The traders searched the rubbles to see if there was anything to salvage from the ashes of their former stalls. It was like hoping against hope considering the intensity of the fire which levelled the stalls, but they searched all the same. The pain was palpable from the forlorn look in the eyes of some of the traders and this was understandable. Losing their wares again barely four years after a similar fire which razed the market in the midst of the Jos crisis and having to start from the scratch is not something they wished to experience again. Unfortunately, that is the reality they must face.

The unrestrained incursions of Fulani herdsmen into parts of Benue State of late, has left, in its trail, sorrow, and free flow of tears and blood in the affected communities.

When security operatives attached to the Bayelsa State crime-busting outfit, ‘Doo Akpo’ and other sympathisers rushed to the treacherous Okoso river bank last Saturday night to assist the victims of an ill-fated passenger bus, they discovered an unusual but touching spectacle amidst the horrific crash scene.

THE only black mark to the day’s event occurred when an SSS operative, identified as Mr. Emeka attached to Ebonyi State government House, Abakaliki, attacked and pummelled an Africa Independent Television, AIT, cameraman in the State, Mr. Chineye Sunday, who was then trying to get shots of dignitaries during the event. To the shock of all present, including the dignitaries, the SSS operative allegedly shoved and repeatedly punched the hapless fellow on the face. The development almost ruined the joy of the occasion, but thanks to the comportment and maturity exhibited by the AIT cameraman, this did not happen.

EIGHT days after commencement, Lagos state commercial bus owners and drivers have snubbed the re-certification exercise introduced by the government as the second phase of the Traffic Law signed by Governor Babatunde Fashola on August 2, 2012.