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Ordeal of Vanguard journalist robbed at gun-point

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.

Displaced 7-Up traders cry for space

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

Widow tackles prophetess over missing belongings

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.

Boat operators to Fashola: Save us from prohibitive tarrifs

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.

Controversy over missing corpse

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.

Sango-Ota residents want govt to construct drainage

Residents of Sango-Ota in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State have called on government to construct drainage in the various communities, especially at Ilo, Agarawu and NITEL areas.

We were led to thumb-print for wrong candidates, cry blind voters

These are neglected Nigerians because they are considered irrelevant in the national scheme of things. Nobody remembers them until when they are mostly needed. Even when they come knocking at the doors of Nigerians in search of assistance, they are either ignored or reluctantly given alms.

Boko Haram: Borno, Bauchi police officers wear NYSC uniforms

THE menace of the fanatical religious group known as Boko Haram is seriously taking its tolls on newly deployed police officers on a one year community policing to Bauchi and Borno states as the officers now wear NYSC uniform around town to avoid attacks from members of the sect.

End of the road for human parts dealers

It was indeed an odd hour. The expectation by the suspects was that they had perfected their strategies to smuggle human parts from Kebbi State through Minna to Gwagwalada in the Federal Capital Territory at about 3am last Monday. Unfortunately for them, nemesis caught up with them.

Obalende, den of women of easy virtue

A fifteen year old girl emerged from nowhere, and whispered into your ear, “I will do you well. Just N500 for short time.”And before you knew what was happening, a horde of other ladies descended on you, displaying their sizes, shapes, heights, and flaunted their boobs at you, all in the bid to gain your attention and patronage.

“You don’t need government money to improve people’s lives”

Gboyega Ogunosun makes a good definition of a philanthropist, even without being a money bag yet. The 50th-year old communication consultant, seeing the suffering of his community built a borehole to provide portable water for the residents. While his own house had neither curtains, nor chairs.

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