Tuesday, June 16, 2009
American Hawks Gala In Lagos... Eko O Ni Baje Indeed.
•Sean Alsilski, hawking gala at Ojota bus stop, Lagos, yesterday. PHOTO: KAZEEM UGBODAGA.
He rebuffed people trying to ask him why he was out in the streets selling gala, saying he was too busy to talk to anyone. After much prompting by this reporter, he opened up on why he was out selling gala on Lagos streets. Alsilski said he came to Lagos to carry out a six-month research project on hawking and street trading in Lagos, and the best way to get the answers that he wants was to get involved in the real business rather than be an observer.
He said he had already spent five months in Lagos, hawking gala at different parts of the state. “I am here to do a research on hawking and street trading. I was billed to be in Nigeria for six months as part of the Fullbright exchange programme. “I have been here for five months now, hawking. I have one month to go. I am going to give a presentation to the United States Embassy about my research,” said Alsilski. Born in the city of New York, the United States, Alsilski lamented that from what he has observed, government was harsh on hawkers and street traders.
“Hawkers here are under stress right now from the government and I am studying what the government is doing right now. We can make some recommendations. “Government is harsh on them. Some of them have had their goods taken away. I am not sure that is the best way to go about it. “In some cities, hawkers and traders are given licenses and allowed to go to certain areas to hawk. But hawkers should not be allowed to hawk in places like Oshodi,” he stated. Alsilski’s hawking business has taken him to Yaba, Ojuelegba, Mushin, Ojota, Mile 2, Apapa, Lagos Island and Agege.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Eko Free Health Mission In Ajegunle
By Kazeem Ugbodaga
The Lagos state government is to screen at least 20,000 Lagosians on various ailments, as it kicks-off its five-day free health mission today, at the Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government.
Lagosians will be screened on diverse ailments, including dental, general and eye surgeries. The state government said it would deploy its recently procured “Field Hospital” to further compliment the objective of ensuring the accessibility of qualitative healthcare to the people of the state at no cost to beneficiaries. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, who disclosed this at the weekend, said the Eko Free Health Mission would be held at Araromi Primary School, Achakpo Road, Ajegunle, in the Ajeromi/Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state.
Idris described the Field Hospital as a standard hospital on wheel that could provide on-the-spot emergency services and relief management to complement the Eko Free Health Mission by taking off the overwhelming pressure on the hospitals where the Free Health Missions are held without disrupting the day-to-day regular hospital operations. He explained that the Field Hospital also has the capacity to undertake different types of surgeries, including eye surgery such as cataract and glaucoma; routine surgeries such as herniorraphy lipon, appendisectomy; paediatric surgeries and emergency surgeries such as entopic in pregnancy, among others.
The commissioner explained further that there were six basic components of the Field Hospital which include a standard theatre and six inflatable tents that serve as emergency/examination sections; pre-operation section; recovery/intensive care unit, equipped with three beds; registration and laboratory section; medical supplies and in-patient ward that can accommodate 20 patients. He stressed that with the deployment of the Field Hospital, ”more people are expected to benefit from the Mission this time around.”
He disclosed that the quest to find ways to take health care to the grassroots and under-served areas of the state led to the introduction of the Eko Free Health Mission, adding that ”the Mission is a comprehensive healthcare initiative that covers primary, secondary and tertiary levels of prevention.” Idris said the Mission is significant because it will assist the state government in its efforts to bring to the barest minimum, the number of untimely deaths in the state, particularly as the beneficiaries of the programme include the most vulnerable part of the population at the grassroots like the elderly, children, youth and pregnant women who are prone to infections and other related diseases.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Happy Lagosian's 2009 Humanitarian Award Goes To D'Banj..A Happy Lagosian And A Great Humanitarian..
| D’banj’s heart of gold Friday, June 12, 2009 - TOSIN AJIRIRE |
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The heart of Dapo Oyebanjo, popularly known as D’banj is certainly not cast in iron. The rave of the moment, who turned 29 on Tuesday, must have had his heart carved in pure gold. |
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| OnlineNigeria.com http://www.Onlinenigeria.com/ |
Friday, June 12, 2009
Tejuosho Market. Phase 2.
Located in the heart of Yaba, the massive re-development exercise that the Tejuosho market phase II is presently undergoing cannot be ignored. Geared at being a truly 21st Century market, a first in this part of the world, no stone is being left unturned at achieving this objective. Upon completion, the market will house 1,648 shops. The following will also be addressed by the market.
- Free flow of circulation within the market.
- Adequate airspace around the market
- Provision of on-ground and basement parking.
- Fire fighting installation and the location of Fire service station within the complex.
- Waste disposal system
- Security installation and police posts.
- Provision for appropriate and orderly facilities management of the market.
- Adequate toilet facilities per floor and public toilets.
- Provision of data services to all shop units.
- After-hours use of the basement for events and functions.
- Free flow of circulation within the market.
Going by the above, the new Tejuosho Ultra Modern Market promises to adequately meet the needs of the average buyer and seller in terms of functionality, accessibility, ease of navigation and aesthetics.
The new Tejuosho Market is the brand new landmark in the city, the pride of every Lagosian.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Lagos adopts digital mapping, GIS for land administration
By Olasunkanmi Akoni & Monsur Olowopejo
As part of a comprehensive vision to transform Lagos into the model mega-city in Africa, Governor Babatunde Fashola yesterday declared open the second stakeholders’ forum on digital mapping, Geographic Information System (GIS) in the state.
