Billboard tenants: The invisible Lagosians who sleep, give birth, live in the open
In the restless megacity of Lagos, where skyscrapers rise and traffic never fully sleeps, more than 20,000 residents exist without a permanent roof. They are known, in local parlance, as “billboard tenants.” The name captures a stark reality: people who have no fixed address, no tenancy agreement, and no walls of their own. Instead, they […]
Adams Oshiomhole and us!
ter the first verdict of the Supreme Court on the Bayelsa governorship elections recently, Nigerians eagerly anticipated the response of the All Progressives Congress (APC), which suffered a heavy blow with the judgement, as the apex court had ruled the party out of the elections.
IBOM DEEP SEAPORT: A Maritime Gateway to West and Central African Region
The idea of Ibom Deep Seaport, IDSP, a major component of Ibom Industrial City, was conceived to be the country’s and state’s economic empowerment plan, designed to play a catalytic role in economic development as well as raise the business and revenue profile of Akwa Ibom State and Nigeria.
Greater Lagos and okada tyranny
By Gbenga Omotoso Lagos: NOW that the dust raised by the restriction – mislabeled by some as “ban” – on commercial motorcycles and tricycles has more or less settled down, it is fit and proper to examine the matter dispassionately. This will enable the ferocious critics of the action – I won’t join those who […]
Okowa’s efforts at transforming education in Delta (2)
ACCORDING to Governor Okowa:”Studies have shown that there is brain drain in the teaching profession and one of the decisions we took at the Education Summit we had in 2016 was to establish a Teachers’ Professional Development Centre for the training and retraining of teachers in the state as well as improvement on their efficiency […]
Nigeria’s urban slums and health problems
By Akinyinka Omigbodun IN Nigeria, access and quality of health care services are a challenge, particularly for disadvantaged populations. While health services are far better in the urban, compared to the rural areas, there remains a significant variation in health care services across the various strata of the urban settlements, with the urban slum in […]
