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The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN), has stated that the price of a cow would sell for N2 million in Lagos amid controversy surrounding anti open grazing law.

Maikudi Usman, the association’s zonal secretary for South-West, said cows would be unaffordable in Lagos should the state government passes the proposed anti open grazing law.

Usman, who made this known during a one-day public hearing organised by the state House of Assembly on the anti-open grazing bill, explained that ranching, as being proposed by the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led government, was capital intensive and his members could not afford it.

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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos is considering the establishment of a new university in the state.

In what appeared to be an advancement of the move to have another tertiary institution in Lagos, a public hearing on a bill for a law to provide for the establishment of the University of Education, Lagos (UNEDLAG), was widely accepted.

For the sake of establishing UNEDLAG, the state’s colleges of education: Michael Otedola College of Education (MOCPED) and the Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education (AOCOED) would be merged.

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The Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme (NJFP) 2021 was recently floated for members of the public to apply.

Newsrand understands that Nigerian graduates can take advantage of the NJFP 2021 -a 12-month fully paid fellowship programme.

It would be recalled that on Tuesday, August 31, 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari launched the NJFP 2021 fellowship in order to address the employment gap by identifying the emerging skills that companies need most.

The fellowship, introduced through a partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), will also assist graduates to be more prepared for a constantly evolving work environment.

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The Nigerian society has evolved pretty much in the last decade and has left individuals at all levels and businesses across various sectors seeking new ways of staying afloat of the current realities.

Today, Nigeria is faced with a myriad of problems which have made citizenry to further project the can-do spirit in them by seeking alternatives that have ensured their continuous survival in the face of premium hardship.

Nigeria, with a rich and ‘enviable’ profile consisting corruption, insecurity, poverty, high unemployment and inflation rate, has left businesses and individuals to struggle daily with little to show for. While some still believe that they can contain the current realities, others have “ja pa” to other countries to seek solace.

The year 2020 came, crippled many businesses and compounded the woes of those struggling following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

While it was not the wish of the common man, many, including the Nigerian Government, were caught off guard, leaving many persons to seek the way out of the turbulence especially as there were no grants to support ailing businesses… Even palliatives were hoarded.

However, in the face of the most torrid times, there is always a messiah.

At a time when individuals were waiting to access grants from the Federal Government, Plural Capital, a world-class financial institution was properly positioned to shoulder the burdens of Nigerians as well as their businesses and ensuring that they have the last laugh.

The institution which offers such services as the provision of microcredits, investment advisory, and estate management has proven itself to be a trusted name in the financial sector, as it offers quality financial services that satisfy the objectives of clients through sound investment strategies for wealth creation, accumulation, and preservation.

A customer-centric institution based in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, Plural Capital is in the business of bettering the lot of individuals and businesses across various markets and ensuring that they achieve more.

With Plural Capital’s presence in the Nigerian business landscape, individuals and businesses, aside gaining access to loans to execute their objectives, have the opportunity to get first-class advises on how to stir their businesses to achieve optimal performance, especially at a time when such opportunities are scarce.

The institution, which seeks to become a global benchmark for quality service delivery and the choice financial institution of the teeming public, is on a mission to ensure that no Nigerian should go cash strap as it is positioned to alleviate the financial concern of Nigerians.

Meanwhile, those seeking to advance personal causes in real estate are not left out.

Equipped with seasoned professionals in the asset management financial sub-sector , Plural Capital manages investments ranging from liquid, fixed and real assets belonging to individuals, corporations and organizations, making it the surest stop for everyman’s real estate needs.

At a time when individuals and businesses find it difficult to get optimum financial services came an institution which has, over a decade, dedicated itself to advancing the cause of the society through compassionate, astute, reliable, and excellent service delivery.

With the foregoing, when it comes to important financial matters, Nigerians know where to turn.

To this end, a man cannot be surrounded by a body of water and complain of soap entering his eyes. Surround yourself with Plural Capital and have the last laugh.

Nollywood actor and filmmaker, Femi Durojaiye has slammed actress Kemi Lala Akindoju, for ‘her uncouthness’, saying she lacks home training.

The issue between the duo started when Akindoju called out Durojaiye and accused him of exploiting aspiring actors by demanding money in exchange for film roles.

Akindoju tweeted on Saturday, February 6, 2021, after a post Durojaiye shared on Instagram attracted reactions among actors.

In the trending post dated January 29, the veteran actor had asked upcoming actors to pay ₦35,000 to join his ‘movie projects’.

