Consumers Groan Over Rising Inflation
Consumers Groan Over Rising Inflation There is no denying the fact that not a few consumers are groaning under the increasing rate of inflation which has made most essential goods and services to be unaffordable across markets. Ostensibly to buttress the unfavorable market situation, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in its recent Report on inflation says the inflation rate rose to 20.52 percent August 2022. In its report titled, ‘CPI and Inflation Report August 2022’, the Bureau stated, “In August 2022, on a year–on–year basis, the head…
Ota-Idiroko Road: Traffic Experts Proffer Solution To Incessant Crashes At Iju Bridge
Ota-Idiroko Road: Traffic Experts Proffer Solution To Incessant Crashes At Iju Bridge In the last one month, the ever busy Ota–Idiroko road that serves as a connection route from Nigeria to neighbouring West African countries have the Iju Bridge which is one of the few bridges dotting the road stretch featured severally in the news for wrong reasons. No fewer than six crashes have occurred within the period of one month, raising concerns by road users who called for urgent intervention from the government to forestall such incidences that has…
Fayemi visits triplets born to 71-year-old retired priest
Fayemi visits triplets born to 71-year-old retired priest The First Lady of Ekiti State, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, has paid a special visit to a couple blessed with a set of triplets at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital in Ado-Ekiti. The triplets are the first children of 71-year-old Venerable Hezekiah Akenroye, a retired Anglican Priest and his wife, Mrs Durodoluwa Felicia Akenroye, 45, who were married in April 2016. The wife of the septuagenarian clergyman gave birth to the babies on Wednesday, September 21, 2022. They weighed 2.3kg, 2.…
Bad roads: Traffic diversion bothers Ekiti community
Bad roads: Traffic diversion bothers Ekiti community The Okemesi community in Ekiti West Local Government, Ekiti State, has raised alarm over the looming danger following the diversion of traffic to the roads linking the town due to their poor state. The National Publicity Secretary, Federation of Okemesi Improvement Union, Abraham Adeleye, said the roads particularly those linking Imesi to Osun State borders and suburbs were not in good condition and impassable for heavy-duty vehicles if accidents were to be prevented. Adeleye, in a statement…
Ogun police rescue kidnap victim, arrest suspect
Ogun police rescue kidnap victim, arrest suspect Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have rescued a kidnap victim identified as Sheu Anafi and arrested one of the suspected kidnappers, Ibraheem Abubakar, in their hideout. The policemen stormed the hideout located around the Kara Bridge end of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the state The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. Oyeyemi said the arrest was made on Saturday after his men inva…
Lagos impounds 150 commercial motorcycles, arrests 10 persons
Lagos impounds 150 commercial motorcycles, arrests 10 persons The Lagos State Environmental Enforcement and Special Offences Unit impounded 150 motorcycles for violating traffic rules in the last week. The unit’s spokesman, Mr. Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, stated on Sunday that 10 persons, including motorcyclists and passengers, were also arrested and prosecuted for plying the BRT corridor. He stated that the motorcycles were impounded after a weeklong operation at Ogba, Apapa, “Trade Fair’’, Elemoro, Ojodu and environs. Lagos State government banned…
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One Arrested As Security Agencies Battle Kidnappers In Ogun
One Arrested As Security Agencies Battle Kidnappers In Ogun Joint security forces in Ogun State have rescued a captive and arrested one suspect after combing kidnappers’ hideout along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. A team of Police, local vigilantes, so safe corps and OPC men reportedly stormed the hideout and engaged the hoodlums in a gun battle, which lasted for some minutes. The Police Spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said in a statement on Sunday that the kidnap syndicate had been terrorising commuters at the Kara Bridge end of the Lagos-Ibada…
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