With her ten-month-old baby strapped to her back and holding firmly to her three-year-old son, Mrs. Oladosu Anike, a resident of Egan waited anxiously at Iyana-Iba to board a vehicle to take her home. Time was 6pm but she was not to get home until 12 midnight due to the gridlock on this road. “It is not an easy task trekking a long distance after the day’s work but what can we do since this is usually the situation on Lagos roads,” she said resignedly.

The people of Enugu North Senatorial Zone in Enugu State otherwise called Nsukka Zone were recently devastated by the news of the sudden death of two prominent sons of the area. To the people, the demise of the two illustrious sons was tragic because it was least expected at this time when their contributions were highly needed both in politics, economy and the on-going agitation for the creation of Adada State from the present Enugu State.

“It is a goal!” the excited crowd shouted in unison following Nigeria’s goal against Greece in the on-going World Cup in South Africa. There was back-slapping, shaking of hands and holding of shoulders as the patriotic spirit in the crowd gathered at one of the Peace Football Viewing Centres established by the Military Special Task Force maintaining security in the troubled Plateau State capital took over. Like the typical setting in a stadium people momentarily forgot the tension and suspicion that had polarized the city along religious and ethnic lines for some time now to watch and enjoy football.

Locating number 5 Folorunsho Street in Oworonsoki area of Lagos did not come easy as those asked for direction around Iyana-Oworo feigned ignorance of the area by simply shrugging their shoulders, while others who deigned to render assistance merely misdirected this reporter.

For long motorists and commuters complained bitterly, albeit impotently, about the many pot-holes that dotted almost every stretch of some roads in Port Harcourt metropolis and environs. Observers attributed the development to the upsurge in the number of cars plying the roads following a sharp rise in population then. With this, road congestion suddenly became a regular feature leading, in experts’ estimation, to the sudden collapse of road infrastructure.