Referring to him as “a certain Femi Durojaiye”, Akindoju referred to her colleague’s actions as fraudulent, maintaining that actors need not pay to audition or get a role in Nollywood.

Expressing his disappointment at the way Akindoju addressed him and aired her message, Durojaiye, in a chat with eelive.ng, said the former’s post was a complete show of shame, adding that he was disappointed.

While maintaining that Nollywood is an industry in which players respect each other, the veteran actor noted that Akindoju displayed unruly behaviour.

His words: “I felt so disrespected. I didn’t even know this girl from anywhere, I’ve never heard about her. People like me only go to social media for purpose, and as such all these young celebrities, a lot of us don’t know them.

“So when I saw what she wrote that one certain Femi Durojaiye, I felt deeply offended that such is coming from a girl that her parents are probably my fans. This girl that grew up watching me on TV; she was probably in nursery school when I started my acting career, referred to me as a certain Femi Durojaiye. She lacks home training.

“Of course, I replied her on her Twitter account …that in our industry, people respect each other. Her post is a complete show of lack of respect and I’m disappointed. It’s okay for her to disagree, but there should be proper decorum. This was a girl that didn’t even reach out to me and be like ‘Egborn (sic), I understand you are doing this, what is going on?’ At least, you must know your subject matter, the one you want to criticize. She had no idea of what I was doing.”

Explaining his reason for soliciting money from actors, Durojaiye said he floated a project dubbed Project 100, which was designed to train actors and expose them to the commercial value of the profession.

Durojaiye said the N35,000 fee was a requirement for actors to be part of the project which had been formally copyrighted with the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC).

“As a matter of fact, our subscribers started with a formal class training on Production. And I’m happy to say that many of those who attended the training are still with us till today. They even took part in our first Movie project this year.

“Because of the genuineness of the project, which we designed to train talents and expose them to how to gain commercial success, Project 100 was formally copyrighted by the Nigerian Copyright Commission,” he added.

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Popular rapper, Reminisce has disclosed that he has about 41 unreleased songs with his counterpart, Olamide.

While hinting at a possible music project with the YBNL boss, Reminisce aka Alaga Ibile that some of the unreleased songs with the former were recorded as far back as 2015.

When asked why they are yet to drop any music project together, the Kako Bi Chicken crooner said there are lot of reasons why the project has been delayed.

According to the music star, some of the reasons include their individual busy schedules.

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Popular rapper, Remilekun Safaru otherwise known as Reminisce, has revealed that his former signee, Ola Dips wanted to leave his label, LRR Records, at the time he terminated his contract.

In a story published on eelive.ng, the music executive said he didn’t have any problem with the 'Maybe' singer.

While admitting that he was surprised to see Ola Dips’ request to leave, Reminisce said he granted him the permission to move on within the period of two minutes.

Reminisce’s words: “Ola Dips wrote me that he wanted to leave, and I think my lawyer was with me at that time I was informed. Immediately, I mean on the spot, I granted his request. I will say that was the easiest label issue being resolved in the country so far, I don’t like to make noise about it and I just wanted to avoid all the drama.

“But that’s the truth. He came to me and requested to leave. Then, I granted his request by terminating our contract with him. On the spot, it wasn’t even up to two minutes… As for me, I’m cool with him, I don’t have any problem with him. As you can clearly see, I am a barrack, soldier goes, soldier come…”

When asked if he was considering another artiste for signing to his record label, the Alaga Ibile as fondly called said, “I’m done with artistes and their self-entitlements.”

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This is the first time Reminisce will comment on Ola Dips’ exit from his label imprint. But the latter hasn’t been quiet about it.
Recall that in 2019, Ola Dips aka Omo Iya Aje, in Maybe, the song he released after his exit, detailed his struggles with Reminisce.

In the song, Ola Dips lamented that Reminisce was constantly reminding him how he wasn’t making money for the record label.

Using his contract with Reminisce as an example, Ola Dips advised upcoming artiste to stay off from bad contracts with record labels.

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Controversial socialite, Pretty Mike has unveiled his plan for pregnant women, saying he will soon set up a foundation that will cater to their welfares.

Recall that some days ago, Pretty Mike, with his entourage raised eyebrows at comedian Williams Uchembo‘s wedding.

The nightclub owner turned up at the wedding with six stunning pregnant women on his arm and claimed he is the father of all their babies.

