Court orders forfeiture of N4.6bn jewellery, exotic cars linked to Achimugu
An Abuja High Court sitting in Apo has ordered the final forfeiture of assets valued at billions of naira linked to businesswoman, Ms Aisha Achimugu, to the Federal Government. The forfeited assets include jewellery worth N4.645 billion, 11 exotic vehicles valued at N4.293 billion, $50,000 cash, and N30 million cash. Justice Jude Onwugbuzie granted the […]
Oil pollution: Community cries out for help
By Olasunkanmi Akoni, Gbenga Ashamu & Monsur Olowopejo BARUWA, a suburb of Lagos is not an oil-producing community just as Lagos is not classified as an oil-producing state. So, ordinarily there is no reason why the community should suffer the ravages of oil pollution or be embroiled in oil-related crisis. Indeed before 1994, life in […]
Sacked by flood : Lagos Island residents send SOS to govt
MANY innocent lives have been lost to recurring incidents of building collapse in Lagos. The most recent one took place last Sunday at No121 Ladipo Road, Mushin
Life in wheelchair: Our travails, our challenges
Our challenges are numerous as an association that sees to the welfare of persons with disability, especially the spinal cord injured ones
When Mormon hands helped to keep Lagos clean
If you have visited the Ikeja General Hospital lately, you would have noticed a blocked drainage that could only have been a breeding place for mosquitoes
NURTW, commuters relive anguish on bad roads
***As Fashola flags off Bus Franchise Scheme for Iyana-Ipaja-Maryland By Olasunkanmi Akoni & Monsur Olowopejo For long they bore their suffering in silence, as they daily contended with most of the bad roads across the Lagos metropolis which had become increasingly dangerous and unsafe over the years. But now they no longer think that silence […]
Zebra crossings of danger
By Lamidi Bamidele ONEÂ of the common features of the road construction and rehabilitation efforts of the present Lagos State government is the introduction of road signs, including zebra crossings to aid the flow of both vehicular and human traffics.
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. […]
