Traders at the Ariaria International Market, Aba, Abia State are currently on war path with the State Market Development Committee, SMDC, over the reconstruction of the market.

A certain Mr Daniel Aransiola who relocated to his home town in Osun State after his retirement from the public service in Lagos got the surprise of his life when he visited the envisaged mega-city last weekend.

The arrest of five youths from Uruebo village, Nkwelle-Ezunaka in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State on Tuesday, March 29, 2016, by men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Awkuzu, Anambra State Police Command and their arraignment before an Nteje Chief Magistrate court on Friday, April 1, 2016 for alleged kidnap have continued to engender palpable tension in the area.

IT was more or less a day of self-appraisal and testimonies for a job well done. In the limelight of this carnival-like event was the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, who came prepared that Thursday to render account of his stewardship to the people of the state.

In a manner of putting the record straight with regards to the role or contribution of the Nigeria Police Force in restoring order and sanity to the traffic jam-plagued Mile 2 to Tin Can axis of the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni, maintained that the Force have been playing a commendable role in ensuring that the persistent traffic gridlock in the area was effectively tackled. In an interview with Vanguard Metro, the Police boss explained that a collaborative Task Force with significant Police input has largely succeeded in unlocking the jam and maintaining the flow of traffic in the area.