CALM, indeed normal quiet community life, is yet to return to Ikpe Ikot Nkon, this once peaceful abode of the ancient cradle of the Ibibio. The scene was one of horror. Panic and confusion reigned everywhere and some people were reportedly seen parking their luggage and then waited to see what was to happen next, while those not ready to take chances immediately fled the village to seek refuge with their kinsmen elsewhere.

THE residents of house No. 44 Ijaiyi Street, in Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government, of Lagos State, were shocked beyond words on Friday, October 14, 2011 as a mysterious fire gutted the one storey building. In fact, they are yet to recover from the shock, especially after taking count of their huge losses in the inferno, including the death of two elderly occupants.

THE residents of house No. 44 Ijaiyi Street, in Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government, of Lagos State, were shocked beyond words on Friday, October 14, 2011 as a mysterious fire gutted the one storey building.

KANO was thrown into shock penultimate Friday following reports that a septuagenarian, Isa Ibrahim, recuperating at the Malam Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital in the commercial city for an undisclosed ailment has mysteriously disappeared from his sick bed.

AS part of measures to tackle the infrastructure decay and enhance development, the Lagos State Government has advised young engineers to explore the vast opportunities in different sectors of engineering to bring about needed development.

The mere sight of these two children in front of Saint Mary’s Catholic Church, Ire-Akari Estate, Isolo area of Lagos, that Sunday, evoked a great feeling of pity in most passers-by, following what looked like incurable sores spreading from their buttocks down their thighs.

For maritime operators in Nigeria, it has been one long tale of woes over the raw deal they have been having in the hands of pirates and sea robbers on waterways who delight in seizing their ships with near impunity.

BABY Etimbuk John, a three-week old boy, had a close shave with death, but divine providence intervened to keep him alive perhaps as a destiny child. Man’s inhumanity against a fellow man came his way rather too early, with the result that he would have to live the rest of his life with one hand.

It has been revealed that over two million people living in Lagos State suffer from one form of mental disorder or the other.

AS far as residents of Ejigbo in Ejigbo Local Council Development Area, LCDA, of Lagos State are concerned, the government headed by Babatunde Fashola has been most unfair to them with respect to the provision of infrastructural facilities, especially roads.

The serene coastal Tereke community in the Nembe Local Government Area was still reveling in the 15th anniversary of the creation of Bayelsa State, the only homogenous Ijaw speaking state in the Nigerian federation, when a loud explosion sent a wave of panic among the natives.

LONG before now, residents of Ijara-Isin, in Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State have suffered untold hardship over lack or near absence of potable water in the town. So when the British Rican Tobacco Nigeria Foundation offered to assist the state government in the area of provision of water, Ijara Isin was promptly submitted for the project.

Speakers at a one day youth empowerment programme initiative organised by Healing Heart Foundation in Lagos with the theme, “I’d rather be the boss”, have advised Nigerian youths to imbibe the culture of getting vocational training, in addition to their course of studies in order to reduce the rate of unemployment in the country.

From his facial expression, it was obvious that all was not well with 69-year-old Peter Ikeagwuani, as he walked into the corporate headquarters of Vanguard, Lagos that Monday.

THE gathering was an unusual one as it featured only the aged at a venue in the Oke-Afa area of Lagos to celebrate the 51st anniversary of Nigeria’s independence. The event was put together by a non-governmental organisation, Centre for Happy Elderly People, CHEP, under the leadership of Deaconess Lilian Jiringho.