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?

Ewatto is a sleepy community in Esan North East Local Government Council of Edo state, but there is tension currently in the peaceful community as a result of land dispute between a 48 year old teacher in the community, Mr Osahon Osimhen and the Onogie of the area, HRH, Sylvanus Ikhumhen.

It has been discovered that cities with high concentration of people and buildings, particularly those along the coasts, including Lagos, will be more adversely affected by climate change in the future.

The chieftaincy tussle which is currently rocking Atani community in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State, the country home of Prof. Ben Nwabueze, a constitutional lawyer, appeared to have climaxed with the presentation of two Ezes-elect by two factional groups.

An octogenarian Pa Samuel Sode, a former policeman, has for long been nostalgic of the period when peace and security were easily taken for granted in Lagos

Madam Rufai Adikat has lived in Imowo-nla area of Ikorodu for about eight decades, while her neighbour, 35 years old Mrs Oseni Adenike, moved into the community with her two children three years ago after completing her mini-flat.

IT is certainly not a place for the squeamish and the faint-hearted. The reason being that the gory sights there are not only indescribable but more than enough to give anyone serious nightmares. It is a place where you are immediately confronted with an overpowering aura of fear and death. Welcome to the now aptly named Soka Evil Forest in Ibadan, Oluyole Local Government where hundreds of kidnapped victims either met their untimely end or were languishing in agony before they were recently rescued.

THOUGH repairs on Dopemu and Iyana-Ipaja bridges were completed at least three days ahead of schedule, residents of the areas are not impressed. According to them what the bridges need is expansion rather than the purported repairs.

BEING a littoral state and the commercial hub of the country, Lagos has attracted more ships and vessels than any other city in Sub Saharan Africa since the Portuguese explorer Ruy de Sequeira named the area around the city Lago de Curamo, meaning lakes in Portuguese.

Tuesday, March 18 is not a day some operators of tricycles, popularly called ‘KEKE NAPEP’, in the heart of the Federal Capital Territory would want to come back.

Tears of joy rolled down the cheeks of natives of Ogwu-Aniocha community in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State as they presented their newly selected traditional ruler, His Royal Highness, HRH, Chief Nathaniel Nwajeli Nnaji, a traditional medical practitioner to the local council authorities for recognition as their Igwe-elect.

FOR the people of Egi community in Ogba Egbema Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, there is no better way to express appreciation to Mr Guy Maurice, the out-going Managing Director and Chief Executive officer of Total E& P Nigeria limited for his contribution to their well-being: That is to honour him with their presence on the day he was conferred with the coveted traditional title, Uhwo ka Egi, meaning “the Light of Egi land”.

THE National Council of Managing Director sof Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA), has said that if the current crisis rocking the port industry is not attended to, it will lead to massive port congestion.