Sitting on a mattress, under a mango tree on the land that used to accommodate their house, Sunday Solomon, a teenager, watched over what the family could salvage. Clutching the remote control to their television set, he gazed at the rubbles of their demolished house with the hope that the hand of the clock could be turned back.

August 1, 2013 is a day that traders at the popular Old Market Road, Odoakpu in Onitsha, Anambra State would not forget in a hurry. Commercial activities had peaked for the day when suddenly, stern looking policemen invaded the market.

Hopes that failed road linking Ago Palace way and Amuwo Odofin will get the attention of Lagos State government during this dry season has evaporated as the Chinese Construction firm working on the site has pulled out their equipments.

The 2013 edition of the Rivers State-owned international carnival, CARNIRIV, formally kicked off on Sunday with the children’s version of the carnival called Kids’ Carnival. The kids used the occasion to call for the entrenchment of a culture of environment preservation to engender sustainable national growth.

Succour has finally come the way of women and children of crisis-ravaged Agatu, Guma, Gwer West local government areas of Benue State who had been abandoned in resettlement and refuge camps across the three affected areas. Hitherto, the affected persons had been abandoned to their fate without proper care and adequate healthcare.

By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Lagos Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, has signed a memorandum of understanding, MoU, with Alkem Nigeria Limited, a private company involved in PET bottles recycling. Speaking at the signing of the pact in Lagos, the Managing Director of LAWMA, Mr.Ola Oresanya, said that the MoU signing signified the formalisation of partnership between […]

The Ebonyi State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC recorded a major breakthrough in its operations last week, when a two-year old girl, Gift Adaobi who was allegedly sold by her grandmother (names withheld) was rescued alive. The rescue followed the arrest of four persons suspected to be involved in human trafficking at Nkor junction near Nwenzenyi in the Izzi Local Government Area of the state.

The Lagos Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, has signed a memorandum of understanding, MoU, with Alkem Nigeria Limited, a private company involved in PET bottles recycling. Speaking at the signing of the pact in Lagos, the Managing Director of LAWMA, Mr.Ola Oresanya, said that the MoU signing signified the formalisation of partnership between the authority and […]

The traffic log jam was unnecessary. It stretched to a combined 50-kilometre of roads: From Igando to Ikotun and to Iyana–Ipaja. And the death could have been avoided if necessary tools were available. Unfortunately, we are in a society where government’s effect is felt only before and during elections.

IT has been a recurring decimal of unrest at Ayetoro-Ibudo, by Itele, Ado-Odo Ota local government of Ogun State leading to the destruction of properties worth millions of Naira and many lives lost. Also, many residents were rendered homeless while others were forced into exile.