Utuama, has warned that the state government is determined to put an end to all forms of environmental abuse going on in the state.

None of the passengers in the yellow painted commercial bus suspected anything unusual when the bus took off from Apongbon area of Lagos, heading towards Lawanson the supposed destination of some of them. Maybe they had no choice in boarding the bus as its arrival was a welcome relief after a long wait under the sun.

LAST week, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state presented keys to the first set of successful allotees of the Lagos Home Ownership Mortgage Scheme, Lagos HOMS, it was all smiles for the allotees who could not believe their good fortune.

ABAKALIKI, the capital of Ebonyi State, has for years enjoyed the bragging right of being called the home of local rice production in Nigeria. Indeed many are familiar with the popular Abakaliki rice which is believed to have a higher nutritional value than the imported polished and parboiled rice, and possibly the best in the world as certified by American experts.

PIQUED by the spate of road accidents caused by excessive smoke emitting vehicles and their damaging effect on the environment, Lagos State Government has concluded plans to commence emission tests for vehicles plying the metropolis, next year.

LAGOS State government said 1,015 offenders have been sentenced to various terms of community service across the 12 magisterial districts of the state, in the last 100 days.

Major mayhem, nay wanton destruction of properties and possibly lives, was at the weekend averted in Anambra State as irate electricity consumers in Ugwuagba Layout, Obosi, near the commercial city of Onitsha, were prevented by their leaders from extending their protest march to Uguwagba office of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC(formerly PHCN).

The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has advised Nigerians to engage in tree planting, saying this will prevent disasters arising from windstorms presently ravaging many communities in Nigeria.

Anytime from now, the Lagos State Government will commence the enforcement of the state wide parking policy, aimed at ensuring parking discipline culture on roads as well as free flow of traffic in the state.

BY OKEY NDIRIBE, ABUJA Residents of Nyanya and its environs were relieved last weekend as military men seemingly bowed to the public outcry against the traffic gridlock caused by the checkpoint they had set up after the bomb blast at a bus station in the area. Prior to the relaxation of the rigorous checks by […]

Lagos has long been known as the undisputed commercial capital of Nigeria. The scale of commercial activities is such that you find all manner of outlets for business transactions at every nook and cranny of the heavily populated metropolis.

Hundreds of Egbin residents in Ikorodu area of Lagos State, recently shutdown the popular Egbin power plant, protesting what they described as marginalisation on the part of the company.

By Olasunkanmi Akoni RESIDENTS of communities in the Ejigbo Local Council Development Area, LCDA, recently had cause to celebrate following the commissioning and handing over to them of some development projects. This was at the occasion of the commemoration of the 2,000 days in office of the council’s chairman, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan. The projects commissioned […]

Local government workers in Kogi State have continued to grapple with half salary for quite a long time. While some spoke about it in hushed tones or vented their anger during any discussion in town, most of them bemoaned their fate in silence.

Is it possible for a mother not to recognize her biological child? Or what would make a grown up child not to recognize his mother again?