GLOBAL COMMUNITY REPORTERS

By Jesutomi Akomolafe Aggrieved residents of Oba Ogo Community Development Association (CDA), Ije-ododo in Iba Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State yesterday morning stormed the Oshodi district office of Ikeja Electric, Okota to protest estimated billing despite 10 months of power outage due to spoilt transformer. Leading the residents who carried placards expressing their frustrations was the secretary of the CDA, Mr Olufemi Onasanya, who said for nearly a year, they have suffered in darkness. “Our transformer was taken away since November last year for repairs and was returned to us last month. Ikeja Electric has refused to energise the community after meeting their agreement of 1+1. We worked round the community to recover money for them, yet they still went ahead to issue us estimated billing for July when we have been without light since last year. “This is why we came here as early as 7:00a.m. so they can meet us at their gate when they resume for work.” After mee...

Plantains belong to the family of banana. It is starchy and low in sugar.  As you may be aware, this is the season of plantains and quite affordable in the market.

2 days ago we reported how a huge whale was killed and butchered by residents in a beach between Okpoama and Onyekia community in Brass local government area of Bayelsa state. The mighty whale that got stranded in Brass has been reduced to a mere skeleton by Nigerians in Bayelsa after 2 days. Thank you for reading. Kindly share also.

Nigeria has received 500,000 doses of meningitis C containing vaccine to combat the epidemic in the country, the WHO has said. The doses were sent by the International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision, an organisation that coordinates the provision of vaccine during outbreak emergencies. Dr Wondimagegnehu Alemu, the WHO Country Representative to Nigeria, said this in a statement in Abuja on Friday. He said the vaccines, funded by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, have been administered in Zamfara and Katsina States where the disease was most endemic. Alemu said an additional 820,000 doses of the meningitis C conjugate vaccine donated by the UK government to WHO was currently being sent to Nigeria. He said in the last week, the ICG also sent 341,000 doses of the meningitis C-containing vaccine to Niger Republic. He said this was because over 1,300 suspected cases of the disease had been found in the region particularly in districts that border with N...

The Black Friday promotional programme by Shoprite is sometimes targeted by traders who hope to resell the purchased wares bought at a discount at the normal rate. Many of the shoppers, however, were not aware that not all items within the store are listed at percentage discount. Some shoppers knew the products that were discounted with the Shoprite black Friday bulletin that listed all the items for discount and the percentages per product. The discount attached to the products varied with some as low as 20 per cent while others were as high as 67 per cent. Predictably, the majority of the shoppers were buying products to be used during the Christmas and New Year celebration to avoid purchasing the same products at higher prices from the local markets. As early as about 11:00 am, some product stands were already emptied by the shoppers. The Shoprite management had troubles dealing with the heavy traffic in the mall but eventually had to restrict some numbers of...

A man set himself ablaze on a Shinkansen bullet train on Tuesday, killing himself and a female passenger in the fire and injuring scores of others on the super express train. The report said that the train was forced to make an emergency stop southwest of Tokyo just before noon. Eyewitnesses, police and fire fighters said that a man doused himself in an accelerant thought to be oil he was carrying in a plastic canister and continued to set fire to himself using a lighter. It said the man had caused the most serious incident ever on a Shinkansen in the trains’ spotless safety history. Rescue officials also confirmed that out of the 800 passengers on board, 26 people were also injured in the blaze, with two described by firefighters as being in a “critical condition.” Police said that the train’s driver made an emergency stop between southwest Tokyo near the coastal city of Odawawa in Kanagawa Prefecture after a loud blast was heard coming from a toilet stall. Smoke q...

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When the Lagos state government asked lagosians if the Light Up Lagos Project has gotten to their area, here is what the has to say. read som comments below Kirikiri News Media - it hasn't gotten to Kirikiri town.. Alarape Akin Abdullahi - Not I'm my area oooo in fact no light in my street for the past one month due to bad transformer and we call Nepa official they demand for huge amount of money to put it in order. they are aware of the bad transformer yet they serve us bill for the month.......YS street ajangbadi lagos under ojo local govt. Ewoma Egedi - Yes. A long time ago. I love Lagos State Government as I'm currently a beneficiary of one of the departments of the Ministry of Women Affairs even though I'm not an indigene. Thanks to the Lagos State Government. Ajise Olanrewaju Olawale-Akanni - Iyana-meiran road off lagos/abeokuta express, Agbado/oke-odo LCDA is yet to be illuminated #come to our aid #Teamlightuplagos Oluseyi Omotayo Olayinka - ...

At least 20 people have been killed and others injured in a stampede during an outdoor religious service in Tanzania.  Worshippers were attending a Pentecostal service in Moshi when the stampede occurred Worshippers were attending a Pentecostal service at a stadium in the northern town of Moshi on Saturday evening when the incident occurred. Moshi district commissioner Kippi Warioba said attendees rushed forward to be anointed with blessed oil. Tanzania's President John Magufuli sent his condolences and called for better security at such large events. The service was held by pastor Boniface Mwamposa, who refers to himself as "the apostle". Survivors said Mr Mwamposa told hundreds of people gathered at the service to pass through an area where "blessed oil" had been poured over the floor. The crowd rushed forward to try to step in the oil in the hope of being cured of sickness. Peter Kilewo, who attended the service, described the scene ...

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