Lamentations of displaced Onitsha Main Market traders
…Some spaces for demolished shops now serve as car parks, refuse dump site By Chimaobi Nwaiwu FEW months ago, precisely on March 1, 2026, the Anambra State Government moved in with bulldozers to demolish some shops at the popular Onitsha Main Market. The government claimed the shops were illegal, that they were not authorised to […]
For 40 street girls, hope cometh at last
They are 40 in number, all girls, and recruited from varying backgrounds and they include orphans, street girls and exploited females from various places.
Badagry-Lagos, it’s one hell of a trip
By Fredrick Okopie ITÂ was a journey that was estimated to last 30 minutes, all things being equal. But as far as travelling from the ancient town of Badagry to the bus terminal at Mile 2 is concerned things can never be equal in that context. That is why no one raises an eyebrow these […]
Oshodi: The return of chaos?
By Bose Adebayo If you have an appointment and would want to be punctual in keeping it, then it is important you give Oshodi a wide berth no matter what short-cut option it offers you. Reason? The area is fast returning to its better forgotten notoriety as an enclave of confusion in Lagos. The free […]
Clearing 15 years of infrastructural mess
By Olasunkanmi Akoni & Monsur Olowopejo Governor Babatunde Fashola of    Lagos recently marked his 800th day in the saddle of leadership and affirmed that the responsibility of his administration and the present generation is simply to provide the platform and environment that will unleash the power and potential of the Lagos, especially the Nigerian youth. […]
From Dubai with a big dream
THEY went and could not help but marvel at what they saw; so impressed were they that they felt it would not be a bad idea to replicate same at home . The team of Lagos State Government officials which travelled to Dubai in the United Arab Emirate (UAE) and Singapore have since returned to the country after their two-week sojourn and now seem to be in a hurry to bring their experience to bear in transforming Lagos into another Dubai in terms of infrastructural development.
Fashola’s 800-day fun for youths
By Kingsley Adegboye & Olasunkanmi Akoni CALL it their day of glory, you probably will not be wrong. Afterall it is not everyday one gets to share the limelight with the chief executive of your state, the governor himself. As so while the ceremony lasted, the lucky kids were full of smiles. And who wouldn’t […]
Hell on earth on a Sunday…As residents count their losses in fire disaster
By Fredrick Okopie For Christians, Sunday is a holy day of obligation, a day set aside for special worship of God based on Biblical injunction. As a result Sundays always find Christians of different denonminations converging in their respective places of worship to perform this sacred obligation. But beyond worshipping God, Sunday has also come […]
CONDEMNED TO DARKNESS : Ipaja-Ayobo residents cry out over collapsed electric poles, govt neglect
When the former 20 local government areas in Lagos State were broken into development areas under the tenure of former Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu, many Lagosians sighed with relief thinking this would aid or encourage rapid development.
Airport Road of agony and despair
By Lamidi Bamidele Recently, there was a lot of outcry over the deplorable state of the Apapa-Oshodi expressway that leads to the major seaports in Apapa and Tin-Can Island. The outcry heightened especially during the peak of the current rainy season when several sections of the road collapsed on account of flooding, consequently creating traffic […]
In Cross River, it’s boom time for pregnant women, children
In the past, the health sector in Cross River State frequently features in the news for the wrong reasons due to the alarmingly high maternal and infant mortality rates recorded every year.But the good news presently is that the State government has decided to take the bull by the horns in stemming the unfortunate trend. […]
