The Lagos babaloja impunity
FOLLOWING on the heels of the recent “deportation” saga, another, perhaps more dangerous, storm that could threaten inter-ethnic relations in Lagos is brewing. I call it the babaloja controversy. Babaloja, in Yoruba, literally means “father of the market” just as iyaloja means “mother of the market”.
Labour reaffirms April MOU with DLA in Delta
ORGANISED Labour in Delta State, has reaffirmed the validity of the Memorandum of Understanding,MOU, reached in April 2013 with the management of the state Direct Labour Agency, DLA, and Amalgamated Union of Public Corporation, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees, AUPCTRE, unit of the agency on some labour issues.
Lagos trains 180 students in Agric entrepreneurship
Lagos State Government disclosed that it has trained 180 students from the state’s public schools in agricultural entrepreneurship.
Delta guber: We ‘ll support Ochei’s candidature in 2015 – Ijaw group
Ijaws, under the aegis of Ijaw Action Group for Change, Wednesday said they will support Delta North senatorial district for governor in 2015 only if it presents Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Victor Ochei, as a consensus candidate.
Futa holds capacity-building workshop for corps members
The Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, Centre for Gender Issues in Science and Technology (CEGIST) has organised a capacity-building seminar for National Youth Service Corps, NYSC members serving in Ondo State.
Panic over attempted bank robbery in Osun
Residents of Ikirun, headquarters of Ifelodun Local Government Area of Osun State were, Tuesday, thrown into a state of confusion over alleged attempts by a gang of robbers to rob a branch of a new generation bank.
