A ‘silver alert’ has been issued for Bolaji James Odubayo, a 20-year-old man, who was said to have left home on Monday January 14, 2013 in Aguda, Surulere and has since not returned. What can possibly explain the disappearance of the Bolaji, a 400- level student of Igbinedion University, Okada, remains a mystery as he was said to have left his residence at No 107, Oshogbo Street, Aguda, Surulere, Lagos around 10am for his campus at Okada, Edo state.

TO the people of Amansea in Awka North local government area and their neighbouring communities of Ebenebe, Ugbenu, Ugbene and Oba-Ofemili, the gory sight on their Ezu River on Saturday last week remains a nightmare only akin to what they expereienced in the Nigeria’s civil war when people could wake up early in the morning only to find large number of dead bodies after an encounter between the Nigerian and Biafran soldiers.

…As Lagos plans low-key commemoration
ELEVEN years after the Ikeja Cantonment bomb blasts that led to the death of over 1000 Nigerians with 12000 rendered homeless, victims of the disaster are still awaiting a compensation package promised by the Federal Government.

…Incarcerated for 16 years
TIME was when some people of sudden wealth took over the landscape of Imo State. They did whatever they liked, when, how and where they chose. Some even felt that spotting policemen as orderlies were no longer fashionable hence they settled for armed soldiers.

As she walked into the Corporate head office of Vanguard Media in Lagos, it was obvious that all was not well with Miss Perpetua Amaefule , as she later identified herself.

A state of uneasy calm has enveloped Gombe state arising from the killing of the Minority Leader of the State House of Assembly and others. Security situation in Gombe state has taken a down turn. Palpable fear has now gripped the state especially Gombe, the state capital.

“ Life has been unfair to me”. This was the statement that greeted this reporter as he approached 19-year-old Chidi Okolie, who is currently going through psychological trauma following an act of gang-rape on him, Monday, in Badagry area of Lagos.

Adesegun Ajibola, Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Principal Partner, Bola Ajibola & Co, bares his mind on demolitions and state of housing in Lagos State. He also touched on why Lagos State Tenancy Law seems not to have a bite.

Tears flowed freely in the Wadata area of Makurdi town which is notoriously renown for its high rate of violent crime among youths when a yet to be identified sugarcane seller allegedly stabbed to death 19 year old Umar Abdulrahaman, his customer after a minor argument.

The devastating fire disasters in many parts of the country in the last couple of weeks have left though a few people dead but several homes were destroyed and hundreds of people displaced. Just as many Nigerians were still savouring the thrills of the festive period, others have been counting their loses as a result of different infernoes in some parts of the country. Fire fighters have never had a busy time combating the incidents in some states. In Lagos State alone, Fire and Safety Service said it battled no fewer than 33 fire outbreaks across the state between the last one week.