Dialogue and engagement have been the panacea prescribed for peace by most commentators on the protracted crisis in Plateau State. While there are those who assert that series of dialogues over the years have not achieved much because they fail to address the crux of the matter, peace and conflict management experts insist that dialogue must continue even if the results are not immediately evident.

Gabriel Danson Bassey, 26, an indigene of Ikot Ekwere Ubium, Nsit Ubium Local Government Area was a professional welder and lived at No 33 Akpa Ube Street, Uyo. On August 9, 2011, the young man felt he deserved some rest and fun, and so went out to relax with some friends at a joint in Uyo.

The re-elected chairman of Ejigbo Local Council Development Area, Lagos state, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan has stressed the importance of prayer in every area of endeavour, saying it is the key to success of any government.

Mushin, one of the thickly populated and highly commercialised communities in Lagos, is often in the news, in most cases for the wrong reasons. This is because it is said to be notorious for harbouring crime and criminals, apart from it being prone to frequent outbreak of violence.

Days after the Nasco Building located at No. 29 Burma Street, Apapa, in Apapa Local Government Area, Lagos was gutted by fire, speculations remain rife as to the actual cause of the inferno which destroyed properties and documents worth billions of naira.