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The Lagos State Government has announced ten weeks partial closure of Eko Bridge from Costain to Alaka inbound National Stadium for emergency repairs by the Federal Government from June 4 to August 13.
The State Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, said in a statement that the repair was necessary to complete the rehabilitation works at the opposite side of the bridge earlier embarked upon by the Federal Government, hence the need for a notice of route diversion.
He said that pending the commencement of the rehabilitation works, alternative routes have been made available for the awareness of motorists, to manage traffic during the period of repairs.
The authorities of Lagos, Nigeria's commercial hub, regularly refer to the state as a megacity but are yet to guarantee functioning street lights, DAILY
Ahead of Saturday’s All Progressives Congress (APC) Local Council primaries in Lagos State, frontline aspirant in Surulere, Idris Aregbe, has advanced reasons he is contesting the council’s chairmanship seat, saying his candidature represent yearnings of the people and need for youths to take mantle of leadership after years of meritorious service and playing second fiddle. x
He added that with the state’s political climate and current economic situation, it was important the younger generations who dominate bigger chunk of Nigeria’s population begins to determine their future by deploying their expertise in proffering solutions in consonant with their reality and peculiar challenges.
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The recent reported pronouncement by the federal ministry of transport (FMOT) on the Nigerian Ports Authority’s (NPA) management of seaport channels deserves the closer attention of port industry operators to ensure that it is in line with the best interest of all stakeholders. According to the news reports, the FMOT was reported to have directed the NPA to re-consider in-house management of the channels. In view of the extreme importance of the issues at stake here, it is critical to make this clarificatory comment to ventilate the space and avail the public, all authorities, and especially policymakers, with the unimpeachable facts of the case in hand. For, as Edmund Burke said, “the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing”.
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