Residents of Owerri metropolis cannot forget in a hurry, May 11, 2014. It was the day they were thrown into panic as news of the alleged escape of a hungry, deadly lion from the Nekede Zoological Garden swept across the state. It was not very clear how it all started or what made the whistle blower to raise the alarm, but all the same the confusion that followed was palpable.

Just when everybody thought that the spate of bomb attacks in the North-East part of the country was gradually fizzling out, residents of Jos in Plateau State were once again rattled by two fresh bomb attacks in less than a week. In the first incident which happened on the May 20, 2014, two bombs exploded one after the other at a business-busy area packed with commuters and traders, leaving at least 118 people dead.

LAGOS residents, last Tuesday, expressed concern over the sudden presence of unknown group dressed in grey and black uniform, who took over traffic control on major highways in Lagos, particularly, Old Toll Gate end, along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. It was gathered that the new traffic management outfit was created as a support team for men of […]

SEVENTY-TWO hours after Jos, the Plateau State capital, experienced twin blasts which left about 100 dead and several injured persons still lying critically ill in hospitals, another explosion occurred at the Bauchi road axis of the town at about 9pm on Saturday. This time, the target was a viewing centre where about 300 youths were watching the European Champions League final.

Two years ago, the media was awash with stories on the gruesome murder of 25-year-old Cynthia Osokogu, daughter of a retired general, inside a hotel room in Amuwo Odofin local government area of Lagos State by friends she met on the facebook social network.