Hardship: Northerners turn to cargo trucks for cheaper journeys despite risks
For the young man, reaching Lagos came before deciding what to do there. He was travelling in search of greener pastures, hoping that being in the city would bring opportunities
Reign of confusion in banks over accounts update
As you read this piece, thAs yurbed and confused. Many are still struggling to beat the deadline of updating their accounts in various banks across the country, while others are jostling at different Glo or MTN centres to beat the deadline of registering their lines.
Cry of a cleric to save hospital
The coming of Christianity to Igboland has severally been hailed by commentators for the positive changes it brought into the communities. Christian missionaries established schools, hospitals, orphanages and other facilities that helped to improve the well being of the people.
Succour at last for widows of Air Force C-130 plane crash victims
Friday September 26, 2010 made it exactly 18 years after the death of military officers in the C-130 plane crash on September 26, 1992. That air crash at Ejigbo, Lagos shook Nigeria to its foundation as all the passengers died, with 173 bodies found later and 27 missing.
Makoko: Tales of tears and blood over eviction
WITH memories of the forceful eviction of Maroko residents 20 years ago by the then Colonel Raji Rasaki military administration still fresh in the minds of many people, a similar episode was re-enacted last week with residents of Adekunle, Makoko, Yaba area on the receiving end.
Communities now to manage their waste in Lagos
The waste to wealth programme, it will be recalled was launched in August 1999 by the former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, with the core objective of harnessing a new line of economic activities and wooing interested investors through the provision of enabling environment for management of resources, protection of the environment through re-use and re-distribution of discarded materials.
