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At last, 10-lane Lagos-Badagry expansion project unveiled

At last, 10-lane Lagos-Badagry expansion project unveiled

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Barring any unforseen development, work will soon commence on the planned expansion of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway which has generated mixed reactions from the public. Since the plan was first mooted and brought to public attention through the media, many have wondered whether it would ever see the light of day. The common […]

For wild polio, it’s back again at wargate

For wild polio, it’s back again at wargate

By Chioma Obinna The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, last week flagged -off another round of the Sub-National Immunization Plus Days (SNIDs) at Ikota Primary School, Lekki Expressway, Eti-Osa Local Government Area of the state with a pledge to seriously address the various challenges beseting immunization activities in the state. The prevailing situation has left […]

Day Area Boys became ‘graduates’

Day Area Boys became ‘graduates’

By Olasunkanmi Akoni & Monsur Olowopejo For  45 miscreants popularly called “Area Boys”, June 25, 2009 was a day they became ‘re-branded’ with a new lease of life. They can now boast of becoming graduates and several days after they are still basking in the euphoria of having at last  shed their unenviable status as […]

Keke Marwa : The three-wheeler terror on the road

Keke Marwa : The three-wheeler terror on the road

By Albert Akpor WHEN  tricycles, popularly called Keke  Marwa were introduced into the city of Lagos by the military administration of Colonel Buba Marwa (rtd) many saw it as the military administrator’s way of placating the masses and mitigating their impoverishment at the time. This presumably explains why the  introduction of the tricycles was widely […]