October 5, 2019

Lagos State Is Dying, And Decaying; Where Is Sanwo-Olu?

Lagos State Is Dying And Decaying; Where Is Sanwo-Olu?

October 5, 2019 2:30 pm

By Ugoji Egbujo

Lagos is breaking.

It’s being crushed by the weight of a silent mass influx of the young, hungry and jobless. The country has few cities. Many of them are troubled. Lagos has a mythical reputation. They say it’s the city where magic can happen. Abuja is too organized. Lagos is where the transition from oblivion to heaven isn’t just only possible but can happen in a jiffy. But that’s not all. Lagos is perhaps the place where there is no shame. People are therefore getting fed up and leaving their ponds for the big river. And …

Labour Disagrees With Ngige, Says FG Can Fund Demand

Labour Disagrees With Ngige, Says FG Can Fund Demand

October 5, 2019 1:28 pm

Organised Labour has faulted the pronouncement of Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige that the federal government would only be able to pay the minimum wage if it retrenched some workers.

Ngige declared last week that the federal government would not be able to meet the demand of organised labour on the percentage for consequential adjustment of the ₦30,000 new minimum wage owing to dwindling revenue.

Reacting to the statement, Labour said Ngige was merely expressing a personal opinion when he said that the number of workers in the federal government’s payroll was very high and the …

U.S. To Deny Visas To Those Who Cannot Afford Healthcare

U.S. To Deny Visas To Those Who Cannot Afford Healthcare

October 5, 2019 8:47 am

President Donald Trump has announced that he wants people to be denied U.S. visas if they cannot afford healthcare in order to prevent immigrants from “financially burdening our healthcare system’’.

In a statement released late Friday, the White House said immigrant visa applicants would have to demonstrate that they will be covered by health insurance within 30 days of entering the country.

He added that they should alternatively have their financial resources to pay for medical costs.

The new rule, which will come into effect November 3, applies to those seeking visas, not those seeking asylum and will not apply …

Democrats Subpoena White House; Escalates Impeachment

Democrats Subpoena White House; Escalates Impeachment

October 5, 2019 4:44 am

House Democrats on Friday issued a subpoena to the White House for documents related to Ukraine, ratcheting up the Democratic impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.

The subpoena came after the three committees leading the impeachment inquiry separately sent a letter Friday seeking documents from Vice President Mike Pence as part of their investigation into Trump and his conversation with the President of Ukraine.
The subpoena from House Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings to the White House includes a request for a host of documents and communications tied to the President’s July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the holding
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Corpse Mysteriously Disappears From Mortuary At Agbozume

Corpse Mysteriously Disappears From Mortuary At Agbozume

October 5, 2019 4:04 am

A corpse that was deposited at the Hosana Clinic and Mortuary, a private mortuary facility in Agbozume in Ketu Municipality in the Volta Region has disappeared.

According to police in the area who confirmed the incident to Newsmen, the family of Torgbui Dictionary Akoklo deposited their deceased relation in the facility on September 27, 2019, but when they went to the said mortuary for the remains of their loved one to proceed for funeral and burial, the mortuary attendant could not find the it.

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Ten Practical Ways To Manage An Angry Partner/Spouse

Ten Practical Ways To Manage An Angry Partner/Spouse

October 5, 2019 3:41 am

For months, Kunle Olaiya (not real name) couldn’t forgive his wife. Their marriage has yet to clock two years. One evening in late 2018 after a disagreement, Olaiya’s wife picked a machete from the kitchen store, headed to the garage and smashed his car’s windscreen.

According to Olaiya, who lives in the Lekki area of Lagos, his offence was that he was having extramarital affairs with one of his female colleagues at work. His wife had accessed his phone and seen a series of photographs he took with the female colleague. She confronted him with the accusation of infidelity, which …

Leicester Set To Break Liverpool’s Premier League Record

Leicester Set To Break Liverpool’s Premier League Record

October 5, 2019 3:15 am

Leicester City will travel to Anfield today to square-up against defending Premier League champion, Liverpool, who are yet to drop a point in the seven-week-old league. The Foxes will, however, be buoyed by their last week 5-0 demolition of Newcastle and also hope to exploit the shaky Reds defense that chipped in three goals in 20 minutes against RB Salzburg in midweek UEFA Champions League encounter.

But against a free-scoring Liverpool side that is desperate to win the Premier League for the first time, the Foxes will have another think coming. But for a former Reds Captain-Steven Gerrard stumble …

Dangote Establishes ₦3bn Tomato Processing Factory In Kano

Dangote Establishes ₦3bn Tomato Processing Factory In Kano

October 5, 2019 2:57 am

Dangote Tomatoes Processing Plant has established a ₦3 billion Green House nursery in Kano, designed to process over 300 to 350 million tons of hybrid tomato seedlings expected to make Nigeria self-sufficient in tomatoes production.

The Managing-Director of the Farm, Mr. Abdulkarim Lawal Kaita, said that the Green House Nursery would facilitate increased production of high-quality seedlings which the company plans to roll out to tomatoes farmers to both production of fresh tomatoes and locally made tomatoes paste in the country.

Kaita told reporters yesterday that, for the Federal Government to sustain the new quest for consumption of locally …

Alleged Treasonable Felony: Sowore Gets ₦100m Bail

Alleged Treasonable Felony: Sowore Gets ₦100m Bail

October 5, 2019 2:39 am
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court on Friday admitted detained convener of Revolution Now Protest, Omoyele Sowore to bail in the sum of ₦100m.
Also admitted to bail in the sum of ₦50m is Sowore’s co-defendant, Olaleye Bakare, facing alleged Treasonable felony charges among others.
Justice Ojukwu who admitted the defendants to bail in a ruling, held that the offences they were been charged with are bail-able.
As part of the bail conditions, Sowore is to produce two sureties in like sum who must be resident in Abuja and show evidence of tax payment for three years
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