When the present Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Owerri, Dr. Celestina Njoku, took over in September 2010, as the substantive Rector, the school community jubilated. It was a seeming endless jubilation.

When 39-year-old Anthony Offor walked into Vanguard premises recently, it was almost difficult to know that he was suffering from hearing impairment. His neat appearance and dignified carriage initially did not give the impression that he had come to solicit for assistance. But after a question-and-written- response interview with Vanguard Metro, his mission became clear enough.

Following the perennial traffic congestion across Lagos, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, has reiterated its determination to entrench sanity on Lagos roads by ensuring that every traffic offender is punished in accordance with the law of the land.

ANY one who has seen the high walls of the Port Harcourt prisons would certainly doubt if it is possible to scale over it. But it happened last Sunday.

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State distributed 500 auto-vehicle inspector devices to the Nigeria Police Force, NPF; the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC; Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA and the Vehicle Inspection Units, VIUs, as part of the measure to stem traffic gridlock in the state.