COMMERCIAL motorcycle is no doubt a faster means of transportation than vehicles especially in areas where gridlock is a common phenomenon. Due to their small sizes, they meander and find their ways where vehicles are stuck. As it is in other cities across the country, they seem to outnumber vehicles in Oyo State especially in Ibadan metropolis. They operate under the auspices of Amalgamated Commercial Motorcycle Owners and Riders Association of Nigeria (ACOMORAN).

JUST like several other suburbs in Lagos State, the Olateju Street, in Mushin area state, has become an unusual sight to behold own to the stench oozing from several propitiations (called Ebo in Yoruba language), that greets every visitor to the community.

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has disclosed that it had completed airlifting a total of 76, 000 Nigerian pilgrims who participated in this year holy pilgrimage to Makkah and Madinah back to the country.

WHAT does corruption look like? The short answer is: not what you think it does, at least according to President Goodluck Jonathan who while recently “rethinking corruption” said that: “Over 70% of what are called corruption [offences], even by the EFCC [Economic and Financial Crimes Commission] and other anti-corruption agencies, is not corruption, but common stealing.”

By Onozure Dania CHIEF Bolaji Ayorinde (SAN) was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1986 after obtaining a  degree in law at the University College, Buckland, London.  He was elevated to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria in 2005. He was Pro-Chancellor, Chairman Governing Council, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State between […]