NNAMDI Nwankwo, a 39-year-old Igbo trader at Ladipo Market in Mushin Lagos, would definitely not forget the trauma that he suffered on his way back from the village, where he had gone to celebrate the Christmas with his family. He left his Idi-Oro residence for his village at Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State last December.

Residents of Sango Ado-Odo Ota have cried out to government for assistance over their condition of living. They claim to have been living uncomfortably for six months due to no electricity , bad road and unavailable pipe-borne water in the area.

Almost immediately the South East Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universties, ASUU, called off its strike that lasted for about six months, full academic activities had resumed at the Abia State University Uturu with both the staff and students working in earnestly to make up for lost time. Students had hastily trooped back to the school with great joy and expectation on hearing that the school had reopened.

Abuja, the Federal Capital city, prides itself as the fastest growing city in the world. Moreso, the administrators of the capital city relish the nickname, Green City, borne by the city of Abuja.

Bayelsa State which prided itself as the “Oasis of Peace” in the Niger Delta in the aftermath of the restoration of the peace to the state following the Federal Government amnesty programme is gradually drifting towards its dark past as the 2011 general elections draws closer.