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a clearing agent at Lagos' main port of Apapa. He is 51 but looks two decades older and is in poor health. Both he and his doctor blame it on his daily commute.

Adenakan leaves his house in Sango-Ota, north of Lagos, before 4:30 am every day to reach Apapa at around 9:00 am. The distance door-to-door is just 37 kilometres (23 miles).


"The traffic situation is bad. I spend between four and five hours for a journey that should take less than one hour," he told AFP.

Adenekan owns two cars but prefers to take public transport because it is cheaper -- and also because the badly maintained roads take a debilitating toll on his vehicles.

"Nigerians spend a lot of money on maintaining their vehicles because of potholes, which damage tyres, wheel rims, shock absorbers and other components," said quantity surveyor Alani Amusa.

Time spent in traffic jams is also dead time, robbing businesses of productivity and effective workers. When they eventually arrive, they are often exhausted.

Motorists stuck for hours in jams are sitting ducks for armed robbers.

And bad roads mean more accidents. Nigeria had the highest road fatality rates in Africa in 2010 at 33.7 deaths per 100,000, the World Health Organization said in a report published last year.

Recently, petrol tanker drivers threatened to go on strike if the bad roads were not fixed, blaming potholes and gullies for causing accidents.

Nigerian states and the federal authorities have been in dispute about who is responsible for maintaining and improving the roads -- meaning nothing gets done.

The Lagos State government for example has been at loggerheads with Abuja over reimbursements for repairs to federal-owned roads dating back to when Lagos was the country's capital.

The 338-kilometre (212-mile) dual carriageway linking southern oil-producing states was awarded at a cost of 138.9 billion naira ($835 million, 670 million euros) in 2006 under former president Olusegun Obasanjo.

Eight years later, the cost has increased nearly three-fold to 347 billion naira -- and the road is not yet finished.

QUESTIONS have been asked too about the cost of reconstruction of the 127.8-kilometre Lagos-Ibadan expressway -- the busiest road in West Africa, carrying an average of 250,000 vehicles per day.

The contract was awarded for 167.9 billion naira but some experts believe it could have been revamped for a lot less.

Most people, though, just want their own muddy, potholed streets paved and well-maintained to make the journey from their front doors to the main road less of a bone-shaking obstacle course.

Nigeria road shame, Nigeria road, Nigeria traffic, road shame

12, DEMOCRACY 2021 at BBC

Di president tok dis one during im Democracy Day broadcast on Saturday.

Di president wey also tok sorry to victims and families of violent attacks and kidnappings for di kontri say im administration go ensure justice and punish those wey dey benefit from violence fir Nigeria.

"In di last two years we don witness and overcome some challenges wey suppose destroy oda nations, especially relating to oiur collective security."

Unfortunately some of dis challenges come with violence wey lead to loss of lives of may of our dear compatriots and destruction of some of our infrastructure including those wey dey devoted to improve our democratic processes

"Once again I wan render my sincere and heart-felt condolences to family and friends of our gallant service men and women wey lose dia lives in di line of duty and as a sacrifice to keep Nigeria safe.

I extend di same condolence to di families and friends of our kontri men, women and children wey be unfortunate victims of such senseless kidnappings and murders. I also share di pains of families and direct victims of ransom-seeking, kidnapped victims wey go through unimaginable tin wen dem capture dem." E tok.

President Buhari also address di issue of pipo wey dey take advantage of di problems of di kontri to make money.

"Wen una elect me for 1025, una do am sake of say una believe say I go end di growing insecurity, especially for di North East, but as we dey try to scata dem, dem enta in-kontri wey be wetin we dey face now, We go by di grace of God end dis challenge too."

"Unfortunately, like most conflict situations, some Nigerian criminals dey take advantage of a difficult situation to make profit. We dey chook eye and we go soon bring some of di culprits to justice." Buhari tok.

Di president also assure say im administration dey chook eye for di mata of poverty and youth employment and say im vision of bringing 100 million Nigerians out of Nigeria dey in action

President Buhari also reinstate im commitment to free and fair elections for di kontri as im tok about di reason for making June 12 democracy day.

"Wen dis administration decide to change our Democracy Day from 29th May to June 12th for my first tenure, no be only to honour di sacrifice of di men and women wey fight for democracy but also to demonstrate our commitment to satisfy di aspirations of di pipo and create environment wia democracy na way of life, as your president, I remain committed to ensure free fair and credible electoral system under my tenure but however you need to lay your part and dey involve to create a democratic system wey go work for all."