While lamenting that pregnant women in the country are being stereotyped, Pretty Mike explained his plans for them.

Continue reading>> https://www.eelive.ng/pretty-mike-unveils-plan-for-pregnant-women/

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Legendary producer, Don Jazzy has said he’s still on the lookout for new musical talents to bring on board for his record label, Mavin Records.

In an interview, where he made this disclosure, Don Jazzy noted that he’s not resting on his oars, and fans should expect more artistes to be signed on the label.

Continue reading here >>> https://www.eelive.ng/im-still-hunting-for-artistes-to-sign-don-jazzy/

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Contrary to claims by Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State on a popular programme on Channels TV that his state was not among those, whose warehouses were looted by indigenes to cart away the allocated CACOVID palliatives, a source within the government circle has revealed that this wasn’t the case.

The source insisted that the incident happened in the state and also that the CACOVID food palliatives were left unattended in the warehouse.

Recall that the Kogi state governor said his administration did not hoard CACOVID relief packages, and that news reports claiming that the warehouse that stored the items was looted, were completely false.

He also stated that his administration had been distributing palliatives to cushion the effect of the infectious disease, even before CACOVID commenced help to other states.

However, contrary to what the governor said on the national TV, the source insisted that the state government took early delivery of the palliatives and refused to distribute to the people for reasons best known to them. A document, made available to our correspondent, showed that the food items were left unattended when the looters vandalised the warehouse.

Each household is supposed to receive a bundle containing 10kg bag of rice, 5kg bag of garri/semolina, one carton of pasta, two cartons of noodles, 5kg of sugar, and 1kg of salt.

Another document also showed that as of Tuesday, July 21, 2020, CACOVID had completed the delivery of noodles and some other items to the Kogi State government.

It was gathered that 90% of the expected food palliatives totalling 238,000 packages, which include – rice, pasta, noodles, semo/maize, salt, and sugar have all been delivered to the state government, according to the documents. The value of the food palliatives collected by the Kogi State government was put at N531 million.

Though the governor alleged, during the interview that COVID-19 is political, sources within the government however revealed that many isolation centres had been set up in the State as of Friday, May 22, with the full cooperation of the state government.

Commenting on the looted COVID-19 palliatives warehouse in Kogi State, Adeyinka Akagba, a civil servant said: “The Governor was just not fair to the people. He should have distributed the palliatives immediately it was delivered to him, rather than keep them in a very bad warehouse…The most painful part of it was the fact that the palliatives were fed to rodents instead of Kogi people, who were keen on getting the palliatives to cushion the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown.”

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With a glittering career as an award-winning Nigerian actress, Kate Henshaw is an actress that radiates so much charisma. She started her acting career coming off the peak of her modeling career where she faced different brands.

Henshaw joined the Nigerian movie industry in the early 90s when the name “Nollywood” had not yet come into existence and has proven to be one of Nollywood’s most sought-after talents.

In this wide-ranging interview with Judith Audu’s Meet the Actor/Filmmaker, the Nollywood star discusses her passion for acting, and her efforts to make a difference. Eelive.ng brings you excerpts from the Instagram Live interview.

From medical microbiology to acting, how was the transition like?
It was basically curiosity, which didn’t kill this cat. I was curious to know what an audition meant. When the late JT invited me for an audition, I decided to go, because I was doing a lot of things while I was in medical school. I was a model, I worked at the International Trade Fair as one of the girls that would sell drinks.

I also worked at the Lagos Motor Fair, I was doing so many things. That was how I came in contact with the late JT Tomwest. I went for the audition and I was picked to play the lead role in my first movie When the Sun Sets. To me, it was a new experience but I had good people around me who were very supportive of this new person. I’m sure they didn’t even know that I had no training in the art but they were extremely supportive of me and here we are today.

How was your first role?
It was scary, I didn't know what was expected of me, what I was supposed to do. All I knew was I needed to get my lines, be prepared, and ready to take direction.

Read the remaining interview here >>> https://www.eelive.ng/i-was-paid-30k-for-my-first-movie-role-kate-henshaw/

EMPAWA music star and songwriter, Joseph Akinfenwa-Donus also known as Joeboy, is set to release his debut studio album.

In a tweet chat with media personality, Cute Kimani, the buzzing artiste disclosed that he is dropping his much-awaited album before the year (2020) runs out.

When asked if his fans should expect an album from him soon, he replied; “Yes, definitely, I’m dropping an album most likely summer-time or before the year runs out. Depending on how soon the COVID-19 pandemic clears out.”

