Kubura Sofunde, a Federal Polytechnic Ilaro graduate, suffering from chronic breast cancer, is now in critical state. She has therefore taken it upon herself to personally appeal to Nigerians to do more to save her life.

It is no secret that prior to 1999, some persons were in the habit of sponsoring girls from Edo State to Europe for prostitution. The situation was so bad that some parents in Benin sold their properties in order to get their daughters abroad to make quick money from prostitution. The illicit trade became so competitive then that any family whose daughter is not abroad in Benin City will be seen as among those still living in the past.

Nigeria Police was established to protect lives and property. What happened, last week, however, ran contrary to this creed as four persons in police uniform, operating in a bullion van, allegedly pursued a truck owned by a cement company, following which the driver lost control and rammed into some buses, crushing the passengers as well as some
Okada riders and traders to death on Sagamu-Benin-Ore expressway.

It was difficult consoling Mr. and Mrs. Toriola Akin as they narrated the condition of their only son Ayoola Israel who is said to have a hole in his heart and require not less than N2million for a surgery in India urgently.

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Like people always say, “wonders shall never end”. Benin City residents were shocked on Tuesday when a pregnant woman, currently at large, was delivered of a creature that resembled a horse during a prayer session at the World Libration Ministry, Benin City.

The usual cool breeze that heralds dawn was conspicuously absent at Ajegunle, a suburb in Lagos. But people in the neighbourhood must resume their daily hassling and bursting which are the hallmarks of city life.

A 63-year-old widow, Mrs. Janet Ogbonna, who was diagnosed of malignant cancer of the anus, four years ago, has sent an urgent SOS to the Federal Government and public spirited Nigerians to raise N5 million to enable her undergo surgical treatment in India.

It was a nightmare traveling on the ever-busy 10- km road leading to Alayi Ugwueke community in Bende LGA, Abia State. The road was practically impassable, slippery and moudy as motorists and other road users meandered through large portions of a crumbled highway, amidst shouting and arguments over passage.

He never believed he would come out alive from the hands of his captors who whisked him away from the comfort of his palace at mainland Ikarama in the old Yenagoa council area. But he was dumped far away in the mangrove swamp on the Atlantic fringe of Bayelsa State.

ANAMBRA State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Bala Nasarawa must be having a relaxed mind, at least for now, as he has in his cell, the most wanted suspected kidnapping and armed robbery kingpin in Anambra State, 36 year -old Mr. Olisagbo Ifedike. For the few months he had been in charge of the state police command, Nasarawa had had his usual fair share of the proverbial Baptisimal fire from the men of the underworld in the state.