man has been beaten to death for stealing church offerings at St. Mary’s Catholic Parish, Eha-Alumona, Nsukka, Enugu State.

…fingers popular Lagos-based musician as his mentor
The Police in Nsukka, Enugu State are interrogating a suspected false prophet for sexually abusing his fellow men on the ground of carrying out weekly crusade in the name of God.

…as villagers accuse police of partiality, send S.O.S to IGP
THE gale of mayhem currently sweeping through Igbokuta, a sleeping village in Ikorodu, Lagos and the reckless destruction of lives and property allegedly by land grabbers has become a great source of worry to concerned residents of the area.

A car washer from the Moslem community, Ibagwa – Aka in Igbo Eze South Local Government Area, Enugu State has reportedly been killed over an alleged long standing crisis for the parallel formation and operations of police assisted neighborhood watch in the area.

IT all started like the usual domestic dispute between father and son in a typical family setting. But it later assumed a frightening dimension so much so that, law enforcement agents were drafted into the picture.

The recent appointment of Muhammed Diko Abubakar, as the nation’s 15th indigenous Inspector-General of Police in acting capacity, has, no doubt, been applauded by well- meaning Nigerians who saw the appointment as timely and appropriate; especially as it came when the country’s security apparatus was on the verge of total extinction.

CALL it high drama: A Police Sergeant fall face down. Another Police Inspector in mufti jumps out through the window. And an Area Commander makes a telephone call announcing that he, the DPO, officers and men of Panti Police Station are already behind bars awaiting further punishment.

When a Lagos housewife (names withheld) had an accident recently, she was relieved to see help coming from a 28-year-old man, Seyi Olumide. In fact, Seyi, who claims to deal in computer accessories, assisted the middle-aged woman to the hospital where she was given medical care and later volunteered to also take her damaged vehicle to a panel beater for repairs.

If Mr. Gorge Onyemaechi had an inkling that his surname “Onyemaechi” literary meaning, “Who knows Tomorrow” would turn to be a question he doesn’t have answers to, he probably would have hesitated a while before attending the special Church service on Thursday, January 5, 2012 or better still, would not attend.

Unlike several Nigerians who leave the shores of the country in search of greener pastures overseas, majority of Agbeye indegenes of Osun state opted for Oyinbogbeni by-pass camp of Okomu village in Ovia South-West local government area of Edo state, where they engaged in cocoa plantation,with a view to earning a better living.

The extreme South African adventurers, Braam Malherbe and Peter van Kets left South Africa recently for the Antarctica to participate in a race to the South Pole to commemorate the centenary of the epic race between Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott to reach the South Pole first, and to raise funds for Operation Smile South Africa.

The annual carnival usually held at the Low Cost Housing Estate, Oke-Afa, Isolo, Lagos took place as usual last year on December 26, 2011 and lasted till the early hours of the following day. The carnival which witnessed an unprecedented influx of persons from across the state was peaceful and pageantry…

YEAR 2011 meant different things to different people. For Mrs Juliana Martins, it is one peculiar year she would never forget in a hurry as she was rendered a widow midway into it.

Killings in Jos wear a veil. Sometimes, it has a religious bent. In other times, it is ethnic. But the people know that it is both ethnic and religious and that it can spread to other regions of the country.