Oshodi-Abule Egba BRT buses: Teething problems hampering efficient offering
Though the Lagos Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) initiative has made a lot of impact on the motoring experience of Lagosians and the intra-state movement in Lagos generally The post Oshodi-Abule Egba BRT...
View ArticleHow laxity at border posts across West Africa undermines enforcement of...
The prediction about the likely negative impact of COVID-19 on the continent, especially in sub-Saharan Africa was worrisome. It, however, did not come to pass as countries on the continent, which are...
View ArticleGas Price Hike: Deforestation looms as demand for charcoal soars
Although the Federal Government has declared 2021 to 2030 a decade of gas, with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) setting up a N250 billion fund to expand the usage of the product across the country......
View ArticleUNGA 76: Buhari begs G20 leaders to cancel Nigeria’s debts
President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to rich nations and international financial institutions for outright debt cancellation for countries facing the most severe challenges The post UNGA 76: Buhari...
View ArticleBeyond Solidarity, Lagos’ Anti-open grazing law is to promote communality,...
“We have never at anytime had any conflict or crisis with the herdsmen. Even last year, when we planted rice at Itoikin, we had to warn those operating around the axis not to move close to the farm.......
View ArticleAmid COVID-19, graduating students bag international scholarships worth $2.5m
Due to COVID-19, many schools had to shift teaching and learning to virtual. And the students had to grapple with this new reality. The post Amid COVID-19, graduating students bag international...
View ArticleIn Aboru, Iyana Ipaja, residents groan over bad roads
Residents of Aboru, a densely-populated community in the outskirts of Lagos, once enjoyed a good road up to the canal that separates Abule-Oki in Iyana Ipaja with Aboru. The post In Aboru, Iyana Ipaja,...
View ArticleNavy, Air Force clarify misconceptions about operations
The Nigerian Navy as an entity is rarely in the news negatively. But of late, it has been battling to clear its name off the controversy trailing the siting of a base in Kano State The post Navy, Air...
View ArticleOshodi… Returning to the era of rowdiness, chaos
When the current Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, was the governor of Lagos State, one of the outstanding achievements that endeared him to the people was ridding Oshodi Bus Stop The...
View ArticleWhy accessible, affordable treatment is vital to curbing rising mental health...
At the birth of the World Federation For Mental Health (WEMH) in 1948, the world was still struggling to come to terms with the post-World War 2 realities. The post Why accessible, affordable treatment...
View ArticleConfusion as motorcyclists, tri-cyclists turn Apapa-Oshodi highway to garages
Nine years after the Lagos State Road Traffic Law was signed, the state government has not been able to put an end to the reckless activities of riders of commercial motorcycles The post Confusion as...
View ArticleAnti-open grazing: Elsewhere, herding cows for 100km is animal abuse
Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat recently held an interactive session with some journalists at Alausa, Ikeja where he spoke on sundry issues in the governance of Lagos State The post Anti-open...
View ArticleFears, optimism in South East as exercise golden dawn gathers momentum
The current special military operations launched by the Nigerian Army in the Southeast geo-political zone of the country did not come as a surprise to many observers. The post Fears, optimism in South...
View ArticleEmerging sights, sounds of tourism in an age of pandemic
Globally, the outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) brought about untold hardships and disrupted the world’s socio-economic landscape in ways that can only be imagined. The post Emerging...
View Article‘How ex-employee robbed me at gunpoint’
A baker, Mrs. Vinitha Nimmyel, has narrated to a Lagos High Court sitting at the Tinubu Square, how she was robbed at gunpoint by a 26-year-old, Paul Elaigwu, her former employee. The post ‘How...
View ArticleLASG, PSN roll out code scheme to tackle SGBV
The Lagos State Government through the Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Agency (DSVRA), recently launched a partnership with pharmacies in the state for the purpose of further tackling domestic...
View ArticleWhy street trading remains chaotic
Recently, three lecturers from the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lagos, embarked on a research to determine the underlying causes of the seeming insoluble The post...
View ArticleLagos and burden of recurring collapse of structures
Lagos is often referred to as the commercial nerve centre of the country, rightly so because of the sheer volume of commerce taking place daily in the bustling city. In like manner The post Lagos and...
View ArticleUmuahia agog as over 1000 youths partake in wealth creation summit
No fewer than 1000 youths drawn from various local councils in Abia state are expected to participate at the 2021 Abia Youth Wealth Creation Summit/Business Fair taking place today in Umuahia. The post...
View ArticleOkorie: Soludo’s victory could trigger APGA’s resurgence
Chief Chekwas Okorie, the founder of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), but now a chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), in this interview, describes APC’s loss The post Okorie: Soludo’s...
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