THE conviction of anyone visiting Warri, the celebrated oil city in Delta State, is that the folks in the city must be living lavishly and in healthy environs. Regrettably, by what has become the melancholy of oil communities in the Niger-Delta, this is mere illusion.

OnMonday, Jos,the Plateau State capital, was agog as a mammoth crowd of various ethnic nationalities in the State gathered at the premises of the National Museum, Jos to showcase their cultural heritage during the 2014 International Museum Day.

By SUZAN EDEH, Bauchi Life will never be the same again for the family of  Mr Solomon Gantu following the untimely death of their daughter in a ghastly motor accident in Bauchi State. The sad incident which cut short the life of Meriji Solomon happened on May 8, 2014 along Yelwa, opposite an NNPC Mega […]

Recently, the Chairperasson of National Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, Kaduna State Chapter, Mrs. Juliet Oyoyo, condemned in strong terms any form of discrimination against women.

Over the years, Lagos has had more than its fair share of fire disasters involving markets in the state that a new one seemingly would not generate much anxiety except for those directly affected.

Makoko is one of the slums that will register in anyone’s mind in Lagos.

Walking to the Lagos State University, LASU Motor Park, where he was to board the school shuttle, Mr. Olaosebikan Abdulfatai gazed at the commercial bank where he had previously received his bursary and couldn’t understand why the state government was yet to fulfill its promise to him.

Almost all the houses at the Adeniji Adele Housing Estate, Lagos Island, have been rendered defective by swampy terrain.

Twenty four hours after the explosion at a creek close to the NNPC jetty in Okrika, headquarters of Okrika local government area in Rivers State nobody has been able to say with certainty how many persons perished in the inferno.

By Evelyn Usman December 9, 2013 will forever remain indelible in the memory of  54-year-old Jonathan Ogidi-Nwankwo, who  returned  to the country after 26 years  stay in The Netherlands.  This  followed his  abduction by some   suspected  policemen in  an eatery around Lekki at gun point. The Abia State indigene  was said to have been driven […]

As part of efforts to reduce to the barest minimum various boat mishaps in Lagos, Governor Babatunde Fashola, recently, flagged off the state’s Water Transport Safety Awareness Programme with distribution of 2,000 life jackets to operators in the water transportation sector.

It was a case of being refugees in their own country at a time of relative peace. But it took an unexpected visit to bring their presence and plight to public attention.

FOR the Edewors, no amount of consolation can bring back their son, Oyoma Edewor, who would have been 33 years old come June 2014.

For indigenes of Ugondo and Akpen, two communities on the outskirt of Makurdi, the Benue State capital, Wednesday, 7th May 2014, is a day they would never forget for a very long time to come.

Lagos State, particularly, the state capital, Ikeja, was a beehive of activities in the past five days, as a terror attack alert issued by the United States of America in the state, warning her citizens of possible attack by the dreaded Boko Haram sect on Sheraton Hotel, caused panic and fear among residents and motorists.