The Ogun State Commissioner for Eduction, Science and Technology, Olusegun Odubela, has disclosed that the State government would soon form a joint national inspection of schools with the Federal Inspectorate of Education in the state.

MANY Lagosians obviously had not bought the assurances from officials of the Lagos State government and militant Yoruba socio-cultural group, the Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, that Lagos is safe from Boko Haram-sponsored bomb attacks.

The Nigerian Navy has charged officers and ratings of the organisation to always strive to uphold the ethics of the profession, saying it was the hallmark upon which the military was built. In this vein it announced that it will go to any length to unravel the cause of the alleged murder of a female rating by her live-in-boyfriend, a seaman. The seaman identified as Harry was reported to have murdered the rating identified as Itoya over allegation of infidelity.

It has become a tale of woes in Cross River State following ravaging flood that has rendered several families in the state homeless and turned them refugees in their own fatherland.

MOTIVATED by the level of cooperation between it and other response organisations in the country, the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, says a Centre for Disaster and Emergency Management, CDEM, would soon be established for simulation exercises and training of officers on search and rescue efforts and basic disaster management techniques.

Unless urgent steps are taken to nurture peace among the children, the spate of violence across the nation will continue to rise and development will remain a mirage, according informed observers opinion.

AN 11-year old primary school pupil Sunday Akinwunmi recently given scholarship after emerging as the best mountain climber during the Mare Festival in Ondo State is to travel to Dubai this weekend.

A new dispensation is unfolding in Osun State where dedicated trains will convey farmers to and fro Lagos.The trains are packed full with all sorts of agricultural produce. The farmers mission: Sell off the produce. When they finish selling, the proceeds will be used to procure manufactured products. The trains return to Osun with the cargo.

Hon. Friday Itulah is the member representing Esan South East and Esan North East Federal Constituency of Edo State in the House of Representatives. In this interview, he explains how the former chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih used his position to get the Federal Government to resolve the water crisis in Esanland. Excerpt:

For Emmanuel Onyeigwe, a commercial bus driver, plying Ilasamaja and Mushin roads have become a nightmares. Due to the menace of street urchins, Onyeigwe left his former route- Lawanson, Odo-Eran, Ojuelegba and Yaba areas of Lagos for Mushin.

It was really a scintillating occasion as sons and daughters of Epe, Lagos state, trooped out recently to pay homage to HRM Oba Shefiu Olatunji Adewale, Bangbopa Esilokun 1, the Olu-Epe of Epe Kingdom. For the Oba, it was meant to be a low-key event to prepare ground for the forthcoming Kayo-Kayo, another festival known with Epe community but the people immersed in celebration of a popular and amiable traditional leader, they put aside every other thing to pay homage and present their gifts to the palace.

The motive behind the killing of a market leader and traditional ruler, Pa Oriyomi Jacob Bamigbelu, an indigene of Ikorodu, still remains a mystery to his family members; a puzzle as confounding as it is difficult to unravel. Pa Oriyomi, a father of three, was until his murder on Thursday November 10, the secretary of the market association in Ebute and Ikorodu areas of Lagos State.

Dialogue and engagement have been the panacea prescribed for peace by most commentators on the protracted crisis in Plateau State. While there are those who assert that series of dialogues over the years have not achieved much because they fail to address the crux of the matter, peace and conflict management experts insist that dialogue must continue even if the results are not immediately evident.

Gabriel Danson Bassey, 26, an indigene of Ikot Ekwere Ubium, Nsit Ubium Local Government Area was a professional welder and lived at No 33 Akpa Ube Street, Uyo. On August 9, 2011, the young man felt he deserved some rest and fun, and so went out to relax with some friends at a joint in Uyo.

The re-elected chairman of Ejigbo Local Council Development Area, Lagos state, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan has stressed the importance of prayer in every area of endeavour, saying it is the key to success of any government.