…*Help came late, aunt laments *…6,000 victims cry for help
The rains lasted only a quarter of an hour but the devastating effects reverberated in virtually all the villages of Boki, located some four hundred kilometers away from Calabar, the Cross River State capital.

The slow pace of work on the reconstruction of Ayobo-Ipaja Road project, awarded by Lagos State to Plycon Construction Company, an indigenous construction firm, has become a source of worry to road users and residents of Ayobo and Igbo-Ilogbo, in Ipaja-Ayobo Local Council Development Area, LCDA. The road links over 10 communities in the area in Alimosho Local Government Area.

Going by a report of the United Nations Children Fund, Nigeria is among the 24 countries with large number of undernourished children in the world. Inadequate nutrition in childhood undermines the ability of individuals to develop their full capabilities. Lack of essential minerals like iodine and iron can impair brain development.

For Mrs. Anna Ukatta,widow of late Andrew Onwuebuibo Ukatta of Amizi in Ikwuano council of Abia State, who was murdered in cold blood in his farm on January, 10, 2013, life can never be the same again.

Now that the annual Children’s Day celebration has come and gone,the question of what happens to the average Nigerian child after that one day jamboree?, still lingers in the hearts of concerned parents and education stake holders.
As a matter of fact, it appears that the Nigerian child is only celebrated once in a year, May 27.

He is a selfless, determined, young on-air personality with a difference. He is devoid of pride and superiority over the younger ones, the have-nots and he considers it a duty to assist the needy. From different roles as a radio presenter in Kano State to establishing African Focus for Youth Development (AFFYD), a non governmental […]

Detectives from the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Yaba, Lagos, have charged a 44- year-old petroleum dealer before an Ebute-Metta Chief Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, on a two- count charge of stealing a trailer load of diesel and issuing of dud cheque.

Making the confession recently in Lagos, at the state Police Command, the Port Harcourt-based woman, who had been in the business for over a year, confessed to having helped women deliver countless number of children through a very questionable method. This she does after she is been paid between N1,500,000 to N3,000,000, depending on the sex and number of babies her clients requests for.

It was one Hamas activist, Muhammad Abu Wardeh, who was reported to be recruiting terrorists for suicide bombings in Israel more than a decade ago that said: “God would compensate the martyr for sacrificing his life for his land. If you become a martyr, God will give you 70 virgins, 70 wives and everlasting happiness.” All the informed Muslims knew certainly that Wardeh was only shortchanging his recruits.

Operations at five major oil firms in Kirikiri town, Oriade Local Council Development Council Area, LCDA, of Lagos State, were paralysed penultimate Monday and Tuesday when residents protested against the deplorable state of roads in the community and lack of employment opportunities for its youths.