In 1983, a mass transit system proposed for Lagos was truncated by the military government with the cancellation of the Lagos Metroline Project introduced by Governor Lateef Jakande. Long after that, under the leadership of Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a…
Tips to make your neighbourhood look nice and pollution-free (2) – Gbenga Onabanjo
Neighbourhood pollution comes in various forms: unkempt frontages and gutters, cigarette butts on streets, unswept roads, overgrown weeds at front yards and setbacks, pure water sachets and wraps blowing by, unpatched potholes on roads, dustbins without covers and a whole…
Tips to make your neighbourhood look nice and pollution-free – Gbenga Onabanjo
Neighbourhood pollution comes in various forms: unkempt frontages and gutters, cigarette butts on streets, unswept roads, overgrown weeds at front yards and setbacks, pure water sachets and wraps blowing by, unpatched potholes on roads, dustbins without covers and a whole…
It’s time to enhance the look and feel of our cities (2) – Gbenga Onabanjo
The following areas would need interventions. They may not be exhaustive but a conscious effort should be made to address them. · Road Infrastructure Proper policy to fund construction of roads should be put in place. Hitherto, the road tax…
It’s time to enhance the look and feel of our cities – Gbenga Onabanjo
The urban environment influences our lives considerably and plays a very important role in our wellbeing generally. That is why the urban equation needs to be delicately balanced between the quest to drive economic development that delivers many public services…
From Traditional Roundabouts to Signalised Junctions: Allen Avenue junction as a case study – Gbenga Onabanjo
Let me be upfront here: I am a lover of the traditional roundabouts bequeathed to us by the British, just as I am an advocate of the parliamentary system of government. The signalised junction is good in an environment where…
Road junction improvements, moral burden of enlightenment, advocacy and enforcement of rule of law – Gbenga Onabanjo
Within the first six months of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s administration, he organised the first-ever traffic summitin Lagos, where experts in traffic management, town planners and architects from both the public and private sectors presented various papers on how to tackle…
Lagos: Public utilities, security and the environment – Gbenga Onabanjo
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES Lagos State was created in 1967 under the leadership of General Yakubu Gowon. At that time, it was the smallest of the 12 states that were created in terms of geographical land size. It had a population of…
The tedium of our crosswalks – Gbenga Onabanjo
We are the sum of our thoughts, experiences and activities in our sojourn on mother earth. A school of thought believes that our mind is a repository of ideas, logics and inspirations, so we should feed and guard it jealously…
The Blue Line Rail Corridor: The filth, the chaos and the neglect – Gbenga Onabanjo
The flurry of activities lately by this administration signalling their intention to complete the Lagos Blue Line Light Rail System stimulated the writer’s interest to investigate and assess the level of completion of the project. Transportation, being the first and…