For residents and road users around the old Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State, it has been six months of traumatic traffic experiences, no thanks to the snail pace of the ongoing road rehabilitation work awarded by the Lagos State Government to two Nigerian engineering design and construction companies to fast-track development in the area.

Students and teachers were not left out as many of them usually trekked several kilometres to get to school. The good news is that this unfortunate situation is now a thing of the past following a recent philanthropic intervention that has transformed the community.

IT IS certainly a tragedy shrouded in mystery. For how else can one describe the difficult-to-explain death of three men inside a six-feet deep soak-away tank in Garriki Area of Enugu in Enugu South Local Government Area last weekend.

Little Ayomide Coker had wished to become a medical doctor until her vision was rudely terminated by the untimely death of both her parents in a ghastly motor accident. She ended up with an aunt who rather than send her to school, gave her out as a house help to one of her friends who lives in Lagos.

At the grand finale held at the Blue Roof Auditorium of the LTV 8 premises, Agindigbi, Ikeja, their joy and expectations heightened as Governor Babatunde Fashola dropped hints of special goodies for them, saying that his administration was more than ever determined to assist the sector harness its potential and entrepreneurial energy to create wealth and eradicate poverty.