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For N300, the blind are receiving their sight in Kwara

For N300, the blind are receiving their sight in Kwara

For 20 years, Yusuf N. Shonga was blind. And for 20 years, he never gave up seeking cure, although at some point he almost gave up hope but he might ever see again. In came the Kwara State Community Health Insurance Scheme.

Shuffering, shmiling on a rail journey

Shuffering, shmiling on a rail journey

It is just 12 noon but almost every available space at the Iddo railway terminus in Lagos has already been taken up by commuters waiting for train for their return home. Departure time is 4.15 pm, some four hours away.

Dividends of democracy for the dead

Dividends of democracy for the dead

Atan cemetery, a shouting distance from the University of Lagos is wearing a new look. And more is coming to make it a “beautiful abode of the departed,” according to Mr. Jude Aisuebeogun, Director-General of Cemetery’s management committee.

Berger motors inferno: Auto dealers count loses

Berger motors inferno: Auto dealers count loses

SAIDI Olopade presents the picture of a regular worker in Lagos who on a normal day, concedes three productive hours to traffic jam, just as he spends over five hours on hectic days when a truck breaks down.

…As fuel explosion claims one, razes depot

…As fuel explosion claims one, razes depot

Thursday of March 3, an illegal petroleum depot, situated directly behind the Integrated depot at Coconut area of Apapa Express way in Lagos, was razed by fire. It also claimed the life of an identified man who was suspected to be one of the attendants there and left many other hospitalised. Also burnt were two cars and two motorcycles.