The jubilation that heralded the restoration of electricity after three days outage was short lived for residents of No 75, Ikotun Road, Ebedi, about 100 metres away from Isheri-Oshun Police station in the Igando-Ikotun Local Council Development Area.

By Bose Adebayo Since plans by government to deregulate the downstream sector of the oil industry became public knowledge, fuel marketers have intensified efforts in doing what they know how to do best: That is to hoard the product. This accounted for the long queues witnessed in most filling stations at intermittent intervals during the […]

FOUR years ago, the popular televangelist and Senior Pastor of Fountain of Life Church, Bimbo Odukoya died at the prime age of 45 when a Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 she boarded in Abuja crashed in Port Harcourt. The air crash also claimed the lives of 75 pupils, among others. That was on December 10, 2005.

THEY have been perceived as agents of noise pollution. And determined to curb their excesses in this regard, the Lagos State government decided to clamp down on them, especially those found to have erred in terms of failure to comply with relevant laws enacted to check noise pollution in the metropolis.

In every country, women and girls are in most cases vulnerable to violence with its attendant suffering. Such violence undermines development, creates instability and makes peace much harder to achieve. It was in recognition of this that November 25 was set aside as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

The gridlock lasted for about four hours, prompting commuters to trek to their various destinations between Mile Two and Tincan Coconut, while some motorists abandoned their vehicles on the road. As usual it provided an opportunity for commercial bus operators and motorcycle riders to charge extortionist fares as a ride from Apapa to Oshodi suddenly attracted a minimum of N300.

MR. Emeka Nwokeke is a driver with Chisco, a popular transport company that has buses plying different parts of the country. Emeka left Lagos about 7p.m. penultimate Friday en route Port-Harcourt. Unfortunately, he ran into a traffic gridlock at Ore and by 12.30 pm the next day, Emeka who was totally worn out was still trying to manouvre his way out of the jam which he attributed to bad spots along the expressway, the illegal parking of trailers on both sides of the expressway and the recklessness of drivers.

Mr. Frank Nneji is the managing director of ABC Transport Plc. He recently withdrew his luxury bus from plying some parts of the country, citing the poor state of roads in the affected areas. In this interview, Mr. Nneji calls for increased funding for the road sector. Excerpts LET’S look at the Lagos-Benin highway. Many […]

By Chukwuma Nwakanma Id-El-Kabir is the festival  that  marks the end of Hajj, the holy pilgrimage to Mecca, one of the five pillars of Islam. It is traditionally celebrated by Moslems around the world with the slaughtering of domestic animals, especially rams, in commemoration of Prophet Ibrahim’s submission to the will of Allah. Traditionally, the […]

By Sam Eyoboka IT was a comedy of some sort as mairuwa (commercial water vendors) busied themselves trying to satisfy the water needs of the residents of the expansive barracks allocated to a detachment of anti-riot policemen, MOPOL 20, in the Lagos State Command. The water vendors were pushing locally made trucks carrying different colours […]