Nigerians by now are used to seeing their youth teams do well at the FIFA under age competitions, most especially the under-17 World Cup, which the Golden Eaglets have won a record four times and finished as runners up at four different occasions.

Relics of normal life in time past are much sought after in sacrificial preparations. Some of these objects and materials, to the uninitiated, are very hard to come by. To the uninitiated, seeing a tortoise could probably be at the zoo, but for those who indulge in sacrificial practices, they know where exactly to go, they know the right market and they know the right people to call on.

THE case in Rivers State in relation to state roads is what many close watchers have termed “over ambition”. The common feeling is that the Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s administration set for itself an overbearing award of road contracts with a slow pace of execution. Why some of the roads have been completed, it is not happy story for most areas.

THE Comrade Adams Oshiomhole led administration in Edo state since its inception on November 12, 2008 has left no one in doubt about its avowed commitment to road construction throughout the three Senatorial zones in the state.

Are the residents, commuters and motorists of Ifoshi axis, in Ejigbo Local Council Development Area of Lagos state doomed to suffering as a result of the on-going road construction in the area, which has lasted several without any tangible word on ground? A few of the residents who spoke to Saturday Vanguard demanded an answer to this poignant question.