After 15 years of communal clashes which has claimed atleast 100 souls, the two tribes in Epe town, the Ijebu Epe and Eko Epe in Epe Local Government Area, are beginning to work towards peace.

OKPANAM community, the country home of the late Major General Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu, leader of the first Nigerian military coup, located in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State, has not known peace since 2010 following the offensive launched by a gang of land speculators, kidnappers and gunmen.

The Achalla community in Anambra State wore a new look,recently, when very eminent people from across the eastern state thronged the Awka North Local Government headquarters to celebrate this year’s Ewaji, new yam festival.

MANY lives had been lost to the recklessness of drivers on the road. Also many people had been maimed by hit and run drivers. The belief in some informed quarters is that this would not have been the case if there are traffic signals at strategic positions on the road. Traffic signals are instruments for controlling traffic by using changing lights, namely Red for ‘Stop’, Amber (Yellow) for ‘Ready to Go or Stop’, while the Green indicates to ‘Go’.

DAYS after, many are yet to come to terms with the recent canoe tragedy in Niger State as the memory of the loss of several lives still rankles.

The Anti-Bomb Unit of the Nigerian Police Force recently graduated 121 officers who completed the basic courses that qualified them as Anti-Bomb Technicians and Investigators at the Traffic Training Wing of the Police College Ikeja – Lagos.

The Anti-Bomb Unit of the Nigerian Police Force recently graduated 121 officers who completed the basic courses that qualified them as Anti-Bomb Technicians and Investigators at the Traffic Training Wing of the Police College Ikeja – Lagos.

CONSIDERING the ravaging phenomenon of get-rich-quick syndrome which has apparently eaten deep into the culture of most Nigerians, especially the youths, one wonders if good Samaritans are still in existence in the country.

September 27, 2013 is a day residents of the sleepy rural community of Umuchima, Ubaha, Okigwe Local Government Area of the state will not forget in a hurry. On this fateful day, a very unusual but deafening noise suddenly rented the air, accompanied by a rare spectacle that threw all and sundry into panic as they scampered into safety. The strange sound was later traced to the family home of a visually-impaired pensioner, Mr. Augustine Eke.

Four years ago, Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) asked occupiers of stalls at Karu market to move out to enable it renovate the market that has unarguably fallen into disrepair , with stall owners and customers alike facing dire environmental challenges.Apart from the perennial flooding that often caused pool of stagnant and odorous water , the sanitation situation got authorities worried about a major epidemic; so, understandably, many people including shop owners and residents who patronize the Karu market, saw reason on the need to renovate the market.

The police on Thursday arraigned a driver, Adewale Adesanya, 40, before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun on a two-count charge of manslaughter and reckless driving.

TRAFFIC snarl on the Lagos-Shagamu-Ore-Benin highway due to death-trap potholes on the ever-busy road, has become a recurring decimal. Under normal circumstances, the journey from Lagos to Benin should be covered in three hours but due to the dilapidated state of the expressway, commuters spend almost the entire day on the road.

I have been in this traffic snarl for several hours. Although Julius Berger is doing a good job on the reconstruction of the Oshodi-Apapa expressway, but the speed at which the construction is going on, is not what I expected. The traffic signs that should inform motorists about diversions are not clearly spelt out and if you are not familiar with the terrain, your will miss your way.

It was a sorry sight to behold as five white caskets containing the lifeless bodies of Madam Grace Nwosu and her daughters were brought into the sleepy rural community of Egbelu Nguru, Ngor Okpalaeke local council area of Imo State for burial.

ASK any security officer on duty in the twin cities of Warri and Effurun in Delta State about Enerhen Junction, Effurun, and he would tell you that it is one of the black spots in the state. However, the situation ceased when Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan dreamed what he called a junction improvement project and turned the ‘criminal -breeding ground’ to a tourist haven.