A glance at the one-storey building located at 9, Oloje Street in Papa Ajao area of Mushin, Lagos would not give a clue of any recent tragedy. Just last week what was considered a strange fire, engulfed a two-room bedroom flat located on the ground floor at the back of the building, consuming the entire members of the Madus family.

Ooooh good God, what kind of mess is this? Is this the way we are going to continue to suffer in this area because of one lousy road rehabilitation which the contractor has abandoned for months now. Can someone somewhere do something fast before we all run mad,” complained an apparently angry motorist along the Idimu-Egbeda Road which is presently under rehabilitation.

He had spent a lot of money planning for the naming ceremony of his son, while his relations in Akure had assured him of their readiness to grace the occasion. But the ceremony later turned to a mourning session when six of his relations became victims of an outbreak of violence.

THE use of powerful explosives such as dynamite in settling political scores first reared its head in Bayelsa in 2001 when the state assembly complex was blown up by unknown persons in the wake of the power tussle between the then speaker and now senator and the erstwhile governor of the state.

WHEN Daniel Kolawole Olukoya registered at the Saint John Primary School, Akure in 1964, neither the headmaster nor even the young boy had any idea of what the future held for him. Like other pupils, the little Daniel just wanted to start a foundation for his education.

TILL date, the situation of the girl child in Nigeria and Africa remains critical, due to a lot of factors. Even though the 1990 African Charter on Human Rights and Welfare of the Child underscored these unique factors, the girl child is far from the special safeguard and care prescribed by the charter.

Despite the pockets of protests that have greeted the envisaged introduction of tolls along the Lekki -Epe expressway, the concessionaire, Messrs Lekki Concession Company (LCC) Limited last week insisted that barring unforeseen delays, the rehabilitation and upgrade of the 49.4 kilometre expressway will be completed before the end of 2011.

Ebonyi State is called “The Salt of the Nation” for the simple reason that the entire stretch of the state harbours a rich deposit of natural salt under the earth.

I strongly disagree with pastors who don’t allow courtship. I say there must be courtship but we must teach them how to court

What could have made a young man in his prime to organise his own wake when he is still alive and kicking. Could he be a member of an unknown cult and is only doing the bidding of the group?

IF only the Head of Labour had heeded the alarm raised by some workers when they spotted a crack on a section of the building at the weekend and drew his attention to it, the tragedy would have been averted.

Succor has finally come the way of numerous persons living with the dreaded HIV/AIDS virus, Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) and selected destitutes across Benue and parts of Nasarawa State through the bold initiative of the First Lady of Benue State, Mrs. Yemisi Suswam.

Residents in Lagos, especially those residing around Okota and Itire areas of the state would soon heave a sigh of relief from the traffic congestion that afflicts that axis, leading to loss of precious man hours daily.

FOR Chimaobi Martins Kanu, a youth corps medical doctor posted to serve his father land at Ubiaja the administrative headquarters of Esan South-East Local Government Area of Edo State, his passion to reach the unreached medically and add value to humanity was fulfilled recently when he provided drugs for the de-worming of over 3000 children in Ubiaja and its environs. Children from seven of the 12 primary schools from the locality took part in the exercise.

Late last year, the whole world gathered in Copenhagen, Denmark, to critically discuss disturbing climatic changes. Understandably, the countries of the world are in agreement that the way we live and grossly abuse the environment has not only started to adversely affect our lives but is also posing serious and irreparable danger to future generations.