Although, the details of the album are yet-to-be made public; going by the singer’s statement, plans are understood to be in top gear for the album release.

Ever since the release of his chart-topping single, Baby, the Mr Eazi protege has been on a joy ride to mainstream success in the Nigerian music industry.

What do you expect from his forthcoming album?

Nigerian sensational singer, Terry G has broken silence on his comparison with Naira Marley by music fans, saying he doesn’t appreciate it as it will create beef between them.

Addressing the controversial debate in a tweet chat with media personality, Adekeye Esther Tosin aka Cute Kimani, Terry G said, “I don’t appreciate when people draw comparisons. Everybody on earth is uniquely and wonderfully made. I am Terry G aka The Akpako Master and Naira Marley is Naira Marley. All these comparisons are what creates bad blood and it’s not healthy for the industry.”

Read the rest here >>> https://www.eelive.ng/terry-g-comparing-me-with-naira-marley-will-bring-bad-blood/

Nigerian spiritual leader, Satguru Maharaj Ji has blamed the Super Eagles’ failure at the ongoing World Cup in Russia on the team’s coach.

The renowned Living Perfect Master, said he had earlier raised an alarm over the Eagles’ White coach, saying he knew he would flop at the tournament.

Maharaj Ji maintained that though, he’s not a racist but Nigeria do not need an ‘Oyinbo’ coach to perform.

“We have proved whatever they have said to be lies, .. we have seen everything to be yahoo… We need the humble ones to come up, those who can be trusted.” He added.

The founder of One Love Family, further ridiculed Lionel Messi’s performance at the tournament.

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Two men allegedly fighting over a lady, opposite LSDPC Ogba Shopping Arcade in Lagos.

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Ace talking drummer, Gabriel Johnson fondly called Gaabination, has released the talking drum cover of Starboy's SOCO ft Wizkid.
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In his post on Instagram, Gaabination said he's representing his hood 'Agege', and it's a way of adding what he thought was missing in the song.
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Gaabination, a talented percussionist, added that he's using the song cover to debut his talking drum cover journey and fans should expect more as he tend to carve a niche for himself with talking drum.
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He, however, advised earpiece usage to feel his talking drum grove.
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Watch cover on Instagram >> https://www.instagram.com/p/BjDluoPhZFe/
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Watch full video here >>
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Ace talking drummer, Gabriel Johnson fondly called Gaabination, has released the talking drum cover of Starboy's SOCO ft Wizkid.
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In his post on Instagram, Gaabination said he's representing his hood 'Agege', and it's a way of adding what he thought was missing in the song.
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Gaabination, a talented percussionist, added that he's using the song cover to debut his talking drum cover journey and fans should expect more as he tend to carve a niche for himself with talking drum.
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He, however, advised earpiece usage to feel his talking drum grove.
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Watch cover on Instagram >> https://www.instagram.com/p/BjDluoPhZFe/

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An Instagram user identified as Tosin Aiyedogbon, @teame_aiye has called out an online store, @doll_houz, where people purchase 'acclaimed luxurious weaves and wigs'.

Aiyedogbon in a series of post on her Instagram, revealed how she requested for a 100% human hair from the online store and the delivery for N26,500.

According to her, the hair was delivered to her around 11:00pm on the day she got the delivery after an endless wait.

Aiyedogbon discovered she has successfully been scammed, after she took the hair to her stylist who confirmed that she has bought a fake human hair.

In the series of conversation Aiyedogbon shared with the seller on her Instagram, it was learnt that the online store denied selling her a fake human hair, as they replied her saying she probably damaged the product herself, a claim Aiyedogbon strongly refuted.

Aiyedogbon, however, included in her post that her decision to raise the alarm was to ensure anyone will not fall in the scam she fell into.

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On Friday, March 30, I had left my office headed for home for a much needed sleep, not knowing the shocker that awaited me.

On my way home, I met a friend, Stephen, who had been looking for me to assist a friend of his in distress.

Stephen rushed out of the restaurant as he sighted me, yelling my name until I heard. I honoured his call, we exchanged pleasantries, and I sat with him.

He told me how I was a God-sent at the time, as he had been on the lookout for me. He was with an unfamiliar woman and somehow, they needed my help.

They both told me that they needed my assistance to help facilitate the release of the woman’s son, simply identified as Seun, from the custody of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Ikeja, Lagos.

