In 1976, thousands of Black school children took to the streets of Soweto, South Africa, in a march more than half a mile long. They protested the inferior quality of their education and demanded their right to be taught in their own languages.

DESPITE repeated warnings by the Federal Government that construction of buildings in the country should be done according to standard, records of building collapse have remained on the increase. In Ebonyi State, no fewer than 21 persons last week escaped death by whiskers when a two-storey building under construction collapsed.

“As you can see the entire place is peaceful, no insecurity, no violence, nobody was killed, people are going about their normal businesses. The rumour making the rounds that hoodlums have taken over Isheri-Olofin is unfounded and baseless, it is the handiwork of mischievous people in the community.

How often do you buy edible items on the road side, especially around some popular markets like Agege, Ketu, Ojota, Mushin and Iyana-Ipaja, all in Lagos State? If you have been doing this on a regular basis, chances are that you have been spending good money on expired or substandard products from some dump sites in the State, especially from the Olusosun landfill in Oregun.

LAGOS State Government has insisted that it will not pay the N7million judgment granted against it in favour of a Nigerien, Malam Maman Keita.