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Business owners in Lagos are divided over the effect of the ongoing #EndBadGovernance in Nigeria protest. Food sellers in Ojota, the designated venue of the protest in Lagos, said it improved their income. One of them, who pleaded anonymity, said: “Police officers and protesters have been coming to my canteen to eat since the protest…
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Our highly skilled workers are increasingly migrating westwards, creating a brain drain that impacts the continent’s development. As the energy industry undergoes a transition towards renewables, the pressing crisis is not solely financial but inherently human. With skilled professionals leaving, the urgent question arises: who will fill the critical roles needed to drive this energy transition? …
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A Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere has restated an earlier order restricting protesters in Lagos State to Freedom Park in Ojota and Peace Park in Ketu areas of the state. Justice SherifatSonaike gave the order following an application by the Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Lawal Pedro (SAN), for an extension order,…
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Menace remains ‘pandemic’ in Lagos, says commissioner Archbishop of Lagos Metropolitan See, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins, has urged parents to pay attention to their wards to save them from addiction to drugs and exposure to pornography that appears to be dangerously infiltrating the society. Martins spoke through the President, Lagos Archdiocesan Catholic Men Organisation…
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SIR: Just on the first day of what promises to be the Rage of Ages demonstration cum protest, casualties’ figures have started flickering in from different locations in the country. As Nigeria appears to be going up in flames, the Nigerian President must act now! The long-suppressed grievances and mounted displeasure of the hapless people…
