On Wednesday, June 23 1993, the Federal Military Government issued a short statement terminating, by fiat, the entire transition programme. The very manner in which the statement was made public indicated a de-liberate intention to insult and ridicule the entire Nigerian people. The statement was undated, unsigned, un-authorised, and made on a plane sheet of paper. But for the fact that it was distributed to the press by the Chief Press Secretary to the Vice-President, it could very well have been issued by the Association for Better Nigeria.

The killing of a 400-level student in the Science Laboratory Technology Department of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Ibrahim Momodu, allegedly by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Ogida Police Station, Mrs Comfort Afegbuai, is causing tension in Benin City.

Fellow Nigerians, I address you today with a deep sense of world history and particularly of the history of our great country. In the aftermath of the recently annulled presidential election, I feel, as I believe you yourself feel, a profound sense of disappointment at the outcome of our last efforts at laying the foundation of a viable democratic system of government in Nigeria .

The recurrent bloodbath in parts of Guma local government area of Benue State has created what looks like the biggest refugee situation in the north central zone of the country.

The once busy Popoola street, Iju- Ishaga in Agege local government area of Lagos State now looks like a ghost town with passersby consciously avoiding a look at the Dana crash site for fear of having flashbacks. Some who buried their emotions came to have a look at the cenotaph unveiled on Monday. Walking into the street, you wouldn’t need a soothsayer to tell you something terrible happened there.

One year after the ill-fated Dana air crash at Iju, Ifako-Ijaye Local Council Development Area, LCDA , Pastor Daniel Omowunmi, the owner and occupant of the site where the crash occurred says the only things he has been enjoying since the incident are neglect, pain and anguish at the hands of both the Lagos State government and the management of Dana airline.

Residents of Ijaniki, a suburb of Lagos State are currently living in fear following incessant cases of armed robbery attacks in the area. The residents said no week passes without news of robbery incident within the area.

The recently unveiled Cenotaph built in honour of 157 Victims of the DANA Plane crash in the densely populated Iju Ishaga area of Lagos State by the Governor Raji Fashola administration has generated positive reactions from a cross section of residents.

He is fondly called “Tattoo boy” or Ik by his friends and fans because of the beautiful artwork which adorns his princely, well built, six-packed frame.He’s not one to be swayed by physical attributes alone because he is a model and actor, events organizer and entrepreneur with interest in several businesses.

…girls sold for N130,000, boys N160,000
What would make a woman get pregnant, go through the nine months pregnancy period, endure the discomforts and pain, only to deliver and sell off her babies? This question was on the lips of all seated during the arraignment of a 29 -year -old woman identified as Ijeoma Okafor, and her alleged accomplices, a couple identified as Prudent Nkechi Eke and Uche Benjamin Nmeribole at the Magistrate’s Court Yaba, recently.