On tok of marginalisation and calls for constitutional reforms, Buhari say:

"While dis govt no shake head against constitutional reforms as part of di building process, everyone must understand say di primary responsibility for constitutional amendments dey di hand of di national assembly. Dem don conclude di first stages of amending and improving di constitution in way wey go make majority of Nigerians happy."

President Buhari end by saying e remain ever "committed to upholding and defending Nigeria's corporate existence. I go do everything in my power to ensure say security and welfare of di pipo remain di primary purpose of goment

walkbrazil4k983:
I Just checked the site, massive SEO. Nice business idea from the founder

Navalsadiq:
Enough of all this rubbish this country has become something else

This hearders must be stopped

the bill creates a council to be chaired by chairman to be appointed by the president
the council shall have the power to take Your land anywhere the land is located in the country and they pay you composition,
your land shall be assigned to herdsman use for grazing purpose.
they shall bring cow to the land and you shall lose the land permanently to those Fulani cattleman.

if you feel That's the council was not right to take your land you can go to court but before you go to court you must first of all notify the federal authorities general of your intention to sue the council.
about from notifying. you must get the concept of the authorities federal before you can sue.
if the authorities general refuses to give his concept to the suit
you have lost your land forever to the herdsman.

this law when passed shall apply to the whole country. it means that your land in the village or anywhere is not safe.. the national grazing reserve council would have the power to take away Your land from you anytime they want as compensation.
even when you don't want to sell..
for you to get compensation you must have documents ownership
both southwest, South south, and southeast.

we must rise up and reject this bill
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS from passing that bill into law
this bill is a deliberate attempt to take our land and hand over to
Fulani.... ( UTHMAN DON FODIO and other NORTHERN LEADERS to take over part of Nigeria

this law will destroy NIGERIA ALL over the world...

there's no country where the land of the citizen are composed acquired and given to others.
this is evil and design to favor the Fulanis

we must Reese's it.
to save Nigeria and to protect our official generation

In addition, it still baffles me that this is same Buhari that is currently messing the country’s economy and reputation is the one that has tried severally / repeatedly, begging Nigerians for one (more) chance to the office number citizen of Nigeria after his military representation. It is was believed that, all the while he kept trying, he would have gathered him with more strength and ideas to take Nigeria to the next level, unfortunately, reverse is the case. He has just wasted an approximated two years to surrounding himself with greedy old mediocre, ineffectual comrades, the sick, the aged, people bereft of common ideas, bigots and pretenders.

Another thing that this government has gotten wrong is the banning of importation cars by road. This is a huge miscalculation and misadventure. Instead of this, why has Mr. President not reduced the duty on importation by 50%, and support importers by giving them all incentives they required, while waiting for the wonders that will follow afterward.

The N-Power program is yet another shame and scam which I will like to talk about in my next episode, as it was full of scam, lies and deceits.

The most painful thing is that, 2017 budget was presented three days ago without any life touching achievement from 2106 budget. No judicious use of the N6.06TR of 2106 budget, nothing to show for 2016, except flying from one country to the other, and blaming the past government. Our president (Bulgari) has rather used the 2016 N6.6TR to blame and travel around the world, while some wailers still celebrated him in the face of recession.

How I wish someone could just tell Mr. President that; in recession, a responsible governent will spend massively in all sectors and liberalize trading activities, and not the opposite he is doing around the world.

Here we come again! Now, another budget of N7.29TR has been presented again for 2017, tagged; BUDGET OF GROWTH AND RECOVERY. Honestly, I’m just shaking my head!

Where are we going in the country?

I think Buhari needs to hire some good opposition and borrow ideas from them, if not… (I’m short of words)!

Sincerely, I don’t just know what else to write or say because; this government has deprived us our right in all aspect. But, I will still say that we should keep praying and wait patiently till 2019, when we shall be opportune to re-decide!

Till then; I rise and care…

I had wished to ignore the rain of shame that descended on Nigeria my country in the past few weeks but, the patriotic spirit will not just allow me to sleep off it. Therefore, I have decided to come up with my position paper.

I cannot but concluded that President Buhari can hardly do anything rightly in Nigeria. He is no doubt a confused Man. I am still willing to see the day when Mr. President will do things rightly as I am willing to celebrate with others that care.

