Metro

Lagos’ Demolition Of Monkey Village, Attack On The Poor, Children’s Education—CEE-HOPE

A Non-Governmental Organisation, the Centre for Children’s Health Education, Orientation and Protection (CEE-HOPE) has criticised the Lagos State Government for the demolition of Monkey Village, an informal housing settlement in the Opebi area of the state. In the morning of December 31, 2020, truckloads of policemen, thugs descended on the community and with the aid of graders and bulldozers, pulled …

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How New Year Eve Demolition Rendered Over 300 Lagos Slum Dwellers Homeless

While Nigerians prepared to usher in the New Year, residents of Monkey Village, a slum settlement in the Opebi area of Lagos State, were optimistic that the incoming year would better their lot in life, but the unexpected happened! At about 9am on December 31, 2020, earth moving equipment rolled into the community without prior notice, according to residents and …

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Sex Worker Sells Baby Girl For N300,000

A 25-year-old Zainab Justina Adamu, a commercial sex worker, an indigene of Adamawa State but residing at Kofar Kaura Layout, Katsina state, has been arrested for selling her four month old baby for N300,000.

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Pay Our 10 Months’ Salary Before We resume Work – Striking WEMPCO Workers

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Workers of the WEMPCO Group of Company have carried out a peaceful protect in Lagos over the non-payment of their 10 months’ salary and allowances. The demonstration which took place along the popular WEMPCO road, Ogba, Lagos Wednesday, featured scores of aggrieved workers of the company who claimed they are being maltreated by the Chinese employers in their own country. …

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