Catastrophe Evaded As Fully Loaded Tanker Falls At Igbo - Elerin!

What could have been a catastrophe was on Thursday, 11th October, 2018 dodged at Igbo-Elerin road, off Badagry express way, Okokomaiko area, Lagos State, Nigeria.

According eye-witnesses, who reside in the area, the tanker, loaded with the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) product fell while trying to take a sharp bend on the road.

When Roving Informant got to the area, men of the Lagos State Fire Service, and some officers of the Nigerian Police Force were already on ground to ensure the situation does not spiral out of control.

Businesses close to the spot were closed, the short-cut leading to Badagry express way from Igbo-Elerin was equally closed, while vehicles were diverted to ply the Iyana-Oba route. 

Residents and eye-witnesses expressed gratitude over the response of the Lagos State Fire Service and the Nigerian Police Force, according to a business owner who spoke with our correspondence, this could have been a major disaster, this is a highly populated area, with residential  and business buildings clustered, there is even a market, a few meters from here. I don't want to think of what could have happened if that tanker exploded. 

It was also observed, that some individuals however helped themselves to some free fuel, under Police watch.

S.O.S Cry For Lagos - Badagry Express-Way!

The current situation of the Lagos-Badagry express is unbelievably heart-breaking, considering the fact that this is the gate-way into a supposedly great Nation as Nigeria. Over time, Roving Informant, through this platform, joined our voice to thousands of other voices glamouring for better governance, infrastructural development and provision of basic amenities/ facilities for the teaming Nigerian populace. The only time Nigerians seems to get a close feel of the polity appears to be during electoral campaigns. As soon as political offices are won, zaarp....off the Politicians go to enjoy the largesse, forgetting the populace on whose votes they supposedly climbed to power. 

Ojo Military Barracks area, Iyana-Oba, Lagos- Badagry express. 

Situation of the so-called "on-going" construction at Iyana-Oba, Lagos- Badagry express. 

Pictures attached to this post, taken on Monday, September 10th, 2018, shows the current negligence of the Lagos-Badary express, and should be a thing of concern to the present administration. This situation has caused untold hardship to the people residing or having one thing or the other to do in this axis of the Lagos Metropolis. The so-called on-going rail/motor way project, which started a few years ago, is obviously abandoned. 

Iyana-Oba area, Lagos- Badagry express.

Obviously abandoned construction at Iyana-Oba, Lagos- Badagry express.

Transportation fare is hiked particularly when it rains, as no vehicle wants to ply this route. Consequently, commuters are stranded, with no option than to walk the long distance to their respective destinations. 

Commuters trekking along at Iyana-Oba, Lagos- Badagry express. 

Most traders at the International Trade-fare complex and the popular Alaba International market walk long distance every morning en-route their various businesses, and back to their base in the evenings, tired and spent. This is pathetic and totally unacceptable. 


More Pictures Below:

Iyana-Oba, Lagos- Badagry express.

Opposite Lagos State University, (LASU) Iyana-Oba, Lagos- Badagry express. 

Very bad road around Ilogbo-Eremi on Lagos- Badagry express.

Ojo Military barracks area,  Iyana-Oba, Lagos- Badagry express. 

The Nigerian government, Lagos State government and stake holders concerned with this project need to visit this location, witness first-hand, the suffering of people living or working in this axis and proffer a lasting solution. 

Blocked Drainage Channel Of Ozumba Mbadiwe!

The blocked drainage channel pictured below is the current situation of the 'gutter' running through Kofo Abayomi Bus-stop to Bonny Camp on Ozumba Mbadiwe street, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.  

Lagos State Sanitation Authorities, your attention is needed here, to do the needful.

Police Britality: Danfo Driver Beaten To A Pulp In Lagos!

 A commercial bus-driver popularly known as "Danfo-driver" was on Sunday, 19th August, 2018 beating to a pulp by some officers of the Nigerian Police Force, around the traffic light at the Victorian Garden City (VGC) junction, Lekki, Lagos - Nigeria.

