Although Saturday, May 29, was observed as environmental sanitation day in Lagos, most residents of Orile Iganmu defied the restriction of movement order to observe the final demolition of the pedestrian bridge at Orile Bus-stop on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.

For little Nkamere Precious, Opayemi Toluwani, Ebuka Uba, Umoh Uwana and Miss Ngozi Ogudu, the 2010 Children’s Day will ever be remembered for the impact it is going to make in their lives. It was the day they were rewarded for their outstanding performance and achievements for the year with a minimum of between 10 As and 14 As out of 12 to 16 subjects they sat for in their various schools.

For residents and road users around the old Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State, it has been six months of traumatic traffic experiences, no thanks to the snail pace of the ongoing road rehabilitation work awarded by the Lagos State Government to two Nigerian engineering design and construction companies to fast-track development in the area.

Students and teachers were not left out as many of them usually trekked several kilometres to get to school. The good news is that this unfortunate situation is now a thing of the past following a recent philanthropic intervention that has transformed the community.

IT IS certainly a tragedy shrouded in mystery. For how else can one describe the difficult-to-explain death of three men inside a six-feet deep soak-away tank in Garriki Area of Enugu in Enugu South Local Government Area last weekend.

Little Ayomide Coker had wished to become a medical doctor until her vision was rudely terminated by the untimely death of both her parents in a ghastly motor accident. She ended up with an aunt who rather than send her to school, gave her out as a house help to one of her friends who lives in Lagos.

At the grand finale held at the Blue Roof Auditorium of the LTV 8 premises, Agindigbi, Ikeja, their joy and expectations heightened as Governor Babatunde Fashola dropped hints of special goodies for them, saying that his administration was more than ever determined to assist the sector harness its potential and entrepreneurial energy to create wealth and eradicate poverty.

PENULTIMATE Saturday will for long remain indelible in the minds of the expatriate staff of construction giant, Setraco Nigeria Limited. That was the day one of their own was honored by the people of Oporoma in the Southern Ijaw council area of Bayelsa State.

About two weeks ago, there was jubilation at Okota-Itire and its environs when the Okota-Itire overhead bridge was commissioned by the Lagos State governor, Babatunde Fashola. Indeed, most traders and artisans in the area did not transact businesses on that day as they thronged the venue with different placards expressing their appreciation of the good works done by the state government.

IT was a horrifying night on Monday in Awka, the Anambra State capital when seven persons, including a three-month-old baby were crushed to death by a trailer carrying a 40-feet container and heading to the commercial town of Onitsha .