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popular fruit market in Lagos has been demolished with plans for an utra-modern business premises - However, there was resistance from alleged touts and traders who claim they were not given a specific date for the exercise - Chris Onyekachi, whose firm is saddled with the responsibility to rebuild the market, says stakeholders were carried along before the demolition Policemen, mostly operatives of the Lagos task force, on Friday, November 8, stormed the popular Ketu fruit market in the state as the business premises was reportedly up for demolition. The market, Legit.ng understands, would now be replaced with a N2.8 billion ultra-modern trading complex awarded by the Ikosi-Isheri council. However, the demolition squad clashed with alleged touts who engaged in protests and hauled stones at government........... . Read More

Being the president’s son comes with perks. Being immune from the slings and arrows of an uncertain future is boon enough for the average Nigerian. If the promise of a life of luxury and schooling in the best institutions money can get — or bribe — isn’t enough, surely, the promise of prompt world-class treatment should anything from a minor cold to a major accident happen, will be enough to make you sign the dotted lines. Yusuf Buhari, the son of President Muhammadu Buhari might not have signed any dotted lines to be born to the man who rules Africa’s most populous nation, but he is surely not complaining about the special treatment accruable to him, courtesy of his father’s position. Recall that Yusuf was involved in a freak.............. Read More