Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State is daily winning the hearts of many residents. No week passes without the commissioning one project or the other.

Road construction appears his major focus although other sectors are also receiving attention. The first phase has the government commissioning 114 roads across the length and breadth of the state. The second phase will commence soon. Ambode stands out among the governors. His performance speaks for him.

In spite of this, a walk round Lagos reveals that many major roads require urgent attention to ease off traffic jam in those areas.

Some of the roads have turned death traps. Hoodlums rob and dispossess innocent road users of their belongings on these bad spots.

The 114 roads were designed with walkways, medians, street lights and standard drainage systems in readiness for the building of the mega city.

However, some scenes may not be pleasant to a first time visitor during the rainy season.

In Apapa, some of the roads begging for attention are Airways junction, Eleganza to Flourmill, in Ikorodu, places like Isawo road, Igbo-Olomu, Ijede road,
Ebute/Igbogbo road, Bayeku road, Igbe road, Erunwen road and Bola Ahmed Tinubu Way, Igbogbo require government attention before the next wet season.

In Mende, Maryland, areas like Arowojobe, Soluyi and several others are deplorable due to years of neglect by by the past administrations.
At Soluyi, Gbagada, residents complain about poor state of access roads to their community.

A walk round the area reveals there are about four roads in the community to connect Ogudu, Maryland, and Ifako areas, but the routes are inaccessible to vehicles and some of the residents have to park their cars and trek a long distance to their various homes. They are left with the option to access the only road near Gbagada General Hospital which is far for many of them.

In Mushin, places like Daleko, Ojuwoye, Oju-Erin, Olosa, Moshalashi, Palm Avenue, Idi-Araba and many others are also begging for attention while in Surulere, Lawanson, Itire Ijesha and so many others require reconstruction and rehabilitation.

Others are Ayetoro/Itele road, Ekoro road, Meiran road, Suberu-Oje road, Kollington/Agbado road and Ajegunle/Abule-Iroko road all in Alimosho area which have turned to death traps.
In Apapa, residents claimed the Airways junction was formerly rehabilitated by a Good Samaritan who was later discouraged and the road is now out of use to motorists.

During Saturday Vanguard’s visit to the area, residents lamented the deplorable condition of the road which has affected a lot of businesses.

Same is the case with Lekki-Epe where road users groan daily because of the near collapse of some roads. A commercial bus driver Obi Chukwu, lamented the poor condition of the roads, he said, “The effect of bad roads in Lagos can be frustrating, not only does it cause untold hardship to many road users but also exposes them to danger and insecurity,”

Narrating her experience, a car owner Uju Nwokedi told Saturday Vanguardhow she was attacked by hoodlums on her way home last week.

According to her, “there was traffic jam on Lekki/Epe expressway and I decided to use the alternative route but barely five minutes into the Ikota First Gate route to burst out to Ilaje, I was attacked by some hoodlums who collected my phones, laptops and cash.”

At Mushin/Isolo road, a commercial driver, Kazeem Fatai narrated how he ventured into the business in 2010, unfortunately, the effect of bad road is already taken its toll on him.

In Igbogbo, Ikorodu, the immediate past administration started a road project on Igbogbo/Ebute road but this was done half way leaving road users to die in silence due to the dilapidated road network.

A resident of Abigail Sobajo street James Ogunyemi urged the state government to look into their plight by fixing the road.

A pupil of AUD Primary School, Igbogbo, Lukman Oduniyi said ‘’this is the only road leading to my school but we have been finding it difficult to access it especially at peak hours because some commercial motorcycles charge astronomically due to the poor condition of the road,”
During a visit to Apapa, it was observed that the Airways junction and Flourmill areas have been washed off by rains.

The Sole Administrator of Oshodi/Isolo local government, Adebayo Taiwo said the re-construction of some streets in Oshodi which include Ogunlana and Boladale among others can only commence later.

Reacting to the development, the Chairman House Committee on Works and Infrastructure, Abiodun Tobun, said the state government was trying its best to ensure that roads in Lagos are in good shape.

He disclosed that, apart from the 114 roads that are being commissioned by the state government, the representatives of all the local councils have been asked to submit the list of bad roads in their communities to begin the second phase of road construction.

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Former Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin, stuck to his guns and failed to show up at the House of Representatives Committee on Ethics and Privileges meeting, which commenced its investigative hearing into the allegations levelled him Friday morning.

The Chairman of the Committee, Nicholas Ossai, is presiding over the session, but Jibrin is not present at the hearing.

This comes barely 48 hours after the House mandated the Ethics committee to probe allegations of misconduct against the former Appropriations Committee chairman, who also vowed during the rowdy House session, where the decision was taken, that he would not attend the hearing.

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The Borno Police Command said on Monday September 19, that it had placed the former spokesman for the Boko Haram sect, Ali Konduga, under psychiatric investigation.

This, the police said, followed Konduga’s display of abnormal behaviour since his arrest last week.

The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the spokesman for the command, Mr. Victor Isuku, said this in a statement he issued in Maiduguri.

Isuku said that Konduga was arrested after a complaint by one Muhammadu Kala.

“On September 14, one Muhammadu Kala lodged a complaint at the GRA Police Station, Maiduguri, that Mallam Ali Konduga of Gwange ward had trespassed on the premises of the house of Senator Muhammed Ndume.

“The DPO led a team of policemen to arrest the trespasser where he had gone to receive treatment for injuries he sustained as a result of a mob action,” Isuku said.

The police spokesman said that investigation, however, revealed that the suspect was of unsound mind.
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“On investigation, he was behaving abnormally and was not responding rationally to questions put to him, a situation that suggests that he is of unsound mind.
“Hence, he was taken to the Federal Neuro Psychiatric Centre, Maidguri, to ascertain his sanity.

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“Meanwhile, the suspect is still under observation at the hospital,’’ he said.
Isuku, who said the suspect was sentenced to three years imprisonment for complicity in Boko Haram activities, added that the police had commenced investigations into his case and would take necessary action once he was discharged.

As the frosty relationship in the People’s Democratic Par­ty (PDP) becomes endless, there are plans by the governors on the platform to dump the party for Ali Modu Sheriff, according to a report by Breaking Times. The governors are planning to set up a new party ahead of 2019 when the country is expected to hold a general election.

The governors are believed to be wooing some other stakeholders in the party as well as politicians from across the country. The leadership crisis in the party has lingered since it lost the 2015 general elections. The governors settled for Sheriff.

However, the crisis persisted especially when the governors turned their backs on the former governor of Borno state with allegations that he is linked to the Boko Haram terrorism or that he has a plan to corner the party in favour of his presidential ambition in 2019.


An attempt to oust him has resulted various court cases for and against the governors and the party. Efforts by the Ahmed Makarfi committee to resolve the crisis has proven abortive so far.

The report said though, the meeting to reconcile the warring factions of the party was ongoing, the governors may have adopted forming a new party as a better option to the crisis. It also said the Sheriff faction is aware of this plan by the governors and is threatening to legally stop it.

According to its quoted source, “If the governors should try it, they will have serious is­sues to contend with in court. We will take them to court.” Meanwhile, former Governor Gbenga Daniel of Ogun state has advised the two warring factions of the party to work together, adding that the road to victory does not have diversion.