Mile 2-Apapa highway gridlock: Police, LASTMA, FRSC, others helpless
RESIDENTS, motorists and business owners along the Berger/Kirikiri corridor, yesterday, blamed the worsening traffic congestion on the Mile 2-Apapa expressway on the proliferation of container terminals in the area, saying the facilities have become the major source of the persistent gridlock.
Fear, identity crisis rule market…As leaders threaten traders with juju
For many years, Binukonu Market in Ogudu Road, Ojota of Kosofe Local Government of Lagos State was notable for cheap farm produce like pepper, vegetables, beef and all other cooking items. Patronised by low-income earners, trading usually took place in seedy, make-shift stall
Jonathan speaks to Nigerians on polls
I address you today on the rescheduled 2011 General Elections which are now to commence across Nigeria on Saturday April, 9, 2011.
MAARDEC boss donates wheel chair to physically challenged persons
The President of Mobility Aid and Appliances Research and Development Centre, MAARDEC, Mr Cosmos Okoli has donated wheel chairs to some physically challenged persons in the Amuwo-Odofin area of Lagos State
Doomsday for suspected GSM cable thieves
An end may be in sight to the perennial network problems encountered by Global System Mobile Communication (GSM) subscribers in the Lagos area, going by the recent clamp down on members of a syndicate which specialised in vandalising and removing GSM masts and their batteries
With operators like these, water transport is a hazardous experience
In many parts of the country, there is increasing patronage for water transport as an escape option in traffic gridlock-prone areas. This is the case in Lagos where many residents now find solace in this means of transportation to make up for the constant loss of man hours often associated with road transportation.
