“As we celebrate this year’s Democracy Day, the youths, especially the agitators, must all resolve to shun actions that are anti-progress.
“Rather, they must begin to engage in healthy competitions, show more interests in how we are governed and support the dream for a better Nigeria always.
“We must start that change we so much desired from our small corners with the optimism that we will all be better off for it.
“We have no other country than Nigeria. We, the leaders and the led, must be ready to keep our land sacred, devoid of the growing tension and challenges of insecurity,” he said.
Lagos-Badagry Expressway: Deplorable highway hinders Nigeria’s multi-billion naira tourism hub in historic town
Published 6 June 2021
The poor condition of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway is discouraging local and international tourists from visiting Badagry thereby killing the toursim potential of the ancient town, Afeez Hanafi reports
For months, I longed to visit historical sites in Badagry, Nigeria’s foremost tourism destination far-flung Lagos. I always looked forward to seeing monuments and relics of the transatlantic slave trade spanning 16th to 19th centuries. Those are signs of Nigeria’s history millions of people within and outside the country are curious to see.
Sometime in February, I went online to read up on tourist attractions in the ancient town. I stumbled on the line of a tour guide, Anago Osho, and quickly phoned him for enquiries. We agreed on N8,000 entry fees even though he made me realise he charges as much as N15,000 including boat fares to Gberefu Isla
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…Says UBTH has prioritized management A Consultant Nephrologist at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Edo State, Dr Ojeh Oziegbe Odije, has expressed worry over the rising cases of kidney failure in Nigeria. He pointed that the factors aggravating the disorders are also on the rise. In an interview with journalists recently at the hospital in Benin City, Dr. Odije said the ailment is not just wrecking havocs in the state alone but across Nigeria as a whole. He said: “The last population studies we did in a village not far away from here showed that close to one third of the public are beginning to have problems with their kidney and that’s a terrible figure.