It is a peak of shame on our great country that appointments, employment and empowerment are full of nepotism and connection. Upon all the honesty and sincerity that was gullibly accorded to our President by some myopia, Mr. President is still fighting an incompetent war on corruption, added with many denials of reality and blame game on past government, thereby, exempting those corrupt officials under his nose rather than making them examples.

Also in this Buhari government, Nigerians have witnessed where a single person has held three different ministerial portfolios with huge task. There is no amount of capacity that one might have gotten for himself, even when one’s memory is working like 500-million Gigabytes computer system, added with lot of temerities, he or she cannot comfortably handle two commissioners’ offices in a small populated state capital in Nigeria, let alone; three ministerial positions in Nigeria. Only God knows what ministered to Mr. President to have made Babatunde Raji Fashola a 3-in-1 minister; (Power, Works and Housing) without getting three other capable hands to work with him. Now, total darkness has become our trademark in Nigeria at every night. Thank God for plant generating machines.

I even read in the news recently that some groups are protesting in Abuja, and displaying lanterns as a sign of no light, over lack of electricity in their communities since more than two months back, and they keep receiving and paying NEPA bills. Unfortunately for Nigeria, this protest is also covered by different mass media stations including international ones, and shortly, Mr. President will travel to other countries to disgrace us more. If I may ask, how many Presidents of other countries has been flying around, especially down to Nigeria? This is terrible.
Funny enough, in this same government, how could President Buhari who could not put the country in order, who has been disobeying court orders, who has never for once congratulated his counterparts in those days he was losing presidential elections could stood up, aiming to mediate and persuade Gambia president to accept defeat? Honestly, shameless is a big virus. One just needs to remind our President that he has done worse in the area of not accepting defeat and he has not lived by example in the past! Leadership should be by example. Thank God; Gambia president has replied him accordingly!

Kagd10:
You mean Peter's Ipob that's claiming Benue as part of their Biafra or Atiku's Fulani who's slaughtering them to steal their land.

Tinubu isn't claiming anyone's land. And Shettima is a Kanuri, not Fulani criminal.

the bill creates a council to be chaired by chairman to be appointed by the president
the council shall have the power to take Your land anywhere the land is located in the country and they pay you composition,
your land shall be assigned to herdsman use for grazing purpose.
they shall bring cow to the land and you shall lose the land permanently to those Fulani cattleman.
if you feel That's the council was not right to take your land you can go to court but before you go to court you must first of all notify the federal authorities general of your intention to sue the council.
about from notifying. you must get the concept of the authorities federal before you can sue.
if the authorities general refuses to give his concept to the suit
you have lost your land forever to the herdsman.
this law when passed shall apply to the whole country. it means that your land in the village or anywhere is not safe.. the national grazing reserve council would have the power to take away Your land from you anytime they want as compensation.
even when you don't want to sell..
for you to get compensation you must have documents ownership
both southwest, South south, and southeast.

we must rise up and reject this bill
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS from passing that bill into law
this bill is a deliberate attempt to take our land and hand over to
Fulani.... ( UTHMAN DON FODIO and other NORTHERN LEADERS to take over part of Nigeria

this law will destroy NIGERIA ALL over the world...

there's no country where the land of the citizen are composed acquired and given to others.
this is evil and design to favor the Fulanis

we must Reese's it.
to save Nigeria and to protect our official generation


I just post this here are there plan....
I said it but no body listen..

tiger28:
I won't waste my time with you BUT the only question is:

WHY are ibos the most hated tribe in Nigeria

From Hausas to Yorubas to ikweres to Ijaws to fulanis to igalas to ............EVERYONE ELSE?

KILODE?

tiger28:
See ENGLISH!

I have said it!

Most of these online ipobs are STARK Illiterates

You can't EVEN string such SIMPLE English words correctly

Go back to school plssss!

I am not wasting my time here with a STARK Illiterate!

You can't EVEN string such SIMPLE English words correctly

Boy go back to school
U and tinuubff na thif

So all my wrightup is ether vanakula or English

De way I hate police ehhh ... ....
100√

One put hand in my friends pocket I was like
who are u..
No uniform.. nothing to identify u
But da put on police logo...

I was like who are

Da SLAP that one she run like an hen.. to call there lion....

IGP ..... Sir... Abuse of power.,
Like da no what da are doing.

