When Jeniffer On-yeche,17, left her parents’ abode in Ketu, a suburb of Lagos State, for work a month ago, little did she realise that tragedy was in the offing. Onyeche who just completed her secondary school eduction was reportedly processing her admission into the Lagos State Polytechnic.

When Tayo Ajasa, 34,left his house at about 11pm on August 5, 2013 to find something to eat, little did he envisage the danger that lurked around the corner at the Janet Fagbemi street, scene of the incident.

One of the frequent questions by non-Muslims is why the Prophet married Aisha or more than one wife. This question came from one of our readers after reading the last week’s edition. I therefore chose to treat the issue on this column rather than providing a terse answer in the regular ‘Ask Your Imam’.

The blessed month of Ramadan 1433 AH (2012 CE) has come and gone with mixed feelings. Whenever the month of Ramadan is going to an end the angels, animals, and righteous slaves of Allah would not be happy, because they know many Muslims will stop the good deeds and return to sin. And one of the major causes of this attitude is weakness of iman (faith).

I had cause to speak on the vexed issue of the relocation of some indigenes of Anambra State from Lagos to Onitsha at a private forum in Lagos last weekend. Based on the facts then available to me I condemned the action of the Lagos State Government (LASG) and also blamed Anambra State Government (ANSG) for resorting to letter writing to President Jonathan each time the issue arose instead of confronting the problem frontally. I had also argued that Anambra State Government should have screened the alleged 72 returnees, identify those from Anambra State and rehabilitate them while returning the non-Anambrarians back to the sender.

OFFICIALS of the Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, LASEMA and their federal counterparts in the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, should do well to pay a visit to the Arowojobe Village via Mende-Maryland in order to avert an imminent disaster. This is because residents in this ancient community in Kosofe Local Government of Lagos State are presently facing grave danger on account of the precarious nature of the only bridge linking them to neighbouring communities.

Basically, “Lex non deficere potest in justitia exhibenda”, is Latin legal maxim which implies that the law cannot fail in dispensing justice.

RECENTLY, employers in Nigeria, under the umbrella of Nigeria Employers Consultative Association, NECA, gathered in Lagos, at its 56th Annual General Meeting, AGM, to review socio-economic and political environment in the country in the last one year and as the impact on business operations.

The release of the 2012/2013 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), by the West African Examination Council (WAEC) last week, has once again spotlighted the crisis bedeviling the education sector.

Governor Babatunde Fashola has commended the skills and enterprise of students who engage in traffic trading stating that it takes high level of mental coordination and expertise to trade in the traffic without hazards.