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Lagos reviews Okada ban

by S’ola Filani Commercial motorcycle riders in Lagos State, may soon have cause to rejoice as the state House of Assembly has agreed to review some of the roads where their operations had been previously restricted. A few days after the state governor, batunde Fashola, reversed the fees paid by Lagos State University (LASU)... Read More

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September 8, 2012

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Outrage in Lagos as drunk police corporal kills union chairman

by Stanley Azuakola Dele Oroja, the chairman of Meiran/Ilepo branch of Three Wheelers Association of Nigeria is dead. His end came through the bullets of a police corporal, Abbey Adekunle on Thursday night. After killing Oroja, Corporal Adekunle fled the scene. It was only the intervention of the Lagos State Police commissioner, Umar Manko, that... Read More

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