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Hunger Will Kill More Than Coronavirus – Activist, Ikimi

March 28, 2020 7:13 am

Renowned human rights activist, Mr. Oghenejabor Ikimi has said there should be “palliatives” if there must be total shutdown of land borders, sea ports, markets, shops and others in Delta State as the Country battles with the Coronavirus which is currently plaguing the world.

The legal practitioner made the assertion in an interview with a news correspondent in Warri.

Ikimi, who is also the Executive Director of the Centre for the Vulnerable and Underprivileged, CENTREP said, “I don’t agree in totality with the shutdown. If there must be shutdown, there must be palliatives.

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Over 100 Stores, Shops, Destroyed In Cross River Motor Park

January 19, 2020 2:34 pm

There was massive destruction of properties including stores, makeshift buildings and over 100 containers used by traders at Etim Edem Motor park in Calabar, Cross River State capital.

The destruction, THISDAY gathered took place in the early hours of Sunday. The destruction and demolition, according to eye witness took the owners of the shops unaware.

Speaking with our Correspondent, some of the owners of the shops who were seen crying uncontrollably lamented the loss they have incurred especially as some of them have emptied their account for Christmas.

“We came back a few days to start a new life when

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Kano Threatens To Revoke Tenancy Of 250 Shops

October 24, 2019 3:13 am

Kano government has threatened to revoke the allocation of over 250 shops at the Abubakar Rimi Market following the inability of owners to put them to use.

Managing Director for the Abubakar Rimi Market (popularly known as Sabon Garri Market), Uba Yakassia, in a press briefing, yesterday, lamented that the affected shops had not been put to use by their occupants for a long time and that the government was losing revenue from unpaid rents.

“We are going to take action about shops that are under lock and keys. We will draw the attention of the owners and where they …

Tanker Explosion Destroys Six Buildings, Shops In Onitsha

October 16, 2019 1:47 pm

Not fewer than six buildings and shops were burnt on Wednesday at Upper Iweka, on Onitsha/Awka Road in Onitsha, after a 33,000 litre Diesel tanker fell and caught fire.

The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Anambra Command, Mr Andrew Kumapayi, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka.

He stated that the incident occurred at about 12:44 p.m.

Kumapayi said that the Fire Service Officials got to the scene of the fire promptly but could not put out the fire as their water pump developed a fault.

“The tanker lost control due to brake …