For residents of Ejigbo, Idimu, Ikotun and other surrounding Lagos communities, the best Christmmas and new year gift their leaders both at federal and state levels can give them is to rehabilitate the dilapidated Ejigbo- Ikotun road.

It was exactly a year ago (on Christmas eve) that bombs rocked parts of Jos, the Plateau State capital sending scores of innocents people to early graves, maiming others and leaving many homeless.

GIVEN that 2011 was an election year, Nigerians welcomed the year with high expectations. Seven days to the end of the year, 2011 no doubt, would remain indelible in the minds of Nigerians on account of series of events, especially political and security matters that kept the citizenry on their toes.

IT is Christmas again and all the cities across Nigeria are bubbling with activities. Already markets have been recording high patronage since Monday, some people have traveled while some are still making last minute preparations to jet out to their various homelands. This mood underscores the unparallel love Nigerians have for Christmas. While some would celebrate without fear, panic is the word for a host of others in some states of the country.

Amidst a flurry of protests and counter protests, traffic gridlock and outright disorder, the planned tolling of the Eti-Osa -Lekki Expressway, took off yesterday on a shaky note.