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By Bliss Okperan The Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has announced the immediate closure of the popular spare parts market, Ladipo Market, over an “unhygienic environment.” In a statement on Friday, the waste management agency said it shut down the market due to the unwholesome environmental practices by traders who refused to pay for waste services alongside the poor waste management. The Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources in Lagos, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, said the market would remain closed until the mandatory conditions of redress have been met by traders and market stakeholders. “It is imperative that markets in

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The 12-year-old boy with missing intestines, Adebola Akin-Bright, who has been receiving treatment at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, has died. Adebola died on Tuesday evening, according to reports. He was to be flown abroad for an intestine transplant to get him back to normal before he breathed his last today. Adebola had surgery at a private hospital in the Alimosho area of the state known as Obitoks Medical Centre, but it was later discovered that his intestines were missing. The Lagos State House of Assembly had on Tuesday asked Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to

By Adedapo Adesanya The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is set to embark on its planned strike as it said it does not have any agreement with the federal government to shelve the action. This came from its Head of Information and Public Affairs, Mr Benson Upah, who countered a statement by the Ministry of Labour and Employment. Mr Upah also said the NLC did not have any date for a meeting with the government that may lead to the suspension of the proposed strike. “We do not have any agreement with the government to suspend the planned strike action. Neither

By Adedapo Adesanya President Bola Tinubu has promised fresh growth and job reforms in the coming months after he removed fuel subsidies and directed the float of the Naira to unify the exchange rate. The Nigerian president made this known during his first address at the 78th United Nations General Assembly in New York, the US, after he took over the helm of office from Mr Muhammadu Buhari in May. He said, “To foster economic growth and investor confidence in Nigeria, I removed the costly and corrupt fuel subsidy while also discarding a noxious exchange rate system in my first

By Dipo Olowookere Shares of Oando, FBN Holdings and Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO) were very busy on the floor of the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited last week. The trio were the most active, accounting for 2.3 billion units worth N17.4 billion in 3,645 deals, contributing 66.47 per cent and 56.27 per cent to the total trading volume and value respectively. Data obtained by Business Post indicated that in the week, investors transacted 3.4 billion equities worth N30.9 billion in 21,109 deals in contrast to the 1.4 billion equities worth N27.9 billion traded in 19,990 deals in the preceding week.

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The federal government is having discussions with the management of Facebook concerning its updated WhatsApp privacy policy. WhatsApp, owned by Facebook, had earlier asked users of the popular messaging platform to accept its updated terms and conditions as well as its privacy policy, on or before February 8, 2021, or be kicked out. This development caused outraged and forced the company to suspend the deadline and moved the new implementation date for the acceptance of its new terms and conditions to May 15. WhatsApp boasts of over 2 billion users, but the update caused some users to

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Vice-Chairman of Sickle cell Support Society of Nigeria (SCSSN), Prof Obiageli Nnodu, has disclosed that about 3.6 million Nigerians are affected by the sickle cell disease, representing 2 percent of the country’s population. Professor Nnodu made this disclosure in an interview at the just concluded conference organised by SCSSN in support of Pfizer in Enugu last week. Professor Nnodu, who is also an authority in Haematology and Blood Transfusion, said apart from those directly affected, 25 percent of Nigerians are carrying the gene and therefore noted that there’s every need to tackle its prevalence. She said Sickle

By Dipo Olowookere Coordinator of the Independent Campaign Group (ICG) in the United Kingdom has said victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates in the coming presidential election, President Muhammadu Buhari and the Lagos State governorship poll, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, will shock the nation as both will emerge with huge margins. The coordinator, Mr Ibrahim Yusuf, made this known over the weekend in a statement made available to the press via electronic mail. Mr Yusuf said with the preparedness of the two candidates and their party in Nigeria, their victory will be incomparable with what some have seen in

By Dipo Olowookere Former Secretary to the State Government (SSG) in Lagos State, Mr Tunji Bello, has been named in the 25-man list of commissioners and special advisers designates sent to the state house of assembly for confirmation. The nominees’ list was transmitted to the parliament on Sunday for ratification in fulfilment of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s election promise to accelerate his administration’s development agenda. A statement by the Governor’s Deputy Chief Press Secretary, Mr Gboyega Akosile, said Mr Sanwo-Olu carefully picked the nominees based on their cognate experience in their respective professions. According to him, the list contained names, who

By Dipo Olowookere The value of the Naira to the United States Dollar in the parallel market is depreciating at an alarming rate and until something urgent is done, it could further worsen in the coming days. According to keen observation, the Nigerian currency entered its sick state last Tuesday after the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, announced that decisive action would be taken against any person caught withdrawing Naira with the sole aim of buying the Dollar. This sent a wrong signal to the foreign exchange (forex) market and despite an effort made

By Investors Hub The major U.S. index futures are pointing to a higher opening on Thursday, with stocks likely to see further upside after climbing to new record closing highs in the previous session. Early buying interest may be generated in reaction to a report from payroll processor ADP showing private sector employment jumped by much more than expected in the month of December. Overall trading activity may be somewhat subdued, however, with some traders likely to stay on the sidelines ahead of the release of the Labor Department?s more closely watched monthly jobs report on Friday. The report is

By Dipo Olowookere As part of efforts to meet the end of January 2017 deadline for the reopening of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, the state Governor, Mr Abiola Ajimobi, has disclosed that a total of N500 million has been earmarked to achieve this. Mr Ajimobi made this disclosure on Monday while addressing some students of the school, who staged a peaceful protest to his office in Ibadan. During his speech, the Governor said he had to suspend the State Executive Council meeting to address them because of his concern for their plight and