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We Are Dying In Penury – Ex-Soldiers

Chairman of the Nigerian Legion in Cross River State, Comrade Michael Ekok has said that members of the legion are dying in penury.

Speaking with newsmen in Calabar on Wednesday during the celebration of the 2020 edition of the Nigerian Armed Forces Remembrance Day, Ekok lamented what the ex-soldiers are passing through.

He said many of his members are now very weak and well beaten and afflicted by serious hunger, hence cannot feed themselves. He said ailments, inability to pay bills were characteristically what they go through. “We are weak. We need supports from well-meaning members of the public and

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

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

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 …