Travel
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Kicking Against Indiscipline In Lagos
Oct 21, 2015I got to the bridge at Ojota and met ‘pedestrian traffic’. What could be happening? I asked myself. My curiosity made me wait on the bridge. I started to stare, just then I noticed the green... -
Rural Pulse: How You can Stop Trafficking of Persons in Nigeria
Oct 18, 2015Migration plays an important role in national development. However, it has been mainly influenced by the quest for a better life and if not properly done, it may result in dang of irregular migration leading to... -
Group Empowers Idiroko Community as Vanguard on Dangers of Irregular Migration
Oct 14, 2015Trafficking is the world’s third most lucrative business in the crime world today, hence the need to advocate and sensitise youths and the general public from falling prey. Given the recent increase in migration struggle, the... -
Lagos Commuter: To Board or Not To Board?
Oct 13, 2015It was another hectic traffic situation in Lagos this morning. It was not the time to be selective about the cars to board. When one of those almost-falling-apart looking type of cars came and people weren’t willing... -
Community GateKeepers: Pay Your Fees Or Return Home
Oct 7, 2015I got a taste of the 25 minutes ‘compulsory exercise’ of community gatekeepers this morning… the Estate where my work place is situated was practically under lock. Today was set aside for the inspection of payment... -
Diary of a Lagos Commuter: Marie wasn’t bad after all!
Sep 27, 2015It was time to go home. Usually it will take an average time of 15 minutes for one to get a shuttle out of GRA in Ogudu. My colleague and I had barely spent five minutes... -
Accra Forum on Migration: Prioritising Freedom of Movement and Safe Migration Across Borders
Sep 22, 2015Travelling across border, especially within African regions or the continent shouldn’t be difficult. It should be as easy as going to the next town or community within a local area. Unfortunately, this is not so. Yearly,... -
Africa on the Move: Experts Fashion out Ways to Ease Migration Bottlenecks
Sep 21, 2015For the first time, stakeholders concerned with migration management came together to talk about the challenges facing migration in Africa and how to effectively abolish the log jams. Dubbed the Accra Forum on Intra-Regional Consultations on... -
In Pictures: Jos at First Sight
Sep 19, 2015Aah, so recently I had the pleasure of visiting Jos for the first time, and its beauty captured my heart. Right from my first glimpse of it over 30,000 feet above sea level, I just couldn’t stop... -
Community Spotlight: How It Takes A Village To Raise A Child In Obudu, Nigeria
Sep 2, 2015Still focusing on our rural education series with spotlight on Fr. Peter Abue’s work, our reporter, Ibrahim Olalekan, again travelled another two hours to a town called Obudu in Cross River State. This community houses the...