SultanOfPuna:
The worst thing you can ever do is give power to a woman!!!!
This is why i respect islam
They recognize this and refuse to give women power.

Power being out the inner jezebel in women
When a man gives woman power
They are not built to handle power
They will abuse and abuse it like a child
Because women are grown children

When Americans gave power to women in the name of feminism. America startrd to decline fadter and faster.
If you give your woman power, she will treat you like a houseboy

The only woman who I respect that maintained and managed power for decades is Queen Elizaberth.

the bill creates a council to be chaired by chairman to be appointed by the president
the council shall have the power to take Your land anywhere the land is located in the country and they pay you composition,
your land shall be assigned to herdsman use for grazing purpose.

they shall bring cow to the land and you shall lose the land permanently to those Fulani cattleman.
if you feel That's the council was not right to take your land you can go to court but before you go to court you must first of all notify the federal authorities general of your intention to sue the council.

about from notifying. you must get the concept of the authorities federal before you can sue.
if the authorities general refuses to give his concept to the suit
you have lost your land forever to the herdsman.
this law when passed shall apply to the whole country. it means that your land in the village or anywhere is not safe.. the national grazing reserve council would have the power to take away Your land from you anytime they want as compensation.
even when you don't want to sell..
for you to get compensation you must have documents ownership
both southwest, South south, and southeast.

we must rise up and reject this bill
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS from passing that bill into law
this bill is a deliberate attempt to take our land and hand over to
Fulani.... ( UTHMAN DON FODIO and other NORTHERN LEADERS to take over part of Nigeria

this law will destroy NIGERIA ALL over the world...

there's no country where the land of the citizen are composed acquired and given to others.
this is evil and design to favor the Fulanis

we must Reese's it.
to save Nigeria and to protect our official generation

Tochi3:
Tinubu acheived practically nothing in Lagos..

The job was done by Jakande, Buba Marwa, fashole the rocket science Minister, Ambode, other Military administrators of Lagos , FG and Nigerians. .

Only a political statement from OBJ when they were trying to settle their differences then....

That man Tinubu did nothing except increasing tax for his bullion vans and empowering miscreants

CheapHomes1:
It still leaves me wondering How does everythin u have typed answer these questions:

Why then does the story say the professor has been arrested?

NB: where did you get the information that the professor is a man?

CheapHomes1:
How does everythin u have typed answer these questions:

Why then does the story say the professor has been arrested?

NB: where did you get the information that the professor is a man?

NB: where did you get the information that the professor is a man?

CheapHomes1:
How does everything you have said answer these questions:

Why then does the story say the professor has been arrested?

NB: where did you get the information that the professor is a man?

ShaqFu:
This is good news. Let her explain herself to the judge on why she had the nerve to assault a police officer. Nonsense.

CheapHomes1:
How does everything you have said answer these questions:

Why then does the story say the professor has been arrested?

NB: where did you get the information that the professor is a man?

CheapHomes1:
Why then does the story say the professor has been arrested?

NB: where did you get the information that the professor is a man?

LegendHero:
Na Asiwaju certificate be this. He already submitted to INEC.

He even submitted his NYSC certificate.

Obi Pandora no get certificate. That man na scam.

LegendHero:
Na Asiwaju certificate be this. He already submitted to INEC.

He even submitted his NYSC certificate.

Obi Pandora no get certificate. That man na scam.

LegendHero:
Na Asiwaju certificate be this. He already submitted to INEC.

He even submitted his NYSC certificate.

Obi Pandora no get certificate. That man na scam.

LegendHero:
Na Asiwaju certificate be this. He already submitted to INEC.

He even submitted his NYSC certificate.

Obi Pandora no get certificate. That man na scam.

the bill creates a council to be chaired by chairman to be appointed by the president
the council shall have the power to take Your land anywhere the land is located in the country and they pay you composition,
your land shall be assigned to herdsman use for grazing purpose.

they shall bring cow to the land and you shall lose the land permanently to those Fulani cattleman.
if you feel That's the council was not right to take your land you can go to court but before you go to court you must first of all notify the federal authorities general of your intention to sue the council.

about from notifying. you must get the concept of the authorities federal before you can sue.
if the authorities general refuses to give his concept to the suit
you have lost your land forever to the herdsman.

