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Nigeria, a place we call home, a land that used to flow with milk and honey, formerly know as the giant of Africa. What has happened? What changed? Is it the inabilities of the leaders or the cruelness of the led? I remember trying to get to Agbara from mile 2 in Lagos some time ago and for no reason the bus fare that was supposed to be 200, has been more than doubled, For no reason traders increase the price of their goods, for no reason people dump refuse on the streets and when it rains and everywhere becomes flooded they blame it on the government. Now the question is: WHO IS TO BE BLAMED FOR THE DOWNFALL OF OUR GREAT NATION? Is the government truly at fault? Or is it just that the citizens are not playing their part? Now back to my bus story, sitting in the bus I was wondering, why is a bus of 200 now 500? Getting to iyana Iba, the answer flew in, 'bad road's we are not talking about mere pot holes, but pits on a so called international road. Then I asked...

The government has revealed that the explosion was due to vehicle defect and human errors and has vowed to prosecute both driver and owner. Lagos state government has announced that it has discovered the owner of the fuel tanker that exploded and claimed at least 12 lives in the state last month  The Mack tanker loaded with 33,000 litres of premium motor spirit (PMS), lost control of its brake and exploded on Otedola bridge along Lagos Ibadan expressway on the 28 of June this year where at least 12 persons were reported dead. Investigation by the government revealed that the truck was registered in Kano and had changed ownership 13 times since purchase. Speaking in a meeting about the accident at the Bagauda Kaltho press centre in Alausa on Tuesday 24th July, the state commissioner for transportation Mr Ladi Lawanson disclosed the current owner of the tanker to be a certain Mr Hassan Yusuf Maiwaka. Lawanson disclosed to The Nation that Maiwaka will be brought ...