In some quarters, it was perceived as the most frenzied week. It held unusual apprehension. Many watched with bated breathe. But lo, it seems to have ended without so much for the Nigerian populace about those behind the dastard acts of dreaded Boko Haram.

Sgt. Sunday Badang’s last walk on earth covered just about 100 metres. But, it was the most chilling, eerily breath-taking walk anyone could have embarked on. It was spectacular, but so poignantly tragic that even the gladiators of the old Roman empire would feel a bit luckier.

The sleepy community of Ogute in Emai clan, Afuze, in Owan East Local Government Council of Edo state, was thrown into confusion last December 16, 2011, when 22 year-old Oyibo Eruanga, a Junior Secondary School (JSS) student at Evbiamen Grammar School Ogute, was found dead along a farm junction at Ogute farm road, Afuze.

One of the areas that witnessed the plague of rainstorm which took place on Monday February 13, in Lagos was the Ojo community area of Otto Awori local government where lives were shattered and properties destroyed.

Last week, we published a story on 144 virgins fanning a spiritual leader while asleep, as told by Pastors Lovina Iburene and Enoch Iburene, a couple and founders of the Truth Ministry and Christ World Charity Ministry, Lagos. In a swift reaction, the concerned spiritual leader of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, Olumba Olumba Obu through his subjects, Bishop Joseph C. Dike, the Director of Information and Parson Edjeketa, Resident Priest, Ikeja, Lagos, described it as unfounded, saying the couple need spiritual help desperately.

SINCE November 29, 2011, when he fled his kingdom, Uzere, in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State, after his palace was razed by irate mob, His Royal Majesty, Isaac Udogri I, the Ovie of Uzere, has not stepped his feet into the kingdom. Reason: He has been on forced exile in Warri. But his pursuers did not leave him alone, last month, January, 15, 2012, he was purportedly dethroned by a section of his subjects, who, he told Sunday Vanguard, had not only sent him death threats on phone, but also deployed assassins after him. What exactly is the problem or are the problems in Uzere? Hear him:

Lovina Amangala Iburene was overwhelmed by the signs that manifested at Ambrose street, Calabar where a mere mortal claimed the personality of God. Like many who were desperately searching for divine solution to their problems, she succumbed to the manipulations of another homo sapient and believed she had found her God.

AFTER cessation of hostilities for some months in the Niger-Delta, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, MEND, weekend, threatened to bomb telecommunication giant, MTN, SACOIL and other investments of South Africa in Nigeria because of alleged interference of President Jacob Zuma in its struggle for justice in the Niger-Delta.

If there is anything the Efiks of Cross River State cherish most, it is the royal throne of Obong of Calabar. Even the missionaries who came to Nigeria through the Calabar river could not toil with the revered traditional institution of the Efiks. The best the early missionaries could do was to ensure that the church also played a role after coronation in form of thanksgiving. Whoever occupies the Obongship throne is referred to as the treaty king and grand patriarch of the Efiks.

THAT the oil city of Warri Delta State is perhaps the most hazardous metropolis in Southern Nigeria is doubtless. What baffles those who know the geography of the area is that security agents have not been able to map out effective strategies, over the years, to wipe out the rampaging criminals or at least, reduce the wave of their escapades.