this law when passed shall apply to the whole country. it means that your land in the village or anywhere is not safe.. the national grazing reserve council would have the power to take away Your land from you anytime they want as compensation.
even when you don't want to sell..
for you to get compensation you must have documents ownership
both southwest, South south, and southeast.

we must rise up and reject this bill
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS from passing that bill into law
this bill is a deliberate attempt to take our land and hand over to
Fulani.... ( UTHMAN DON FODIO and other NORTHERN LEADERS to take over part of Nigeria

this law will destroy NIGERIA ALL over the world...

there's no country where the land of the citizen are composed acquired and given to others.
this is evil and design to favor the Fulanis

we must Reese's it.
to save Nigeria and to protect our official generation

N3TRAL:
Until this past Monday they were still questioning the paper qualification of Buhari who had military training in the United Kingdom.

Until this past Monday they were still questioning the paper qualification of Tinubu who graduated summa cum laude from an elite American University.

Boom! INEC released its list and and it was revealed that Obi had no proper university qualification to submit.

The music changed to "Paper Qualifications Are Not Important".


Nigerians do not need a GCE holder to lead the country. Obi will fail woefully!

N3TRAL:
Until this past Monday they were still questioning the paper qualification of Buhari who had military training in the United Kingdom.

Until this past Monday they were still questioning the paper qualification of Tinubu who graduated summa cum laude from an elite American University.

Boom! INEC released its list and and it was revealed that Obi had no proper university qualification to submit.

The music changed to "Paper Qualifications Are Not Important".

Nigerians do not need a GCE holder to lead the country. Obi will fail woefully!

the bill creates a council to be chaired by chairman to be appointed by the president
the council shall have the power to take Your land anywhere the land is located in the country and they pay you composition,
your land shall be assigned to herdsman use for grazing purpose.

they shall bring cow to the land and you shall lose the land permanently to those Fulani cattleman.
if you feel That's the council was not right to take your land you can go to court but before you go to court you must first of all notify the federal authorities general of your intention to sue the council.

about from notifying. you must get the concept of the authorities federal before you can sue.
if the authorities general refuses to give his concept to the suit
you have lost your land forever to the herdsman.

this law when passed shall apply to the whole country. it means that your land in the village or anywhere is not safe.. the national grazing reserve council would have the power to take away Your land from you anytime they want as compensation.
even when you don't want to sell..
for you to get compensation you must have documents ownership
both southwest, South south, and southeast.

we must rise up and reject this bill
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS from passing that bill into law
this bill is a deliberate attempt to take our land and hand over to
Fulani.... ( UTHMAN DON FODIO and other NORTHERN LEADERS to take over part of Nigeria

this law will destroy NIGERIA ALL over the world...

there's no country where the land of the citizen are composed acquired and given to others.
this is evil and design to favor the Fulanis

we must Reese's it.
to save Nigeria and to protect our official generation

CheapHomes1:
You didn't answer the question.

What if the professor asked the police orderly to beat up her maid, would the police have arrested the professor?

the bill creates a council to be chaired by chairman to be appointed by the president
the council shall have the power to take Your land anywhere the land is located in the country and they pay you composition,
your land shall be assigned to herdsman use for grazing purpose.

they shall bring cow to the land and you shall lose the land permanently to those Fulani cattleman.
if you feel That's the council was not right to take your land you can go to court but before you go to court you must first of all notify the federal authorities general of your intention to sue the council.

about from notifying. you must get the concept of the authorities federal before you can sue.
if the authorities general refuses to give his concept to the suit
you have lost your land forever to the herdsman.

this law when passed shall apply to the whole country. it means that your land in the village or anywhere is not safe.. the national grazing reserve council would have the power to take away Your land from you anytime they want as compensation.
even when you don't want to sell..
for you to get compensation you must have documents ownership
both southwest, South south, and southeast.

we must rise up and reject this bill
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS from passing that bill into law
this bill is a deliberate attempt to take our land and hand over to
Fulani.... ( UTHMAN DON FODIO and other NORTHERN LEADERS to take over part of Nigeria

this law will destroy NIGERIA ALL over the world...

there's no country where the land of the citizen are composed acquired and given to others.
this is evil and design to favor the Fulanis

we must Reese's it.
to save Nigeria and to protect our official generation

CheapHomes1:
What if the professor asked the police orderly to beat up her maid, would the police have arrested the professor?

MyVILLAGEpeople:
I think they were in numbers that beat her up