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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...

THE people of Abonnema community, Akuku-Toru Local Government Area, Rivers State, say they have no hand in the death of four marine police officers, whose remains were found floating on Abonnema Wharf, last week. 

The Federal House of Representative  Member, representing Amuwo Odofin Constituency has kicked off his maiden edition of a unity football cup for all communities under his constituency.

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 - ...

Written by U.D. Okechukwu To catch up on previous episodes visit http://reportersgc.blogspot.com /search/labels/storyseries and use the search button for quick opening. …Continued from last week Both Punto and Checheskey's parents hugged their children and pressured to find out their whereabout for days. the way they smiled made it seem that they were fine. indeed they were fine, weren't they? Before Punto took his shower at his home and rested, he spoke at length with his parents and siblings narrating everything that had happened without missing a line. Checheskey’s parents took him home without giving him a chance to say goodbye to Punto. Although both boys knew it is definite that they will meet in their usual place if the need arises. 

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Group discussions on robbery issues in Amuwo-Odofin, Apapa and Festac Town, Lagos State. 

A notorious kidnap kingpin, popularly called King Solomon, alleged to have been responsible for the abduction of several residents of Festac Town in Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos and environs, has been arrested by police in Lagos.

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When things aren’t going quite the way you’d like them to, it’s often the result of not asking yourself the right questions. Some questions are hard to confront because you’re afraid you won’t get the answer you want, others because you really don’t want to know the answer. But the best things in life don’t come easily, and turning away from life’s toughest questions is a sure path to mediocrity. I believe that Socrates said it best: “The unexamined life isn’t worth living.” Socrates’ observation also applies to business. When Eric Schmidt was CEO of Google, he famously said, “We run this company on questions, not answers.” Life, like business, runs on questions, not answers. Let’s take a closer look at some of the tough questions we should be asking ourselves regularly. How do people see me differently than I see myself? Have you ever heard a recording of your voice and thought, “Is that what I really sound like?” Because of the way the sound of the voice travels through the human sku...