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Politics › Re: Bomb Blast Rocks Maiduguri by konny1(m): 5:03pm On Mar 10, 2015*. Modified: 5:23pm On Mar 10, 2015 |
So sad... |
Politics › Re: Osun State Workers Protests Unpaid 5months Salaries (Pic) by konny1(m): 2:57pm On Mar 10, 2015 |
Change the Changer!
Vote wisely. GET till 2019!!! |
Romance › Re: Naija Girls Says Nothing Wrong In Having More Than one Boyfriend... SHOCKING!!! by konny1(m): 12:38pm On Mar 10, 2015 |
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Family › Re: Pastor Says I Should Marry An Ifa Worshipper, Now I Am Regretting —wife by konny1(m): 10:28am On Mar 10, 2015*. Modified: 11:54am On Mar 10, 2015 |
Na wa o. Pastor ask you to marry ifa worshipper and went ahead to do so. Na so na mumu for na family. Don't worry pastor will tell you to marry demon this time. Idi*t!!! Receive sense  |
Car Talk › Re: Scenes Of An Accident Along Mokwa-makera Road(viewer's Discretion) by konny1(m): 10:22am On Mar 09, 2015 |
God have mercy! |
Politics › Re: APC Drags Patience Jonathan To ICC by konny1(m): 6:10pm On Mar 08, 2015 |
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Crime › Re: Man Rapes Neigbour's Pregnant Wife by konny1(m): 5:36pm On Mar 05, 2015 |
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Food › Re: Preparing Agama Lizard Tomato Sauce (PICTURES) by konny1(m): 2:13pm On Mar 05, 2015 |
Jesu ooo! Agama what? |
Politics › Re: Look At What A Police Officer Did To This Guy Because Of Fuel Scarcity by konny1(m): 5:23am On Mar 04, 2015*. Modified: 5:50am On Mar 04, 2015 |
I think Nigeria police should be oriented to learn how respect citizens and citizens too should learn how to respect police. Nigeria police I don't know for dem sha  |
Celebrities › Re: D'banj And Ashish J. Thakkar, African Youngest Billionaire Pictured Together by konny1(m): 10:47am On Feb 28, 2015 |
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Art, Graphics & Video › Re: The Beauties Of Nature- (pics) by konny1(m): 8:59pm On Feb 27, 2015 |
Beautiful Nature ~Standing Together~
Imagine trees standing together in a forest. They don’t talk, but they feel each other’s presence. When you look at them, you might say they aren’t doing anything. But they are growing and providing clean air for living things to breathe. Instead of describing sitting meditation as the practice of concentration, looking deeply, and getting insight, I like to describe sitting as enjoying doing nothing. Primarily, sitting is to enjoy the pleasure of sitting, being fully alive and in touch with the wonders of our working bodies, the cool air, the sounds of people and birds, and the changing colors of the sky. ~Thich Nhat Hanh |
Politics › Re: "Never Again "- Latest Slogan In The Camp Of Nigerian Army by konny1(m): 8:49pm On Feb 27, 2015 |
Never Again!!! Is the Latest in town |
Politics › Re: Twin Explosions Hit Jos Park, UNIJOS Gate, kill 12 by konny1(m): 9:03pm On Feb 26, 2015*. Modified: 9:19pm On Feb 26, 2015 |
God have mercy! God pls put an end to all these bomb blast.
All these nonsense must stop in the name that is above other names!!! |
Travel › Re: Suffering Continues On Abuja-Keffi Road by konny1(m): 8:07pm On Feb 26, 2015 |
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Abuja-Keffi Road is to the Federal Capital Territory what Lagos-Ibadan Expressway is to Lagos. Many workers who cannot afford the exorbitant rent in the FCT live in many of Abuja’s satellite towns on that axis. Such areas include Kugbo, Karu, Nyanya, Jikwoyi, Kurudu, Kpegi and Orozo.
Some others live farther into neighbouring Nassarawa State. They live in Mararaba, Masaka, Nyanya Gwandara, One Man Village, Ado, New Nyanya, Kuchikau, Lafia and even Keffi, the state capital.
While it is true that rents in these communities are far cheaper than what are obtainable in the city centre, residents of these communities too are not in any way better off.
Many of the settlements lack basic amenities. Some of them are also not properly planned. To compound the woes of residents, the traffic jam on the Abuja-Keffi Road, which is their only access road to the FCT, has lately become a nightmare.
