Transportation situation in Lagos, Nigeria, where a city of over 12 million inhabitants has no functional mass transit system.
Children go out at night in Umuebulu, near Port Harcourt, to fetch water, as Shell flares gas in civilian population in the Niger Delta.
This is not a religious crusade or political rally. It is the gathering of job seekers waiting to be tested for a few openings at the Intercontinental Bank, Fototek Plaza, Opebi, Ikeja, Lagos. They were dispersed later by the police with tear gas. Do we need a brain surgeon to know why the "Yahoo Boys" syndrome is gaining ground? Nigeria is ripe for a clean break from the same old leaders.
