Another Lagos bridge badly vandalised as Sanwo-Olu allays safety concerns
Another bridge in Lagos has allegedly been vandalised, with a section of the concrete protection of an overhead bridge around Mile 12 reportedly excavated to expose reinforced iron rods, raising fresh concerns over the safety of critical public infrastructure in the state.
Our leaders lack the will to change things, says Peter Osugo
Chief Peter Osugo is a respected veteran journalist around. He was Sports Editor in the Daily Times and later became Editor of the Sunday Times. The 81-year-old Delta State-born journalist spoke to BASHIR ADEFAKA in Lagos, recently. Excerpts:
The Lame /Onovo face-off
The story with its accompanying photographs were not only shocking but gory. It detailed how 19 passengers aboard a luxury bus from Enugu to Lagos were crushed to death on the Ijebu-Ode/Shagamu Expressway in the second week of February, 2010. Emotions were high. Nigerians condemned the incident.
HIV/AIDS test: Lawmakers say it’s necessary for long life
Their response seem to imply that their lives and survival depended on it. But unlike what obtains presently in Nigeria, members of the Lagos State House of Assembly surprisingly demonstrated the imperative of subjecting themselves to an HIV/AIDS test instead of shying away from it as many are wont. This they did during a one-day free HIV counseling and testing services organised by the Lagos State AIDS Control Agency, LSACA which took place at the Assembly complex.
Goodluck, leave politics, face the people
I do not envy acting President Goodluck Jonathan. The politics swirling around him at the moment is a vicious one. Nobody is willing to risk vesting him with full Executive powers. The Yar’Adua cabal (as the Information Minister called them) is keen to keep the President in the picture as both a check on the acting President and also to safeguard their own jobs and political influence. The North is keen to keep the President in the picture to prevent Goodluck from growing political ambitions for 2011 since Nigeria has not yet seen a situation where the incumbent failed to get the party ticket.
The SAN’s PULPIT: Constitutional saga: Fit for the home video?
Sometime last week, someone, somewhere, decided to bring back our dear and beloved President to his fatherland in circumstances that have triggered further debate as to our ability to manage our affairs as ordered by the extant Constitution. Lest we forget, our President whose movement ordinarily, ought to be accompanied by a dignified measure of pomp and pageantry was brought through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, in the dead of night.
