The nine states that make up the interventionist constituency of the Niger Delta Development Commission has since last month been taking turns to play host to top officials of the Commission on projects inspection tours of these states. Recently, it was the turn of Imo State that prides itself as the Eastern Heartland. But after a tour that took the NDDC delegation round some project sites, the unequivocal verdict was: Poor job all the way.

In Nigeria, people with physical disabilities are no strangers to challenges bordering on discrimination, loneliness, dependence on people for assistance and victimization. Because they have to depend on the good will of members of the society; they are more often than not viewed as individuals who cannot contribute to national development.

Each time people die, a prayer is said for the soul of the deceased to rest in perfect peace. But sadly, for the family of the late Mr John Enofe Omorodion, a retired military officer, the soul of their father is yet to rest in perfect peace as a result of the mysterious disappearance of the corpse from the mortuary it was deposited on January 9, 2010.

The Lagos metropolis was for many years defined by a skyline of chaos engendered in many cases by uncontrolled erection and mounting of billboards and other advertising signs. Indeed outdoor advertisers appeared from every indication to be in a race against time as they stiffly competed for every available space along most streets and roads in the city.

The villagers who are predominantly farmers had repeatedly made it clear their farms were a no-go-area to grazing cattle as they do not want their farms destroyed. But this has not stopped the Fulani from staking their claim on the land and protecting their cattle from any harm.

International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law Intersociety, yesterday, blamed the high rate of crime in the South-East, particularly kidnappings and robberies, on the failure of the Police in the zone to diligently carry out their duties at check points.

THE Bini monarch, Oba Erediauwa, yesterday, rained curses on kidnappers, armed robbers and people involved in other violent crime in the state, with his chiefs, led by the Iyase (Prime Minister) of Benin Kingdom, Chief Sam Igbe, the Isekhure of Benin Kingdom (Chief Priest of the Kingdom), Chief Nosakhare Isekhure, going round the streets of Benin, proclaiming and laying curses on evil doers in the society.

Life will never be the same for the wife and four children of Aliyu Basarka, a resident of Basarka village in Darazo local government of Bauchi State. This is because the man, aged 30, recently gave up the ghost after he was allegedly brutalized by men of the Nigeria Police Force.

Business activities in Apapa, especially around Warehouse Road from the Apapa roundabout to Wharf Road came to stand-still as early as 7.45am on Monday as electronics, electrical gadgets and musical equipment belonging to Fouani Nigeria Limited, owners of LG electronics franchise went up in flames.

Wednesday was yet another black day for the building industry in Lagos. An uncompleted storey building at Adenike Street, off New market in the popular Oniru Estate, Victoria Island suddenly came crumbling.