Almost three years after the kidnapping of their breadwinner, the Odoki family of Ekeki in Yenagoa local government area of Bayelsa State is still crying for justice.Mr. Sylvanus Odoki, a staff of Nigerian Agip Oil Company OB/OB Gas Plant, Omoku, Rivers State, had, on December 3, 2009, travelled to Owerri, the capital of Imo State, where he was running an M.Sc programme at the Federal University of Technology(FUTO) to sit for exams. His plan, it was learnt, was to rejoin his family at the conclusion of the exams. But this was not to be as he was kidnapped the next day by some persons whose motive has remained mysterious just as his whereabouts.

DELTA State Commissioner for Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Antonia Ashiedu, runs the Institute of Education, ICE, camp created for flood victims. Recently the Camp Commandant shared with Vanguard Metro, VM, an account of how one of the flood displaced persons at the camp almost committed suicide.

The recurring problem of fuel scarcity is one most Nigerians have come to accept as a bad penny or Kobo. Recently, Nigerians endured another round of fuel scarcity which almost crippled economic activities at all levels in the country, with corporate organisations and individuals on the receiving end complaining bitterly as a result.

As part of efforts to maintain discipline and decorum among the rank and file of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, officials, the management of the organization has handed out various punitive measures to some of the staff that were found wanting in the course of duty.

Lagosians call it ban while the government says it is a restriction order of commercial motor-cyles popularly called Okada on 475 roads in Lagos State.