By Evelyn Usman December 9, 2013 will forever remain indelible in the memory of  54-year-old Jonathan Ogidi-Nwankwo, who  returned  to the country after 26 years  stay in The Netherlands.  This  followed his  abduction by some   suspected  policemen in  an eatery around Lekki at gun point. The Abia State indigene  was said to have been driven […]

How can a governor collect up to one billion naira (minimum is half a billion) monthly? It is scandalous and they don’t account for it; that is why it is so convenient for them; you cannot probe them. That should be expunged from the Constitution. The police is there to protect them, I don’t know what security vote they need. I don’t know who put that thing in the Constitution and they are capitalizing on it and just scooping up the entire money and taking home.

There is a saying in the Bible that: “Show me a man diligent in his work, for he shall eat with kings”. That was the case of Omeyiola Ayomikun Eunice, a 10-year-old primary six school girl, who was presented with, ‘Ambassador for Peace’ Award, at the just concluded Centenary Award in Abuja, for her creativity and distinctive paintings captioned: “Peace in the midst of the storm” and , “United we stand”.

In terms of crime, Ogun State could be compared with Lagos State because of proximity to the borders and other countries. In fact, police authorities go extra length in making a choice of their officers that man these states. Today, Ogun, just like Lagos State, can boast of a capable hand as their Police helmsman. The Commissioner of Police, Ikemefuna Okoye, has, arguably, done well and can say, the state is ‘a no-go-area’ for criminals.

As part of efforts to reduce to the barest minimum various boat mishaps in Lagos, Governor Babatunde Fashola, recently, flagged off the state’s Water Transport Safety Awareness Programme with distribution of 2,000 life jackets to operators in the water transportation sector.