Because of the ever rising population of those living in the affected areas, that stretch of road had from time witnessed serious traffic snarl in the morning while going to Abuja and in the evening when returning, due to the mass movement of people.
The situation was however compounded by the bus station bomb blasts recorded in Nyanya end of the road in April and May last year. Immediately after the first incident, soldiers attached to the Brigade of Guards were deployed to the Kugbo end of the ever-busy road. Those who thought that the military checkpoint mounted at that spot was just a temporary thing have since been proved wrong.
The soldiers use drums painted in military colour to block two out of the three lanes of the road to Abuja to ensure that traffic flows slowly at the checkpoint. This situation results into a traffic jam that stretches many kilometres. The Kugbo military checkpoint is just the main one on the road. There are others in Karu, Nyanya and Mararaba, among others.
The effect of these checkpoints is that a journey of 15 minutes to the city centre now takes three or four hours. Initially when it started, some residents resorted to waking up early and leaving for their offices as early as 5am before the gridlock would start. But that idea has now been defeated as more people adopt the style. Now, the confusion on the road starts as early as 4am and remains late into the afternoon. Sometimes, at 2pm, the situation on the road will still be rowdy.
The snarl on the expressway usually extends into the inner roads in Karu, Nyanya, Jikwoyi and Mararaba. While inside the traffic jam, it is normal to see school buses conveying pupils of nursery and primary schools trapped in the jam as late as 11am when they ought to have settled down for their academic activities. They will be seen sleeping inside the buses, having been woken up as early as 4am by their parents who equally want to leave their homes early.
Parents who drive their children to school have now devised another method. They will drive to a point where the traffic starts and ask their children to join commercial motorcycles for the rest of their journey. In case they do not get motorcyclists on time, the helpless children resort to trekking.
So tense is the situation that some residents have decided to abandon their vehicles at home. What they do is to ride on commercial motorcycles from their homes to a point close to the Kugbo military checkpoint. They will walk pass the soldiers and wait for commercial vehicles after the checkpoint. They are sure that from that point, they will not encounter any ‘traffic war’ again. But that system also comes with heavy price.
One, commercial motorcyclists now capitalise on that to charge exorbitant prices. Two, most of these residents stand on that highway for about 30 minutes or even an hour before getting vehicles. The reason is that the population of people waiting for vehicles there is always very huge.
This harrowing experience has led to many relocating from that axis to either Kubwa or Airport Road where access to the FCT is not as tedious. Some others who cannot afford relocation now manage with friends or in their office premises throughout the week and only return to their homes on Fridays for the weekend.
“The best thing that ever happened to me and my family is our relocation from Nyanya to Lugbe on the Airport Road. I can now drop my kids at school within 10 minutes of leaving home. It is indeed a great relief,” a man simply identified as Ben told our correspondent.
The greatest fear among residents now is the danger lurking around if terrorists decided to detonate bombs inside such a traffic jam. The effect is better imagined. “Since I can’t fly to my office, I have since started adapting to the traffic. But I must confess that any time I am inside that traffic, my imagination runs wild. I will look at the row of cars in my front and my back and imagine the colossal loss of lives and property if a bomb is detonated there. At that point, I will quickly shout ‘God forbid’ unconsciously,” a resident, Mr. John Okon, said.
The only set of people who seems to be happy about the situation are the commercial motorcyclists, who make cool cash by conveying passengers from one point to the other, charging exorbitant fares and hawkers who sell in the traffic.
The demands of the residents of the area are clear. One, they want military authorities to remove the checkpoint in Kugbo. Two, they are calling for a timely completion of the Karshi-Apo-Ara Road which will serve as an alternative route to the city centre. Of course, they are also calling for the extension of the Abuja-Keffi Road.
There are however indications that there are no plans to remove the checkpoint, at least, for now. In April last year, the then Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, had appealed for public understanding over the security checkpoint, saying the measure was for public safety. He said the checkpoint was not to inflict pain on Nigerians.
“We feel the pain of our citizens and our hearts go out to those who, under the present circumstances, are compelled to endure long traffic queues because of the roadblocks that have been set up following the terror attack at Nyanya. We understand the pain citizens are going through. We want to appeal to them to appreciate the reason behind the challenges we are going through,” he had said.
He further urged the people affected by the security measure to see the roadblock as a form of sacrifice, aimed at addressing security challenges in the area.
The expansion of the road may also not come easily. In September 2014, the Minister of Works, Mike Onolememen, said the redesigning of the road was in progress in order to ease the incessant gridlocks. He said the road was one issue that had generated a lot of concern because of the vast large number of Abuja workers residing on that corridor.
