''For Refusing to pay two hundred Naira, Police alleged brutality of a trader in katangua Market

                                                                                    

‘’I was ordered  to pay the some of two hundred naira by one individual in the process of trying to park my vehicle in a particular location with  having some meters set back from the Nigeria police post to which I questioned. Thereafter, I was badly beaten in an unwholesome manner by men of the Nigeria police’’. This was contained in a press release by Mr. Adeoye Thomas, market trader, who told some selected journalist his ordeal with a policeman in mufti in the process of trying to park his vehicle and where he was accosted and asked to pay a likely some to which he queried its legality in the first place, and where fracas ensued there after. 

The challenges before Lagos By Olusegun Ariyo

                                                                                 

         

Lagos hitherto like every other settlements exist as a small community, rural in character and characterized with homogeneous population. The 1865 British Colonization of Lagos colony brought a lot of attendance impact mostly change in demographic composition of the colony, associated with civilization and population redistribution. The period of colonial administration of Lagos brought about social, physical and demography changes which propel the colony as a rallying point of economic and social activities. This attracted populations of settlement far and near within the region of the colony. Lagos with a slight population of over 3000 people in 1863 had her population increased to 1.4 Million. The current population of the city stand at over 10, million and projected to reach 34, million by 2020 migration remains the major factor responsible for the growth as it is estimated that over 600 people enters Lagos every minute. This demographic change also brings about change in the social, economic and physical composition of the metropolis. Economy of the

Environmental sustainability how far are we in Nigeria? by Olusegun Ariyo

                                                                                             

The world today is eleven years into the millennium, a milestone in the history of man kind that spurred heads of state and government of 189 nations in total, to commit them to making the right to development a reality for every one to freeing the entire human race from want. There was first and foremost an acknowledgement of simple fact that progress is based on sustainable economy, which must focus on sustaining the environment.

Appriopriate approach to flood challenges in Nigeria; By Olusegun Ariyo

                                                                             

 Flood is caused by excess water surpassing the live of its confines. A flood can happen during myriad of event, including he heavy rainfall and over flowing river bank. Floods present significant danger with enough force to sweep away massive object such as cars and trees.

Street Trading menace in Lagos By Olusegun Ariyo

                                                                                    

Street trading refers to any form of buying, selling, hawking or exposing of goods and services to front of residential building, office buildings, railway line, setbacks, street carriers beside any road, or pedestrian bridges on vehicle, bridges, bus stops and railway terminals, , under billboards, in front of churches or mosque. It precludes any form of buying and selling during the day or at night outside designated market zone. It forbids shop-extension into the walk ways. It hinders doing any business on the roads example one mechanics and vulcanizers. All these have ravaged all the street of Lagos and have become a menace with a harmful effect at both the inhabitant and habitat in the metropolis.

GSM Base station for who , where and how? by Olusegun Ariyo

                                                                                    

 The speed of advancement in network technology and sciencetific innovation in many areas has enhanced the evolution of global scientific mobile innovation through communication network. This is in effect has  made communication development possible within the metropolitan area in the cities which however remains significant in accessing, extracting and disseminating information in a digital format of encoding and decoding with reduced lab our, less human innovation and accuracy with an amazingly short period. Global satellite network remains a tool for communication gap were all means of coding and decoding are done through network means in every inhabitant but certainly, its lacks the requirement for environmental quality in the placement of its base stations in the metropolitan Nigerian cities.

Poverty on Affordability of Housing in Nigeria by Olusegun Ariyo

                                                                              

Going by the manner to which the urban rich live on the toil and patronage of the urban poor, one is tempted to jump to this conclusion that poverty is of complimentary essence in the urban centers of the developing nations. For instance, the numbers of the affluent-owned organizations engaged in supply of table water in small polythene sachets to the urban poor increases as few public faucets supply potable water. Secondly, the new pocket of slums of predominantly tenament houses, for the urban poor as targeted tenant rapidly proliferate. 

Otto slum in lagos; Any residential satisfaction? By Olusegun Ariyo

                                                                                        

Housing quality has significant impact on socio-economic development of occupant. It dictates the occupant’s socio economic objectives and the possibility of attaining such objectives .housing is very fundamental to welfare, survival and health of individual. That is, comfortable housing cannot be overemphasized in the sustenance of human life and rising of standard of living. It is widely acknowledged that adequate housing is essential for good life; it is a key requirement for an efficient and satisfied lob-our force and the foundation of satisfying community life. The major contributing factor to the growing incidence of poor housing is urbanization, which can be attributed to higher internal birth rate and migration.

.Bridging the Gap: providing options for housing delivery by Olusegun Ariyo

                                                                                    

Housing problem in Nigeria are multi dimensional, they occur both in the urban and rural areas. They are qualitative and quantitative, psychological and socio cultural in nature these problems are consequential of the inability and ineffectiveness of both the public and private sector to meet the housing need of the populist. As a result of this, any lasting solution to the Nigerian housing problem require a multi-fatted approach.