In the days of our forefathers, there existed unlimited flow of affection and trust, hence a little baby could be left in the care of another woman next door while the mother of the child proceeded to market or farm. That time there was no high fence demarcating one family home from the other.

Pandemonium took over the entire Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company, WRPC and its sister company, the Product and Pipeline Marketing Company, PPMC, both subsidiaries of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Monday evening when like a tragic bolt from the blues fire explosion engulfed the loading Island of the PPMC depot.

On Thursday May 5, the Mile Two/Berger axis of the Oshodi-Apapa expressway was nearly turned into a battle ground when officials of the Lagos State Government descended on defiant tanker drivers who have been making life unbearable for road users on this part of the busy expressway.

The 2011 April general elections have come and gone, but will certainly not be forgotten in a hurry by those Nigerians who were on the receiving end of the crises that attended the exercise in some parts of the country

The children were on holidays and their parents had gone to work. But in the afternoon, they tuned their television to watch a programme not knowing that was a costly mistake

Many Lagos commuters and motorists had received with a great cheer recent reports of an agreement signed between the Lagos State government and the leadership of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers

For the first time in a very long while, the Oshodi-Apapa expressway was on Monday free from chaos occasioned by traffic jam. Indeed it was quite a surprise for commuters and motorists plying this road

OBORO community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State was thrown into confusion, following the death of a 30-year-old man identified as Dennis Gbenekeme.

When Vanguard staff Emeka Aginam, left office around 9pm for home in company of two other colleagues on Tuesday August 20, he had no premonition of any danger. For the journalists it was going to be a smooth drive as they left Apapa.

Scores of petty traders at Seven-Up Bus-stop, in Ikeja area of Lagos whose shops were recently razed are yet to find convenient spaces to continue their businesses

This is the sad, touching story of a young girl who simply identified herself as Ruffia. According to the girl who could barely communicate audibly, she was born a normal child

Anyone who knew Mrs Theresa Onuorah before now would be surprised at the drastic changes in her looks and financial status. She is presently a pathetic shadow of her former bubbling self.

The much-touted efforts by the Lagos State Government at making the waterways safe for transportation might come to nought if the prevailing cold war between some private boat operators and officials of the Lagos State Waterways Authority, LASWA, is not nipped in the bud.

The sleepy Jakande estate, under Ejigbo Local Development Council Area, Lagos, was recently thrown into panic following reports of robbery attacks both during the day and at night.

Wonders, they say, shall never end. This saying aptly applies to the tale of the missing corpse of one Mr. Waheed Saka at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital as told by the Executive Director of Social and Economic Rights Center, SERAC, Dr. Felix Morka.