MR. Emeka Nwokeke is a driver with Chisco, a popular transport company that has buses plying different parts of the country. Emeka left Lagos about 7p.m. penultimate Friday en route Port-Harcourt. Unfortunately, he ran into a traffic gridlock at Ore and by 12.30 pm the next day, Emeka who was totally worn out was still trying to manouvre his way out of the jam which he attributed to bad spots along the expressway, the illegal parking of trailers on both sides of the expressway and the recklessness of drivers.

Mr. Frank Nneji is the managing director of ABC Transport Plc. He recently withdrew his luxury bus from plying some parts of the country, citing the poor state of roads in the affected areas. In this interview, Mr. Nneji calls for increased funding for the road sector. Excerpts LET’S look at the Lagos-Benin highway. Many […]

By Chukwuma Nwakanma Id-El-Kabir is the festival  that  marks the end of Hajj, the holy pilgrimage to Mecca, one of the five pillars of Islam. It is traditionally celebrated by Moslems around the world with the slaughtering of domestic animals, especially rams, in commemoration of Prophet Ibrahim’s submission to the will of Allah. Traditionally, the […]

By Sam Eyoboka IT was a comedy of some sort as mairuwa (commercial water vendors) busied themselves trying to satisfy the water needs of the residents of the expansive barracks allocated to a detachment of anti-riot policemen, MOPOL 20, in the Lagos State Command. The water vendors were pushing locally made trucks carrying different colours […]

Many of them would rather pay N20 transport to Ikotun and its environs, where power supply is better, for their hairdo. We have not realised one tenth of the amount invested to open this shop and the year is almost running to an end. We end up running the business at a loss,” she complained with bitterness.