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Lagos declares zero tolerance for pot-holes

Lagos declares zero tolerance for pot-holes

The Lagos State Government, through the State Public Works Corporation, LSPWC, has commenced rehabilitation of some deplorable roads, as part of the ongoing “operation fix all potholes” in the state.

INCREDIBLE: No road to Nigeria’s first oil/gas poly

INCREDIBLE: No road to Nigeria’s first oil/gas poly

EKOWE—THE Federal Government brilliantly conceived and built the country’s first oil and gas polytechnic, the Federal Polytechnic at Ekowe riverine community in Bayelsa State, in 2009, but the citadel of learning cannot be accessed by road, making it impossible for parents/guardians to send their children/wards to the school.

‘Our cruel fate!’: Road sweepers recount their tales of woe

‘Our cruel fate!’: Road sweepers recount their tales of woe

It is something that goes on daily but not many road users notice as long as the road is clean and free for them to ply. Not many take into cognisance the presence of the forlorn women, some with kids strapped to their back, sweeping, collecting debris and singing their jeremiads away.

How oil firm causes annual flooding in Rivers community

How oil firm causes annual flooding in Rivers community

We’ve been living as nomads for 30 years, Aggah villagers cry out By Davies Iheamnachor AGGAH—PRIOR to the arrival of Nigerian Agip Oil Company, NAOC Plc , in  the rural Aggah clan in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area, Rivers State, in the 60s to carry out oil exploration activities, the people, largely farmers and fishermen, lived […]