DAYS after, many are yet to come to terms with the recent canoe tragedy in Niger State as the memory of the loss of several lives still rankles.

The Anti-Bomb Unit of the Nigerian Police Force recently graduated 121 officers who completed the basic courses that qualified them as Anti-Bomb Technicians and Investigators at the Traffic Training Wing of the Police College Ikeja – Lagos.

The Anti-Bomb Unit of the Nigerian Police Force recently graduated 121 officers who completed the basic courses that qualified them as Anti-Bomb Technicians and Investigators at the Traffic Training Wing of the Police College Ikeja – Lagos.

CONSIDERING the ravaging phenomenon of get-rich-quick syndrome which has apparently eaten deep into the culture of most Nigerians, especially the youths, one wonders if good Samaritans are still in existence in the country.

September 27, 2013 is a day residents of the sleepy rural community of Umuchima, Ubaha, Okigwe Local Government Area of the state will not forget in a hurry. On this fateful day, a very unusual but deafening noise suddenly rented the air, accompanied by a rare spectacle that threw all and sundry into panic as they scampered into safety. The strange sound was later traced to the family home of a visually-impaired pensioner, Mr. Augustine Eke.

Four years ago, Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) asked occupiers of stalls at Karu market to move out to enable it renovate the market that has unarguably fallen into disrepair , with stall owners and customers alike facing dire environmental challenges.Apart from the perennial flooding that often caused pool of stagnant and odorous water , the sanitation situation got authorities worried about a major epidemic; so, understandably, many people including shop owners and residents who patronize the Karu market, saw reason on the need to renovate the market.

The police on Thursday arraigned a driver, Adewale Adesanya, 40, before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun on a two-count charge of manslaughter and reckless driving.

TRAFFIC snarl on the Lagos-Shagamu-Ore-Benin highway due to death-trap potholes on the ever-busy road, has become a recurring decimal. Under normal circumstances, the journey from Lagos to Benin should be covered in three hours but due to the dilapidated state of the expressway, commuters spend almost the entire day on the road.

I have been in this traffic snarl for several hours. Although Julius Berger is doing a good job on the reconstruction of the Oshodi-Apapa expressway, but the speed at which the construction is going on, is not what I expected. The traffic signs that should inform motorists about diversions are not clearly spelt out and if you are not familiar with the terrain, your will miss your way.

It was a sorry sight to behold as five white caskets containing the lifeless bodies of Madam Grace Nwosu and her daughters were brought into the sleepy rural community of Egbelu Nguru, Ngor Okpalaeke local council area of Imo State for burial.