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Alaba Market demolition and anti-Igbo sentiments in Lagos
By Emeka Alex Duru (08054103327, nwaukpala@yahoo.com) I confess that I initially bought into the explanation by officials of Lagos state on...
Buhari’s legacy puts Tinubu in tight spot
Azu Ishiekwene Those familiar with road travel before fancy luxury buses and jeeps displaced wooden-back Bedford light trucks, famously called mammy wagons, might...
Lagos slums: Why squatters keep re-grouping
A competent source in the Lagos State Ministry of the Environment has disclosed to Newsdawn the major reason squatters keep re-grouping at ghettos/slums like Fagba,...
FG, World Bank applaud Kwara education reforms and investments
• Kwara wins slot in new education initiative for girl child Federal government and World Bank teams on Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment...
Tinubu, Shettima, governors, others get 114% salary increase
The Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has approved a 114 per cent increase in the salaries of elected politicians, including...
Egbetokun in Baba out
The Acting Inspector–General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun has officially assumed office. Egbetokun is taking over the Force headquarters as the 22nd IGP. The...
Suspension of inauguration of list newly appointed management and c/mmitte members for markets in Aba and Umuahia
This is to inform the general public and, particularly, the various market groups in Aba and Umuahia, that the planned inauguration of the newly appointed...
Oil prices tumble to $76.44 per barrel
Oil prices fell on Monday as questions over China’s economy outweighed OPEC+ output cuts and the seventh straight drop in the number of oil and gas rigs...
Seven Yoruba Nation agitators remanded for invading Radio station
An Ibadan Magistrate court has remanded seven Yoruba Nation agitators who invaded Amuludun station of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN,...
Tragic! America Rapper, Big Pokey, dies on Stage
American rapper Milton Powell best known as Big Pokey, has died at 45. The Houston-born rapper collapsed on stage during his performance at a bar in...
