Members of the Association of Aguyi-Ironsi Auto Traders, at the popular Ladipo Market, Mushin area of Lagos State, has called for the immediate and unconditional release of their President, Mr. Jonathan Okoli, who is currently being remanded at Ikoyi Prison over what they called “frame-up charges.”

On January 16, 2012,Chevron Nigeria Limited KS Endeavor Rig, with scores of personnel on board, caught fire in what is allegedly the worst gas blow-out in Nigeria, killing two persons and leaving several others seriously injured and traumatized.

JAILBREAK is not new in Rivers State. The other time militant inmates made frantic efforts to escape from the Port Harcourt Prison, using a ladder. Five of them succeeded. This happened on August 7, last year.

Those who never visited the communities sacked by the recent flood surge at its peak may not fully appreciate what the affected people are currently passing through. The same is also true of those who are not victims of the flood.

THE disturbing issue of flooding in the country, especially in the coastal areas of Delta State, has curiously been engendering mixed feelings of sadness and joy in some quarters. Whilst some of the flood victims are counting their losses, for some others, it is an opportunity to hug the limelight as they get to meet certain important personalities they have long nursed the expectations to encounter in more auspicious circumstances.

Imude, a sleepy community in Otto Awori Local Council Developement Area in Ojo, Lagos, was rudely jolted into shock in the early hours of last Sunday, when a boat capsized, killing all the 10 persons on board. The unfortunate incident happened as a result of a violent wave that overpowered the oarsman before upending the ill-fated boat.

Amid the stand-off between commercial motorcyclists and the authorities in Lagos over the ban of Okada,mind-boggling figures show high Okada fatality rate in the state.

Alowei Broderick Bozimo is a former Minister of Police Affairs. Bozimo’s farm and his country home in Bomadi, Delta State were washed away by flood. In this interview, he regrets not following the foot steps of his father in building a storey building in the village after seeing the flood take over his building and farm. He also speaks on the security challenges facing the nation and other national issues.

When the news filtered into town that a man had pushed his wife into a completely filled pit latrine resulting to her death, the story sounded bizarre.

“When that torrential rainfall pulverized the ground on December 31, 2011 causing pool of water in some low areas of Yenagoa many of us thought it was a sign of good things to come but ten months after we are faced with the worst disaster one could ever imagined. I have seen floods in the last 59 years but they are nothing compared to what we are experiencing today. I have lost all I laboured for in life,” lamented Madam Edaere Thomas, one of the displaced persons at the Bishop Dimieri Grammar School relief camp.

The total sum of N22m was last week released by Gombe state government to rehabilitate the flood victims. Sequel to speculations that the funds and items purchased may be hijacked by politicians and corrupt officials, the State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA says it was going to supervise the exercise.

PALPABLE fears and uncontrollable anxiety are said to be plaguing the minds of over 5000 traders of the popular Kpirikpiri Market located directly opposite Saint Patrick Road, Amikeaba, in Ebonyi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.

FOR a host of Lagosians and motorists, plying the numerous dilapidated highways across the state has become harrowing and nightmarish. They need some doses of patience, endurance and prayers to move from one point to the other.

VIOLATORS of the new traffic law in Lagos State may be in for a tougher time as the General Officer Commanding 81 Division of the Nigeria Army in Lagos, Major General Kenneth Minimah, has promised that the military would not only conform but would also assist in enforcing the law.

News of the introduction of the road traffic law in Lagos seemed to have been received with a lot of misgivings and trepidation by most motorists, especially commercial bus drivers and their commercial motorcycle counterparts popularly called “Okada riders”.