FEATURES: The Bitter Taste of Lagos-Badagry Expressway

The Bitter Taste of Lagos-Badagry Expressway

Bad Road

Charles Ajunwa writes that the Lagos-Badagry Expressway  has turned to a gruelling passage for  motorists and commuters plying through the transnational highway

The Lagos-Badagry Expressway as a transnational highway leading in and out of Nigeria should provide easy passage for nationals of other West African countries such as Ghana, Benin and Togo that share common boundaries with Nigeria, but rather than provide easy passage, it offers a nightmare. Foreign nationals from these countries, oftentimes arrive Nigeria through Lagos using the approved land entry points, a showcase of Nigeria to the outside world.

ROTIMI: DEFENDING THE DEFENCELESS THE OPD WAY

Defending the Defenceless

Former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Created in 2000 by the former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the state’s Office of the Public Defender (OPD), was geared towards rendering free legal services to all regardless of one’s status especially the less- privileged in the society.

With special focus on cases like domestic violence and child abuse, the OPD is however not restricted to that as it continually evolves to mediate in cases of compensation, unlawful harassment of civilians and wrongful dismissal amongst other cases.

FEATURES: Five Months After Dana Crash

Five Months After Dana Crash

The mangled fuselage of the crashed plane and the rubbles from collapsed buildings may no longer clutter the crash site. But a visit to Iju Ishaga, the Lagos suburb that bore the brunt of the fallen plane’s weight five months after the crash reveals the hidden face of the tragedy, writes Lanre Odukoya

The news of the Dana Air Flight 992 crash on Sunday, June 3 was received with shock by Nigerians. The aircraft, a McDonell Douglas MD-83, was conveying 146 passengers and seven crew members from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, to Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, when it crashed into three-storey building housing residential apartments, furniture factory and a printing press on Popoola Street, Iju-Ishaga, Lagos. 

Police Arrest Mushin Jungle Justice Culprits in Lagos

Police Arrest Mushin Jungle Justice Culprits in Lagos

To discourage jungle justice, The Lagos State Police Command, yesterday arrested some persons believed to be behind the death of four persons in the Mushin area of the state.

Police sources said the State Police Command upon getting the information ordered a comprehensive investigation into the matter, while ordering for the arrest of the culprits behind the death of the deceased persons.