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  Picture Credit: Google By Grace N Okonkwo Ajagus  Traffic congestion in the city of Lagos is one of the goriest experiences of Lagos residents. It is so terrible that many workers leave home as early as 5:00am or sometimes, earlier with the sole purpose of beating the traffic and arriving at work on time. The morning and evening rush hours of Lagos are better left imagined than experienced. Despite boasting of some of the most developed roads in Nigeria, one won't be wrong to say the transit populace of the city exceeds the road space available. To worsen matters, roadside trading activities, dilapidated roads, illegal vehicle parking, military checkpoints, bad or nonexistent traffic lights/signals, bad drainage facilities, the menace of community touts (agberos) who pester commercial drivers for money, faulty vehicles, etc, aggravate the already unpleasant state of transportation. According to a traffic survey, a worker commuting in the city of Lagos spends an average of th...

   Photo Credit: BusinessDay media By Grace N Okonkwo Ajagus An environmental disaster or ecological disaster is defined as a catastrophic event regarding the natural environment that is due to human or natural activity. The common environmental disaster we experience in Lagos is flooding and it's caused by climate change, poor urban planning and anthropogenic activities. Our environment produces elements essential to human activity and to our very best survival, from food and shelter to medicines active ingredients. Our dependence on our environment to thrive, if not survive, is therefore not to be doubted. The implicit contribution of our environment in our economies are also far reaching, its role can be seen as "service" provided free of charge by nature - nature truly"works" for us. It is therefore our responsibility to protect our environment. Protecting the environment is a major step towards protecting the well-being of people and all living creatures. I...

   Photo Credit: Daily Trust Grace N Okonkwo Ajagus According to Daily Trust Abdullateef Aliyu the Lagos chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has shortlisted five people as the search for the running mate of the party's governorship candidate, Alhaji Abdulaziz Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, continues. Nollywood actress Olufunke Akindele, popularly known as Jenifa, is among the people shortlisted. A picture of Jandor and Akindele had gone viral on Friday, suggesting that the Nollywood actress had been chosen as the deputy governorship candidate. However, checks by the correspondent indicated that the actress was only nominated as a potential running mate while the decision on who will run with the governorship candidate is yet to be taken. According to the source, a committee has been set up to screen the aspirants and come up with the suitable candidate to be the running mate to Jandor. The stakeholders of the party are deliberating on the best nominee t...

  Picture Credit: Google By Grace N Okonkwo Ajagus  Lagos is the biggest metropolitan area in Africa and has made a name for itself as a tech hub rapidly advancing towards a 24-hour economy, generating 10% of Nigeria's total GDP of $432.3 billion according to weforum data. A look at the colonial roots of Lagos, Nigeria shows Lagos was bombarded by the British in 1852, annexed on 6th August 1861 and declared a colony on 5th March 1862. By 1872 Lagos was a cosmopolitan trading centre with a population over 60,000. The colony and protectorate was incorporated into Southern Nigeria in February 1906, and Lagos became the capital in January 1914. Since then Lagos has grown to become the largest city in West Africa and second largest in Africa. Lagos has better job opportunities than other cities in Nigeria and as the city is rapidly growing there are more jobs in the construction sector and businesses are booming. Lagos is the home of many of the country's Banks. Most of the energy ...