Onolememen noted the traffic the road is handling is far in excess of the maximum it was designed to carry, saying the ministry was in the process of finalising the design for the expansion and dissipation of the traffic.
“We believe that the Abacha Barracks end should not and cannot be the only entry point into the city. So, we are going to do a kind of an arc diversion through which we will have a number of entry points into the city. We believe that is the design solution for that particular problem. It is a problem; there is not much we can do in terms of traffic control on that road, because the problem is a very fundamental one and it requires an engineering design solution,” the minister had said.
To expand the road, the government is looking forward to obtaining a loan from China. Onolememen said last year that his ministry had already procured the Certificate of No Objection on the project from the Bureau of Public Procurement.
There seems to be no word from the government on the alternative Karshi-Apo-Ara Road which some residents claimed had already been abandoned by the contractor. With the forthcoming general elections being the major if not the only item on the government’s agenda for now, it is almost certain that for commuters using the Abuja-Keffi Road and other adjoining roads, their sufferings continue.
http://www.punchng.com/feature/nations-capital/suffering-continues-on-abuja-keffi-road/ Na wash jare  |
Phones › Re: Which Network Is Currently Making You Feel Very Happy On Internet Access? by konny1(m): 6:29pm On Feb 26, 2015 |
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Phones › Re: Which Network Is Currently Making You Feel Very Happy On Internet Access? by konny1(m): 6:24pm On Feb 26, 2015 |
Onyiclassic: bro how do u subscribe to dat pls Send to comonth to 777 |
Politics › Re: Chatham House Apperance For Buhari Restricted To Twitter Session - GuardianNews by konny1(m): 12:01pm On Feb 26, 2015 |
I don't know what to say.  |
Politics › Re: Buhari Threatens To Back Out Of Abuja Accord by konny1(m): 10:04pm On Feb 25, 2015*. Modified: 10:37pm On Feb 25, 2015 |
Politics is getting more interesting and funny.
Let me just sit back, relax and enjoy the show. |
Romance › Re: Guys, What Will You Do If This Chic Slaps Your Girl? (Photo) by konny1(m): 3:13pm On Feb 25, 2015 |
I will slap her back and run away. If my chic like make she wait. She's on her own  |
Politics › Re: Abuja Indigenes Sue Jonathan Over Exclusion From New Ministerial List by konny1(m): 3:06pm On Feb 25, 2015 |
Booked |
Family › Re: Should I Tell My Husband? by konny1(m): 11:35am On Feb 25, 2015 |
What are you waiting for? No time to say no time! |
Family › Re: Should I Tell My Husband? by konny1(m): 11:35am On Feb 25, 2015 |
What are you waiting for? No time to say no time! |
Family › Re: Should I Tell My Husband? by konny1(m): 11:33am On Feb 25, 2015 |
What are you waiting for? No time to say no time! |
Fashion › Re: Who Wore It Better; The Lady Or The Basket? by konny1(m): 9:14am On Feb 25, 2015 |
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Politics › Re: APC Carpets Jonathan Over Boko Haram, Hails Military by konny1(m): 10:22pm On Feb 24, 2015 |
The horse, the man and the son. Ebenezer Obey said it.
GET still 2019 |
Politics › Re: "As The Guardian Newspaper Has Done, APC Must Apologise For Lying" - Fayose by konny1(m): 7:38pm On Feb 24, 2015 |
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Manchester City Vs Barcelona: UCL (1 - 2) On 24th February 2015 by konny1(m): 6:16pm On Feb 24, 2015*. Modified: 11:07pm On Feb 24, 2015 |
Man. City --1
Barca --2 |
Politics › Re: GUARDIAN Newspaper Apologises For Publishing False Pics Of Buhari's Interview by konny1(m): 5:41pm On Feb 24, 2015 |
Fayose was right den. |
Politics › Re: Nigerian Troops Arrest Terrorists Disguised As Women In Baga by konny1(m): 8:43pm On Feb 23, 2015 |
Boko Haram is coming to an end I can sense it in my spirit.
With God is more than possible... |
Career › Re: PHED Office Uyo Laced With Juju As Staffs Dessert Office(picture) by konny1(m): 5:19pm On Feb 23, 2015 |
Last,, what is PHED? |
Politics › Re: GEJ Tackles Obasanjo: ‘Your Utterances Ridiculing Nigeria, Scaring Investors’ by konny1(m): 4:15pm On Feb 22, 2015 |
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