The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos has come out with a damning verdict that policemen of the Lagos command have defeated the intention for which the state’s traffic law was promulgated.

Some victims of April 13, 2014, rainstorm and occupants of defective buildings in Jakande Estate, Oke-Afa, Ejigbo Local Council Development Area, LCDA, are currently at crossroads as the Lagos State Government is yet to disburse relief fund earlier promised the affected people.

TWO years after the technical committee set up by the Federal and Lagos State governments to address issues affecting businesses in Apapa, the regeneration plan is yet to be fully implemented.

Mr. John Egesi is a former director-general, National Maritime Authority (now NIMASA) and President, Nigerian Institute of Shipping (NIS). In this interview, he sheds light on how the peculiarity Nigeria shares with other sub Sahara African countries is both a weakness and a strength.

The House of Representatives has endorsed the 42.5 mpa cement grade as the minimum in the Nigerian market. The House thereby bars the 32.5 grade which the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) had allowed to be produced and sold but limited to plastering jobs only. Following from the House Committee’s surveys and analysis, the 32.5 grade poses greater danger to largely uninformed Nigerians than the 42.5 grade.