ASUU strike: Market women stage protest at the National Assembly, blame lecturers for stalemate (PHOTO)

by ‘Jola Sotubo In a bid to demand an end to the ongoing three month old strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), a group of market women under the umbrella of the National Market Women Association took their grievances to the National Assembly in a peaceful protest. Before arriving at the... Read More

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July 7, 2013

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Daddy didn’t impose me as market leader – Tinubu’s daughter speaks

by Rachel Ogbu The daughter of the former governor of Lagos State and National Leader, Action Congress of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu has spoken up to defend her father after he was accused of forcing Lagos market women and men to recognise her as the market leader. The new Iya Oloja-General (market leader), Sade Tinubu-Ojo, said she... Read More

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June 25, 2013

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Don’t impose your daughter as market women leader – PDP warns Tinubu

by Rachel Ogbu Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, to withdraw his decision to force his daughter, Shade Tinubu-Ojo into becoming the new leader of market women in the state. In a statement on Monday by its Lagos Publicity Secretary, Taofik Gani, the PDP urged Tinubu to... Read More

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