Monday, 29 April 2013

Signs of danger

AS I strolled through the neighbourhood, feeling quite relaxed after a tedious day’s work, I noticed a few cracks and bulges in the walls of a storey building. These are warning signs that the walls were no longer able to support the weight of the building’s upper floor and would soon collapse. “Shall I warn the occupants or send to the authorities that there was danger of an imminent building collapse?” I chose, instead, to tell one of the occupants who seemed intelligent enough to recognise the danger. “Sir, we did notice it too and informed...

Security cameras in Lagos Blocked by FG

The cold war between the Federal Government and Lagos State Government may be the reason why the latter has stopped the Lagos Safe City Project, a scheme aimed at providing 10,000 solar-powered closed circuit cameras all over the metropolis, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. This emerged against the backdrop of the increasing cases of kidnapping in Lagos, a menace that has defied efforts by the police and other in the state. While making enquiries about police effort in tracking kidnappers through the security cameras in the state, a police source...