A Lagos based lawyer, ToluwaniAdebiyi has urged the government to stop the proposed 61.5 percent increment of electricity tariff. According to him, the increment of the tariff will infuriate and pitch the people against the government. Speaking at the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) House in Yaba, recently, Adebiyi said the economic recession has done enough damage to the image of ...
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Lagos shuts illegal plank market
“The Lagos State government yesterday ordered the immediate closure of an illegal plank market in Oko-Baba extension by Wright Street in Yaba Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of the state.”- The Guardain The government, in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs, Muslim Folami, said the decision to shut down the market was based on the ...
Read More »Bad Market – Episode 8
There was so much noise emanating from the premises of the hostel at Onike, Yaba when we arrived. I immediately parked the car just in front of the gate since the hostel had no parking space. Dad did not even wait for me to turn off the engine when he alighted from the car and tarried into the compound and ...
Read More »Bad Market – Episode 7
Timi made certain that I didn’t leave his room without instilling enough fear in me that would ensure that I didn’t say a word of what I discovered when I stumbled into his room. I was literally thrown out of his room afterwards. ::::::::::::::Read Previous episode here:::::::::::: As I stepped into the lobby, his threats played out in my head ...
Read More »The New Lagos Traffic Law Of Gains And Pains
This article sheds more light on the implications of the new Lagos traffic law. What are the gains and the pains of the new Lagos traffic law to Lagosians and Lagos at large. Find out in this article. It seems the end of the road has come for lawless motorists especially drivers of commercial buses popularly called danfo, with the ...
Read More »Lagos petitioned by Yaba Community
Dwellers on Yeye Street, Iwaya in the Yaba area of Lagos State have petitioned the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, the state’s House of Assembly and the ministry of justice, among others on the alleged blockade of the street by one Alhaji Wahab Adamson It was learnt that Adamson fenced the area after a court ruling which vested on him ...
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