FOLLOWING the arrest, last week, of the owner of a Lagos-based hospital, Doctor Babawale Joshua for allegedly mutilating the corpse of a 13-month-old baby boy in his hospital, a 37-year- old woman identified as Cordelia Ifechukwude, has alleged that she suffered similar fate at the medical centre.

A popular saying has it that where two elephants fight, the grass suffers. This aptly describes the present state of Imowo-nla community in Ikorodu area of Lagos State where the land owners popularly called Omo-Oniles have taken the law into their hands, threatening the peace of this ancient community in the process.

I get sick to the pit of my stomach when I hear what Nigerians do in the name of religion,” said Mercy in the Oshodi-bound commuter bus as a radio presenter narrated how a couple was arrested for defrauding a man of over $13,000 and N500,000 in the name of delivering him from evil spirits. “This is sheer madness.”

A LAGOS based Legal firm, Abayomi Iyasele & Associates has petitioned the Inspector- General of Police, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar, over alleged fraud by an estate agent (names withheld) who allegedly swindled a United States based firm the sum of N4, 499,00.00.

THE last may not have been heard on the gruesome murder of Johnson Idima Ukariwe, 44, at Obigbo, a crime currently being investigated by the Rivers State Criminal Investigations Department, CID, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The deceased lived with his adopted half brother, Innocent Ebi Ukariwe, 58, his wife, Nnenna, and their children at No. 4, Umusawyer Street, Obigbo.

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THE notoriety synonymous with Oshodi and environs is gradually returning, as street urchins and social miscreants, popularly known as “Area Boys,” have returned en-masse, terrorizing and robbing passers-by and fund seekers at the recreation park, opposite the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, headquarters.

The United Nation (UN) Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, has stressed the need to conserving arid lands, saying Nigeria can protect essential water supplies, promote food and nutrition security, and reduce extreme poverty.

He is a young, energetic and multi tasking MD of an enviable P.R firm that won the Sabre Awards for African consultancy firm in 2012. He is however, inspired by doing what he loves to do best which is Public Relations. In order to discover himself, he sojourned into diverse fields that ranged from banking to presentation of programmes in broadcasting and then public relations, which gave him the window of opportunity to work with the team that produced the winning campaign strategy for former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo and his running mate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in 2002. In this interview, he speaks on how his thirst for self discovery gave his career a boost. Excerpts.

Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State recently had an interactive session with media men in the State where he spoke on various issues nagging the polity.Peter Duru was there and reports Excerpts:

Cultists unleashed terror in Benin-City, Edo State last week. Some persons were killed in the process creating fear in the minds of residents. Apart from the activities of the cultists, armed robbers, kidnappers and rapists struck in the state capital but luck ran out on them when a team of mobile policemen arrested them.