Trapped in traffic – and more, in today’s news round up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze

Heavy traffic is seen on the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos

 

This morning, a lot of Lagosians will miss a lot of appointments, million naira deals will not get the required handshake, a lot of office workers will clock in very late. Scratch that, a lot of office workers have already clocked in late, all because of this, which caused a trek of biblical proportions in this ‘ere city. That, is in just one end of town though, and in another end, epic traffic has become a way of life despite the best efforts of Fash and some ratings.

You see, delays, as caused by pesky things such as 93 days in traffic, have a way of affecting every other thing that is in queue. Thus it was, that a day after being ordered about by a nice sounding 17-year old from Pakistan, our Prez found his office more or less insulted by a rag-tag group of villagers, who thumbed their collective nose up at him, and said that he was not worth their time. This unexpected show of “pride”, led to a presidential parrot looking for damage control by belting out age old clichés about opposition infiltrators and what not, then telling us that it was the Prez, who cancelled the entire photo-op.

But it’s not all doom and gloom. Hey, there is cause to celebrate. Only a week ago, one of the most unsavoury characters in Nigerian politics, Murtala “The Bigot” Nyako, attempted to play on religious sentiment by declaring a two-day fast during the month of Ramadam. Thankfully, the Almighty did not take too kindly to that deception, and Nyako was thrown out of the bus yesterday. He should thank his stars that Allah is merciful. In the days of yore, a pestilence would have visited him for that insult.

Love life, live healthy

Bits and Bobs

I thought that it was just World Cup money that the NFF was chopping. It is worse!

Consider this: we don’t have light, yet our manufacturing sector is growing by leaps and bounds. Something does not add up.

After looking at what befell The Bigot, Nasarawa babariga, Al-Makura, is doing what’s good for him.

Ghost, are a vital part of Nigeria’s public service. So any attempt to send them back to the graveyard will be resisted.

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