…As stakeholders seek refuge in Civil Defence By Bose Adebayo They often start their beat around twelve in the night. Some of them are armed with locally made guns while others, supposedly in a bid to fortify themselves, decorate their bodies with all manner of charms.

By Ebele Orakpo & Bose Adebayo Economic activitises were practically grounded in Lagos Wednesday as many offices in the burstling mega city were virtually empty as a result of the heavy downpour that started at about 5.00am in most parts of the state.  Most of the roads were flooded, thus hindering both human and vehicular […]

By Bose Adebayo UNTIL recently, Oshodi was always in the news for the wrong reasons. Its popularity derives from the fact that it is that part of Lagos that is commercially active 24 hours a day,  attracting a large turn out of people on daily basis obviously on account of its  strategic location which makes […]

By Bose Adebayo & Kingsley Adegboye SOME weeks ago, it was one of several potholes which punctuate the entire stretch of the usually traffic-busy Oshodi-Apapa Expressway.

By Bose Adebayo & Fredrick Okopie When the downpour started in the early hours of Thursday, commuters and motorists at the ever-busy Apapa/Oshodi Expressway were prepared for the usual gridlock as such downpour had always resulted in the road being flooded. True to their fear, this was exactly what happened. But then they also underestimated […]