The much awaited July 14 governorship election in Edo state may have come and gone but some families have been thrown into mourning following the untimely death of four persons including three police officers and an INEC ad-hoc staff who lost their lives while on election duty.

The news started flying like a fairy tale, Sunday, July 8, 2012. A whole family had perished in very mysterious circumstances after burying their aged mother! Before anybody knew it, the home of Paschal Njoku of Umuakuru, Emekuku, Owerri North local government area of Imo State had become a Mecca of sorts. Many people jettisoned the Sunday services to find out the truth or otherwise of the news.

Many have described it as pure act of terrorism. Others have tagged it a crime against humanity while others still, view it as man’s inhumanity to man. But how else would one describe what happened at Maseh village in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State where over 50 innocent women, children and the aged were literally roasted alive?

At 24, Al-Hassan Mohammed, a Ghanaian, popularly known as, Classic came to Nigeria in search of greener pasture. He was optimistic that his desires would come to pass and that his mission would be fruitful. He wouldn’t give a chance for distraction of any kind, and so, he embarked on a lonely journey. He came to Nigeria without his family members, wife and children.

…As victims get mass burial
YENAGOA Some victims of the Thursday dawn deadly fuel tanker blaze at Okogbe community in Ahoada West local government area of Rivers State on the border flank with Bayelsa State who were rushed to the Federal Medical Centre Yenagoa yesterday relived their harrowing experiences and miraculous escape from the jaws of death.

Hajia Fati Ali embarked on a business trip to Abuja but could not get to her destination as a trigger-happy policeman shot her for reasons yet unknown. The widow and mother of two is lying critically ill at the National Hospital, Abuja with a bullet lodged in her brain.

Although, the story of homosexuality in Nigeria is gradually becoming unpopular as those who indulge in such act are not bold to openly declare their identities, the fact still remains that homosexuality is being practised in some parts of the world including Nigeria.

The three bomb explosions that hit two Churches in Zaria and another in Kaduna last Sunday, leading to the death of 17 persons and injuries to at least 90 others have been long expected several times in Kaduna State in the past.

WHEN, on May 20, 2010, Police Corporal Oshogbo Onyeisi attached to the 29 Police Mobile Force, PMF, Awka, received a directive to report at Asaba, Delta State along with 13 other policemen for a special duty at the highly volatile oil rich area of Niger Delta to protect the oil pipelines against vandals, little did he know that the national assignment would lead to his permanent disability.

For ages the popular Mile 12 market has been known as the food basket of Lagos. It’s so classified because it accommodates trailer loads of assorted food items from virtually all parts of Nigeria. By extension therefore, it has become a home for people of diverse culture. Fortunately, today, the market is becoming another haven for women of easy virtues.