They christened their pressure group the Niger Delta Youth Forum and also delight in describing it as a non-violent forum preaching and advocating for justice and equality, as well as canvassing for unity and moral values among youths of the region.

Traffic jams and the frustration they engender are not new to anyone in Lagos. But the situation was quite terrible for motorists, commuters and other road users on the Mile Two-cum-Berger end of the Oshodi – Apapa expressway on Tuesday.

NNAMDI Nwankwo, a 39-year-old Igbo trader at Ladipo Market in Mushin Lagos, would definitely not forget the trauma that he suffered on his way back from the village, where he had gone to celebrate the Christmas with his family. He left his Idi-Oro residence for his village at Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State last December.

Residents of Sango Ado-Odo Ota have cried out to government for assistance over their condition of living. They claim to have been living uncomfortably for six months due to no electricity , bad road and unavailable pipe-borne water in the area.

Almost immediately the South East Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universties, ASUU, called off its strike that lasted for about six months, full academic activities had resumed at the Abia State University Uturu with both the staff and students working in earnestly to make up for lost time. Students had hastily trooped back to the school with great joy and expectation on hearing that the school had reopened.