This would be my first time at the dreadful SARS’ office, and most of what I experienced while there couldn’t be better described than inhumane.

As we entered through the main gate, we met some officers at the counter, who asked us why we were there. We responded we were there to secure the release of a boy in custody and had been told to come by one of the officers who was in charge of the boy’s case.

Having said this, the officers insisted that we wouldn’t be allowed in until we gave them ‘something’. I had wanted to protest, but the woman whose son was in custody begged my friend and I not to, for the sake of her son. So, we complied by giving one of the officers N200 to be allowed into the building.

We called the officer in charge of the Seun’s case but, sadly, he wasn’t around. He had gone for a raid and wouldn’t be back anytime soon, he told us. We spent over 4 hours standing and waiting for the officer to arrive.

Meanwhile, the officers had warned us about the use of our mobile devices at the station. We were told to drop our phones but we managed to convince them there wouldn’t be any problem.

While we waited, it is indescribable the ill-treatment meted on the people that were brought in by the officers. Anyone, either a criminal or a suspect, was automatically subjected to malicious beating, assault, extortion, amongst other inhumane treatment.

I will recount few of my experiences there.

There were two boys I saw there, who obviously happened to be suspects. During their conversation with one of the SARS officials, I suddenly heard a thunderous strike, lo and behold, it was a dirty slap. A slap that sent the boy who received it sprawling on the floor.

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World's second richest man, Bill Gates during his visit to Nigeria made some shocking revelations about the country's economic policy under the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration which he described poor.
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Amongst the many things the Microsoft founder and Co-Chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation talked about, is the government's inability to prioritise Nigerians' basic needs.
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While some Nigerians applauded Gates for speaking their mind, the Nigerian government has condemned his claims.
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In view of this, who do you think is more interested in the country's future -Bill Gates or Nigeria's leaders?

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Wonders shall never end in Lagos. Today a bike man dropped me at a bus-stop and I was to pay him N100 but I had N200 on me. I gave him the money and he needed to give me N100 as balance. Unfortunately, he parked his bike not too far from where I was, while he was looking for a N100 change to give me. On his return, he was asking me who took his bike from where he parked it. We started looking for motorcycle like a pin. Someone has taken his bike away within that minutes he was looking for my change.

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Malikawa Garu, a media officer of Kano Pillars, has confirmed the death of Chinedu Udoji, the club’s utility player who died in an auto crash.

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Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has charged Nigerian youths to participate in the country’s political affairs.

In an interview with BBC Yoruba, the revered playwright indicated that it is time for youths to be at the helm of political affairs in the country.

Read more >>https://newsroom.ng/old-politicians-take-backseat-allow-youths-govern-wole-soyinka/

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President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to make the perpetrators of the incessant attacks and killings across Nigeria face full wrath of the law.

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The Boko Haram insurgency in the northeast region of the county, has been blamed for another disappearance of N613,000, belonging to the Joint Admission Matriculation Board, JAMB.

Sanusi Atose, a Yobe State Coordinator of the Joint Admission Matriculation Board, made this known as he couldn’t account for the money when summoned to appear before an administrative panel led by Registrar Ishaq Oloyede. >>> https://newsroom.ng/another-huge-sum-missing-jambs-coffers-coordinator-gives-ridiculous-reasons/

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Former president Olusegun Obasanjo, has revealed what he will do if he's the incumbent president of Nigeria.

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A man believed to be in his 30s, was yesterday, February 13, crushed to death by a moving train in the Ikeja area of Lagos State.

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The train which was coming from Sango area of Ogun Sate, killed the man at about 8:00 a.m, around Ajayi Farms in the area.

The deceased who’s with a University of Lagos identity card, bearing Fatai Mutiu Abolade, in the department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, was knocked out from the rail track by the fast moving train.


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Yesterday, February 13, marks another year of remembrance that General Murtala Ramat Muhammed, Nigeria’s then Head of State and Commander-in-Chief, was assassinated in Lagos, Nigeria’s then Federal Capital City.

The Nigeria’s fourth Head of State, no doubt rode into power on a promising note, as he displayed his readiness to deliver quality governance through proactiveness. Sadly, he was taken out of action when the ovation was loud for him.

On July 30, 1975, Murtala mounted the saddle of leadership but was killed less than seven months later in an abortive coup of February 13, 1976. Arguably, before his assassination, Mohammed had left his footprints on the sands of time.

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For residents of Orile Iju in lfako-Ijaiye local government in Lagos, living with the constant fear of cultists and fraudsters who have made the community their home has become a norm.

