With the recent happenings and focus on Okada riders / Motorcyclists in Festac Town , Lagos the question has risen asking , should there be a ban on Okada and Okada riders ?
With the recent raid on some Okada riders in the 7th avenue area during the week by team of security operatives drawn from the state task force, Rapid Response Squad,Read More »Should Okada Be Banned In Festac Town ?
32-year old OlaKunle Ogunrombi is our Festac Icon for The week. Kunle Ogunrombi popularly known as K-peace came to the limelight as the winner of the recently concluded 5th edition of Nigerian Idol sponsored by Etisalat Nigeria.
K-peace is an Ogun state indigene and lives in Amuwo-Odofin. Kunle has five siblings and he is the first son of his family, His father was a engineer with Leventis Motors at one time, but he lost hisRead More »Festac Icon Vol 2 : K-Peace
Welcome to the first in The series of FESTAC ICON, and to start this series Festac is celebrating an award winning singer-songwriter, producer, Entrepreneur. He is 2face Idibia.
2face Idibia, born as Innocent ujah Idibia on 18 September 1975 in Jos and he hails from Benue State. He was born to a middle class family but little did anyone know that he would be a musical Icon in future. His mum was a teacher.
Tuface completed his basic education , he attended saint Gabriel’s secondary school , Read More »Festac Icon Vol 1 – 2face Idibia
Before taking a taxi cab its is of utmost importance to consider your safety and well being before boarding. Festac residents have fallen prey to some activities that threaten their safety.
So here are some few Tips To Note BEFORE YOU RENT A CAB
Before you board the taxi cab always agree on a fare. Negotiate properly and i don’t advice you to pay the fare till you get to your destination.
Before you even put in your bags know exactly how much the fare would be as i wouldn’t like you to learn lesson in a hard way.
KFC Festac town is one of the eateries usually flooded by food lovers and residents in Festac. KFC is located at Mobile service station, 23 Road, 4th Avenue Drive tru store, Festac. KFC is the 14th outlet to be opened in nigeria.
So i would be sharing with you , 5 reasons To Visit KFC Now
KFC is opened to you from 10 am till as late as 9 pm everyday Read More »5 Great Reasons to Visit KFC Festac Now
Festac Town is a Huge Residential estate , and can be said to be a country of its own. I love Festac town as that was where i grew up . So i would be sharing with you 5 unique things about Festac Town that i am sure you know about.
Festac Town can be likened to a city of its own as there are various segmentation of the huge housing estate.
Festac has a network of streets that link into roads , thereby linking the whole housing estate together. Some of these streets are very popular and common that even toddlers, kids know the name of this streets.
Some of these streets are even popular to those who live outside festac town so if you are visiting festac here are 5 very famous streets you should check out before you leave.
22 Road is one of the popular roads as it leads directly out of Festac. This is quite famous to all residentsRead More »5 Famous Streets In Festac Town
Do you Reside in Festac ? Amuwo Odofin ? Then you must be familiar with the problems faced leaving your homes out when passing Mile 2. It has become a nightmare to motorists and a death trap to pedestrians especially those that have to join in the hustle of getting to work on The island , Marina and its environs. The issue here is the negligence… Read More »Apapa-Mile2 Gridlock &Its Effect On Festac Residents
Being A True Nigerian is the ability to adapt to Traffic especially for those of us who stay in the big Cities such as Lagos. Festac Town is located on the mainland and the residents are used to traffic especially in the mornings and late evenings .
Traffic most especially affects those who work on the island and few on the mainland. On a bad or probably good day , if you don’t take some precautions , you can be stuck in traffic for like 2 hours.
But at the same time this traffic can be minimised even though cannot be totally avoided.
So here are a few tips for you to Cope /Manage and Avoid This Traffic.
1. Leave your house early enough
Yes , this is very important . When i say leaving early , i mean from 4 AM if possible. Now it all depend s on you . You would be lucky enough if you drive which would be easier . But most times Yellow buses start operation from as early as 4.30 am .
Festac Town should say good bye to the boring old days , or days you would have to travel a distance in the terrific Lagos traffic in order to go to a mall. Coming sooner than you expect , A new Mall will be born.
Festival Mall is the Name. This is said to be its first of its kind in the amuwo odofin Area which is poised to deliver delightful shopping and entertainment experience to the residentsRead More »Festival Mall Coming Soon To Festac Town
Festac Town used to be a place that felt like haven where things such as amenities were functioning but fast forward 30 years its an eye sore.
Festac Town was once a place that people tagged little London , the streets were orderly , Street lights well lit at nights , roads were tarred and maintained , there were parks , Read More »What Happened To Festac Town ?
Festac Town is a huge Housing estate , one of the oldest estates in Lagos State Nigeria. Festac Town is sub-divided into 7 Avenues which are 1st Avenue 2nd Avenue 3rd Avenue 4th Avenue 5th Avenue 6th Avenue 7th Avenue Festac Extension. Apart from these Subdivisions, The Local Government has also divided Festac into 3 communities. So find out your community here. Community 1 –… Read More »Sub Division Of Festac Town
This might seem boring but this is an article you just have to read as it informs you about how Festac Town came about.
In 1977 there was a huge festival hosted in Nigeria, this was the Second world Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC) which is where the name was culled from. This festival was bigger than the First festival which held in Dakar , Senegal as most of the African countries as at 1977 had gained independence from colonial control.
This huge Housing estate was initially built to accommodate participants of this festival. Festac town was originally named Festival Town till the name FESTAC was known.
This festival was initially meant to Read More »Festac Town : History and Background
