Tobi Akinwumi (not real name) set out to see his parents who live in the Badagry area of Lagos State on a sunny Saturday afternoon. His thought was that the journey would not amount to more than a two-hour drive from FESTAC Town. Two hours, putting into account expected traffic as a result of the very terrible condition of the Lagos-Badagry expressway. Turned out his estimation was wrong. Very wrong!
He ended up spending no less than 6 hours to arrive at his parents’ home.
Nnamdi Udoka (not real name), a final year student of Hill-City University, Benin Republic (HCUB) had invited his Ghanaian girlfriend, Sarah, to Nigeria for the Easter holidays. Sarah, who was still in school trying to wrap up a few things, decided to use road transportation since Nigeria was just a border away from the French-speaking country.
The Lagos-Badagry Expressway needs urgent attention
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RECENTLY, the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, was in Badagry to commission some projects.
First, we cannot help but wonder how the governor possibly got to Badagry by road. Did he fly over the gullies and ditches which have for many years become metaphors for the Lagos-Badagry Express Road? And if the governor was actually in Badagry and drove through the unbelievably decrepit road, we would like to ask how he felt about that road.
The governor, no doubt, must have been shocked at the condition of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway, especially between Agbara and Badagry Town.
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The congress, which held at the International Trade Fair Complex in Kaduna, was underway when crisis broke out, with some persons destroying items at the venue, while members scampered for safety.
While the confusion was said to be linked to two candidates from different factions of the PDP in Kano, there has been no official statement from the PDP on what led to the fracas.
However, some members claim confusion started over the decision on some zonal positions of the PDP in the north-west.
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The north-west congress covers Kano, Katsina, Kaduna, Jigawa, Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara.
During the congress earlier on Saturday, some leaders of the party in the zone had addressed the delegates, after which the voting process commenced.
Chimezie Enyiocha
Updated April 10, 2021
In this screengrab taken on April 10, 2021, delegates cast their ballots in the PDP zonal congress held at the International Trade Fair Complex in Kaduna State.
The North-West Zonal Congress of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ended abruptly on Saturday after it was disrupted by thugs.
Scores of party faithful had stormed the International Trade Fair Complex in the Kaduna State capital for the exercise which was attended by some PDP chieftains.
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, and a former National Caretaker Chairman of the party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, were among those present while Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, was absent at the congress.
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