Kidnappers are on rampage in Delta State in spite of the law passed by the state House of Assembly making the unwholwsome act punishable by death without an option of fine. Rather than serve as a deterrence, the Act sponsored by Dan Mayuku seem to have encouraged the abductors

Just when everybody thought that ethno-religious crisis in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State had become a thing of the past, the sleeping dog in the area was once again roused when persons suspected to be Fulani herds men launched an attack in the early hours of Thursday morning last week. The attackers were said to be on a revenge mission.

For 20 years, Yusuf N. Shonga was blind. And for 20 years, he never gave up seeking cure, although at some point he almost gave up hope but he might ever see again. In came the Kwara State Community Health Insurance Scheme.

It is just 12 noon but almost every available space at the Iddo railway terminus in Lagos has already been taken up by commuters waiting for train for their return home. Departure time is 4.15 pm, some four hours away.

Atan cemetery, a shouting distance from the University of Lagos is wearing a new look. And more is coming to make it a “beautiful abode of the departed,” according to Mr. Jude Aisuebeogun, Director-General of Cemetery’s management committee.