Eye witnesses who spoke with Roving Informant said the Police officers chased the commercial bus from Ajah area, and caught up with the bus at the traffic light. The officers, it was gathered bounced on the driver, beating him to stupor. One of the officers they said, even went ahead to hit the driver with his gun. The scenario attracted some area-boys in the area and as well as passers-by, who inquired what warranted such treatment. The Police reportedly said the driver knocked-down someone and ran-off. A claim passengers in the bus dismissed. According to the passengers, the Police wanted to collect some money from the driver, but he refused to stop, which resulted to the chase. Not satisfied with the beating, the Officers went on to deflate the tires of the vehicle and removed the battery.

In a bid to contest this mistreat, the driver stripped naked and clutched to the Police vehicle as the officers zoomed off. On getting to Berger bus-stop, opposite Ikota Shopping Complex, the Police officers reportedly tossed the driver off their vehicle and continued on their flight. This action inflicted more body injuries on the driver who fell hard on the coal tar.

When some of the bus-passengers, passersby and area-boys who chased the Police vehicle got to the spot where the driver was left for dead on the express, out of anger about the brutality they witnessed, barricaded the express way, causing a logjam.

INEC Extends Voters Registration To August 31st!

The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced its decision to extend the Voters Card registration to 31st August, 2018.

"The Commission has decided to extend the CVR to 31st August 2018. The exercise will continue in all the designated registration centres every day, including weekends, but excluding public holidays, between 9am and 5pm".

Human Rights Violation Allegations And Reports: Osinbajo Orders Immediate SARS Overhaul!

Nigeria's Vice-President, who also doubles as the 'Acting President' at the moment, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has ordered the immediate over-hauling of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS), a unit of the Nigerian Police. This development came following series of human-right violation reports, and allegations levied against the squad. In a statement dated 14, August, 2018, The State House, through the office of the Acting-President released the following statement via its Twitter handle:

Acting President Orders Immediate Overhaul of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police

"Directs investigation on alleged violations of the squad

Following persistent complaints and reports on the activities of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) that border on allegations of human rights violations, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has directed the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to, with immediate effect, overhaul the management and activities of SARS and ensure that any Unit that will emerge from the process, will be intelligence-driven and restricted to the prevention and detection of armed robbery and kidnapping, and apprehension of offenders linked to the stated offences, and nothing more.

The Acting President has also directed the IGP to ensure that all operatives in the emerging Unit conduct their operations in strict adherence to the rule of law and with due regard to International Human Rights Law and the constitutionally guaranteed rights of suspects. The operatives should also bear proper identification anytime they are on duty.

In the meantime, the Acting President has directed the National Human Rights Commission to set up a Special Panel that will conduct an investigation of the alleged unlawful activities of SARS in order to afford members of the general public the opportunity to present their grievances with a view to ensuring redress."


Follow link to a previous publication on reports on some of SARS activities: 

http://rovinginformant.blogspot.com/2018/07/endsars-while-i-was-busy-fighting-for.html

Five High-School Nigerian Girls Wins Silicon Valley's World Technovation Challenge!

Promise Nnalue, Jessica Osita, Nwabuaku Ossai, Adaeze Onuigbo and Vivian Okoye, the five girls from Regina Pacies Secondary school Onitsha, Anambra state, Nigeria, who represented Nigeria and Africa at the World Technovation Challenge, clutched the price. 

Sweeping through over 2000 applications, to grasp the first position, at the Silicon Valley, San Francisco, United States of America, they won the challenge with a mobile application called the FD-Detector, which they developed to aid tackle the challenge of fake pharmaceutical products in the market.

According to news, the girls spent five months researching and developing under the coaching of Uchenna Onwuamaegbu-Ugwu, the CEO of Edufun Technik STEM.  About 115 countries participated in the qualifier, but 12 teams made it to the finalist in Silicon Valley.