Many poor residents have turned the palliative-sharing grounds in their states into battlefields, as they fight one another to get the palliative given to them by the Federal Government to cushion the effects of the removal of fuel subsidy, Godfrey George writes.
Flooding, from heavy rainfall recorded between 8 and 16 September in different parts of Nigeria’s commercial capital city, has wreaked havoc on infrastructure, businesses and properties
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Several communities in Lagos State have been ravaged by floods, which resulted from heavy downpours that swept away a commercial motorcyclist, more commonly called Okada rider and displaced hundreds of residents. SaharaReporters gathered that the motorcycle rider simply identified as Mr Abe, was swept away on Saturday after he reportedly failed to listen warnings from his colleagues not to ride along the Ile Epo Bus stop canals in the Alimosho Local Government Area of the state.