On Tuesday the 15th, my journey from Onitsha in Anambra State to Anyigba in Kogi State by road once again underscored my consistent appeal for all tiers of government to prioritize the repair and completion of existing road infrastructure, rather than launching new projects that may not be completed anytime soon, further adding to the growing list of abandoned projects scattered all over the country.
The journey, which should normally take around three and a half hours, took us over seven hours. The route through Obollo Afor, Otukpa Branch, Ejule, and Anyigba was exhausting. On the return trip, we took an alternate route via Ogugu and Enugu-Ezike, departing Kogi State around 2:00 p.m. and not arriving back until about 9:00 p.m. – all for a meeting that lasted just 30 minutes.
This is my travel experience across the country this year. In the first quarter, I had cause to travel from Calabar to Uyo, a trip that should take about an hour, but it ended up taking four hours. I travelled from Port Harcourt to Bayelsa, thinking I would use the East-West Road to Warri, but it became a treacherous journey. Warri to Benin was a similar experience.
In August, I travelled from Abuja to Kaduna, where I spent over two hours on the Kaduna bypass alone.
The Onitsha to Benin route was no different.
My recent trip from Benin to Auchi and back was excruciating, and one cannot help but wonder. I know these things cannot be fixed overnight, but my appeal is that there should be total commitment to alleviating the suffering of the Nigerian travelling public, rather than launching new projects.
The resources should be directed toward improving the existing roads and easing the burden on commuters. -PO
Good morning Dr Abiola,
I have been one to vehemently speak against abuse but against, false accusations - my voice will always louder.
The young man you falsely vilified has been confirmed innocent.
Do you think it is fair that you labelled a grieving widower a murderer before the autopsy results?
Do you - in good conscience think that you should take down this tweet and owe this man an apology?
@Feyisparkles now that it is confirmed that the lawyer isn't lying - is the grieving husband worthy of your sympathy now?
Do you people really care about women's rights or it is more important that innocent men get jailed?
Dr. Olayinka David presented his outstanding dissertation on fertility decline in mosquitoes today. @ODavid2015 your determination and brilliance has inspired a new direction for my lab. I could not be more proud of you. #FIU
INYANG JOHN OKORO JSc WHAT WILL YOU GAIN?
Rhetorically I throw the same question to you Justice Inyang John Okoro what do you stand to gain by chairing the Presidential Elections Appeal Panel? You pressured the Allied Progressive Movement (APM) to withdraw their petition on the strength of what you described as “what they intend to gain since they won't be President”. Similarly, as the chairman of the PEPC appeal panel who does not enjoy the confidence of the majority of Nigerians and whose neutrality and impartiality are suspect owing to fraternal relationships with members of the ruling party and the previously established corruption allegations hanging on your neck, dispensing justice may be a Herculean task.
We had anticipated that as the apex court, your pronouncement on knotty judicial matters would become law and an item of judicial reference whose establishment becomes judicial precedence. The fact that you have pressured the APM to withdraw the suit dwelling on Kashim Shettima's double nomination you have denied the nation and the legal profession a golden priority prospect to address similar future challenges that may arise.
The manner you conducted the hearing of the motion for the presentation of the new evidence by the counsel to Atiku Abubakar on the
Chicago State University (CSU) and the questions you and the highly-rated Emmanuel Agim Jsc were proffering were, to say the least petty, pedestrian, and pointless. The fundamental question you raised was aimed at casting aspersions on the substance, conduct, and competence of the United States judiciary.
Perhaps those interrogatory questions were aimed at establishing and redirecting the minds of the citizens to the centric theme of your expected judgment which is most probable to be an antithesis to equity fairness and justice.
Whatever you decide tomorrow history will not forget you in a hurry as Nigerians have never looked up to the judiciary more than now. Your decisions will most profoundly have moral, legal, judicial, and political consequences for our dear and esteemed nation.
“My father was a street Evangelist quite early in his life, before he even got married to my mother. And He said there was a revelation that one of his children will be a minister of the gospel.
Then he got married to me mother, and they gave birth to my elder brother and I. The year was 1969, and I was 2 years old when my father sent my mother away and she went back to her village with the 2 of us.
It wasn’t long, my Father married another woman and brought her home.
See what Third Mainland Bridge is.
I don’t mind being the one-man army to fight this fight.
FG must as a matter of urgency fix this immediately. This is a problem waiting to happen. https://t.co/kqc6pVq23o
𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗢𝗔𝗗 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗣𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗧 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧?
Following the failure of his multiple attempts to invade Niger at the behest of France and the USA, Nigerian president Bola Tinubu appears to be at the end of the road, courtesy of some legal trouble in the United States.
@DavidHundeyin
Dem Dey put budget together, in the coming days full media propaganda against this deposition go start. The truth will triumph. Some people will collect wonga and betray their conscience but God Dey!
HEADS UP:
We’ve been calling for Tinubu’s resignation all day but my research has shown that S146 of the constitution states that the Vice President will take over if Tinubu resigns
We should rather be calling for his DISQUALIFICATION, this will render both of them invalid! 🔥
CSU had found itself at the center of a political dispute between Tinubu and his rivals over the legitimacy of a CSU diploma Tinubu provided before the national election earlier this year. https://t.co/fPRRt8NaPJ
Investigative journalist @DavidHundeyin speaking TODAY at the UN Human Rights Council session held in Geneva about the Nigerian regime's ongoing attempt to silence him and put and end to his journalistic work by illegal means and diplomatic meddling!