Tell Magazine

    Lekki, a sprawling community on the outskirts of Lagos, along the Epe Expressway, is now home to many Nigerians and a thriving real estate market. However, rising cost of rent and inadequate infrastructure, traffic congestion especially, have made life a nightmare for residents   It was not his first visit to the area, but Peter Marquis, a retired officer of the Nigeria Customs Service, was pleasantly surprised on March 1, on his way to the burial ceremony of his aunt at Lekki, on the outskirts of Lagos. He had visited the area last when it had a narrow single lane road and dreaded its notorious traffic congestion. Although there was still slight traffic congestion on that fateful day,…

    After securing the gazette making the Tinapa Business and Leisure Resort a free trade zone, patronage at the resort remains very low, prompting calls for concerted efforts by stakeholders to realise its full potential   The first time Nnamani Kelechi visited Tinapa Business and Leisure Resort, Adiabo, near Calabar, he was amazed at what he saw. For a moment he thought he was in Europe or some developed country. Since that first visit last December, Kelechi, then a member of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, serving at Odukpani Local Government area of Cross River State, had visited Tinapa several times, the last of which was Saturday, February 10.   Although still impressed with the breathtaking scenery of Tinapa,…