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Despite being surrounded by Oko Oba and Red House Police Station, the residents have been compelled to accept their fate, as the crime rate in that area increases every day.

Newsroom‘s correspondent who visited the community learnt that it is not out of place for Indian hemp smokers, fraudsters, serial rapists, and cultists, who carry out their activities not only in the midnight but broad daylight.

According to a resident who preferred to remain anonymous, security operatives most especially the policemen, comes into the community every Friday with stern faces and after a few hours of patrolling the area, they depart and everything returns to the abnormal normal. It was gathered that in rare cases that arrests are made, the misfits are soon seen back in the neighbourhood, continuing their reign of terror.

The community youths leader who identified himself as Akeem said, “I really don’t have the right words to describe the nature of criminalism in my area. The area houses all sorts of criminals. Our community is now where fraudsters have turned to a base, those that have been declared wanted outside now lives in our community.”

Akeem also revealed that residents had taken certain steps to stop the menace, but to no avail. “We have written petitions, there are no traces of anything so far. Personally, I went to the task force to submit a petition but it leads to nothing, we have even offered a bribe to some policemen. Yet, nothing has happened. Policemen come every Friday, but they only come to collect money.”

Newsroom further learnt that there is a local woman who provides all manner of illicit drugs in the community. The woman simply identified as ‘Iya Modina‘, is said to have grown up in the area and has been in the sale of marijuana, codeine and other drugs for a long time.

Despite the common knowledge of her trade, Akeem informed us that the woman has never been arrested or questioned by police. Even those that smoke at her place do so comfortably as if it’s normal.”

“It has now even turned to cultists war in my area now. Eiye and Aye cult groups are currently fighting. As a matter of fact, several people have been injured already. They have become so many that we can’t go out in the night again. Our kids can’t go out because of rape. There are many unreported cases of rape,” Akeem added.

The traditional leader of the area, Alhaji Kamoru Adesina Balogun, Baale of Orile Iju told us of steps have been taken by the community leaders, to make it safe.

Balogun said, “I have done several things like writing petitions amongst other things as a community leader. I and some landlords have personally gone to chase these people away, they are just too much and still, they came back.”

Balogun identified one Gani who is also known as Surutu, as the leader of the pickpockets and notorious thieves of the area. Balogun said, “Gani is a very big thief, many people have been robbed and lost their valuables to him and his gang members.”

Addressing the rumour making rounds about bringing a ‘union park’ for tricyclists in the community, Balogun said he knows nothing about it. According to him, if such development is coming into the community there is no way he would not be aware.

Efforts to reach both the police and local government officials proved abortive as they refused to speak to us as soon as we identified ourselves as journalists.

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Men of the armed forces today, January 13, took decisions into their hands by brutalising an unarmed citizen whose offence was to engage in a fight with an Hausa man.

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The fight took place at No 3, Alfred Williams street, Iju station, in Ifako Ijaiye local government area of Lagos State. The cause of the fight was unknown but the two men exchanged blows and the following minutes, the Hausa man left for abattoir in Oko Oba, Abule Egba of the state, and returned with four heavily armed soldiers who unleashed terror on the other man.

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According to eye witness accounts, the fight started around 4:30pm and it was settled amicably but the Hausa man who works at Abattoir wasn't satisfied. Few hours later, he returned with the soldiers and the rest is history.

Akinleye Segun, who also witnessed the scene alongside Newsroom condemned it in its totality.

According to him, the act was a gross abuse of power and the military should act fast because the man was whisked away. "The soldiers have no right whatsoever to interfere in the matter. A fight between two citizens is a civil matter and should have involved the Police and not soldiers. They are needed more in Benue and not here brutalising defenseless citizens, " he told Newsroom.

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Following the breaking news of another rescued Chibok girl, Nigerians have expressed their confusion in the political space of the country and its linkages with occurrences.

Recall that on Thursday, January 4, the Nigerian Army released a statement confirming that they resuced another Chibok girl.

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The Army confirmed that troops of Operation Lafiya Dole deployed in Pulka, rescued the girl who was in the company of another girl simply identified as Jamila Adams.

However, there has been outrage on social media after the news surfaced the internet. Nigerians took to social media in thousands to vent their frustration.

Going by people’s reactions regarding the rescued girl, Newsroom can only suggest that Nigerians feel that a story always pop up to ‘kill President Muhammadu Buhari’s incompetence.

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