Fashola, who led other members of the State Executive Council at the forum held at the state Secretariat Auditorium, Alausa, Ikeja, described GIS as a total life change that is capable of confronting the challenges of emerging planets.
As part of efforts to smoothen the process of land administration in Lagos State, the governor explained that the programme aimed at creating wealth by awakening dead assets through a series of initiatives to give an identity to every inch of real estate in Lagos.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/?p=1222Beautiful Birds Of Lekki And Alpha Beach..By Seth Of Ribi
Klaas's Cuckoo (m)
Chrysococcyx klaas
16th May, 2009
Location: Roadside behind Alpha Beach, Lekki, SW Nigeria
Beautiful Birds Of Lekki And Alpha Beach..By Seth Of Ribi
Orange-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda melpoda (nom.)
23rd May, 2009
Location: Woodland edge behind Alpha Beach, Lekki, SW Nigeria
Copper Sunbird (m)
Cinnyris cupreus (nom.)
29th May, 2009
Location: Scrub behind Alpha Beach, Lekki, SW Nigeria
Beautiful Birds Of Lekki And Alpha Beach..By Seth Rabi
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
1st June, 2009
Location: Roadside behind Alpha Beach, Lekki, SW Nigeria
African Jacana
Actophilornis africana
1st June, 2009
Location: Open swamp behind Alpha Beach, Lekki, SW Nigeria
Beautiful Birds Of Lekki And Alpha Beach..By Seth Of Ribi
Olive-bellied Sunbird (m)
Cinnyris chloropygius kempi
12th September, 2007
Location: Garden behind Alpha Beach, Lekki, SW Nigeria
Grey-headed Kingfisher
Halcyon leucocephala (nom.)
28th February, 2009
Location: Wooded savanna behind Alpha Beach, Lekki, SW Nigeria
by Seth of Rabi
Lagos Seals Five Firms over Tax Evasion.
Lagos Seals Five Firms over Tax Evasion
Finance Jun 7, 2009The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has sealed-off premises of five companies for allegedly evading tax to the tune of over N100 million. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the companies were sealed for not remitting their tax liabilities from 2000 to 2007 to the coffers of the state government.
One of the LIRS officials, who requested anonymity, told NAN that the government had sensitised firms in the state on the need to remit their taxes promptly but some would not comply. “In this modern day of tax awareness in the country some companies still say that they are not aware of tax payment to the government.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Women, pupils, others get Ejigbo LCDA's largesse
By Isaac Taiwo
IF the plan was that no group would be left out in celebrations marking 200 days of the Kehinde Bamigbetan administration in Ejigbo Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State, then it worked quite satisfactorily.
All significant groups, whether men, women, school children, artisans, Community Development Associations, Co-operative Societies and others, were beneficiaries of the LCDA's gesture to mark the event.
Among the students was Okeke John who showered blessings upon Ejigbo LCDA for coming to the assistance of his parents by paying for his General Certificate of Education (GCE) fees.
He was one of the 485 beneficiaries.
"My ambition has been to read Banking, but having failed GCE once, my parents were hard up to pay my fees again before this opportunity came to help me get another chance. "I will ever remain grateful for this gesture," he said.
About 35 students were also tipped to enjoy the Ejigbo LCDA Internship Programme during which they would be paid N10,000, which would remove some burden from their parents.
As grateful also, were the 30 pregnant women in the Ejigbo LCDA who went home with free maternity packs.
http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/metro/article02//indexn3_html?pdate=040609&ptitle=Women,%20pupils,%20others%20get%20Ejigbo%20LCDA%27s%20largesse&cpdate=050609Sunday, June 7, 2009
Dangote’s plot against Gov Fashola.
By DARE ODUFOWOKAN and
KUNLE OWOLABI
There appears to be no let up in the titanic battle between frontline Nigerian billionaires, Femi Otedola and Aliko Dangote, with the sensational disclosure by Otedola that his former ally turned foe, was involved in a high-level plot to scuttle Action Congress’s (AC) victory in the governorship election in Lagos State in 2007.
The April 21 election brought Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola to office.
http://thenationallife.com/2009/06/07/dangote%E2%80%99s-plot-against-gov-fashola/
Fashola is my Governor. He has wiped away my tears.
Nigeria Legend Peter Fregene To Walk Again After Spinal Cord Op
Bed-ridden for eight years, doctors have now given former Nigeria international goalkeeper a chance to walk again...
6 Jun 2009 20:24:04
"The doctors have given me a 75 per cent chance to walk again in two, three years' time," said Fregene, whose international career spanned from 1966 to 1983.
The acrobatic goalkeeper, who featured for Nigeria at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico and the 1982 Africa Cup of Nations in Libya, was abandoned to his fate for almost eight years before Lagos State Governor and a Manchester United fan, Babatunde Raji Fashola, came to his rescue.
"Fashola is my Governor. He has wiped away my tears when even the Nigeria Football Federation could not assist me," said Fregene.
http://www.goal.com/en/news/89/africa/2009/06/06/1309696/finished-nigeria-legend-peter-fregene-to-walk-again-after-spinal-
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