Lagos Bus Conductors To Wear Uniforms And Name Tags Starting From Today

 

From today, August 3rd, bus conductors in Lagos will be required to wear a uniform and name tags for easy identification. This information was disclosed by Comrade Israel  Adeshola, the National President of the Bus Conductors Association of Nigeria, BCAN.

According to Adeshola, the Lagos State government has approved the association’s uniforms and badges with name tags and identification numbers for easy identification of registered conductors. He said:

‘’The re-branding of bus conductors in the state which is in partnership with the Lagos State Government is a project that has been in the master plan of the state government in a way to stem criminal activities and also protect the lives and properties of Lagosians".
He called on Lagosians to support the initiative.

Source: Vanguard

How I survived stroke – Kudirat Odukanwi, aka Iyabo Oko Narrates Her Ordeal

 

Yoruba actress, Kudirat Odukanwi, popularly called  Iyabo Oko, has narrated her experience in the past one year, saying she was hit by 

 stroke.

According to her, she lost her voice, weight and mobility power during the period.

She told City People in an interview that she was scared in the process, especially based on the harvest of deaths the entertainment industry was witnessing.

Odukanmi said, “I thank God almighty for sparing my life till this moment. The devil tried his best but God showed him that He is truly the Alfa and Omega. What happened was that, that  day, after I woke up very early in the morning and  attempted to talk, I just found out that I couldn’t talk any longer and I was told it was a partial stroke. I was taken to a hospital and I was treated. The doctors really tried their best. The hospital is called 68 Military Hospital, Yaba, Lagos’.

“They tried but I couldn’t just talk for months but I still give glory to God that I can now talk properly. The funny thing is that I was not paralysed; my legs and hands were effective, just that I couldn’t talk. I first spent two weeks in the hospital. When I got home, it started again and I returned to the hospital. I visited the hospital like three times.

“I was discharged and my son came from abroad and rushed me to the UK  where I spent like one  month. I was at home but doctors were coming to treat me. He employed a therapist and after a month, I started talking and my son finally took me to India where everything was perfected. I spent seven months in India.”

Miley Cyrus Flaunts Her Sexy Body In New Photos On The Cover Of Cosmopolitan Magazine

 

International singer, Miley Cyrus flaunts her sexy side as she posed in the latest issue of Cosmopolitan magazine, where she opened up about the lessons she's learned from her parents marriage and her biggest fashion mistakes. See photo below...

Popular Ibandan Broadcaster, Oriyomi Hamzat Arraigned For Allegedly Murdering A 17-Year-Old Boy

The Oyo state police command have arraigned a popular Ibadan based radio presenter Oriyomi Hamzat and four others before Magistrate A. A. Adebisi of the Oyo State Magistrate court in Ibadan for allegedly murdering a 17-year old boy.

 The 37-year-old broadcaster was arraigned alongside four others; 27 years old Idowu Ibrahim, 31 years old Mohammed Bashir, 23 years old Taiwo Olaronke and 23 years old Yusuff Toyeeb Ajisafe yesterday August 1st.
The prosecutor, Sunday Fatola, told the court that Hamzat and the other defendants allegedly inflicted injury on the head and body of a 17 year old boy named Peter at Make a Future Alive initiative, Oremiji Agugu in the Ibadan Magisterial District on July 21st. ‎The dead body of the boy was allegedly found in the car of the presenter. The prosecutor argued that the offence is contrary to and punishable under Section 324 and Sections 316 and 319 of the Criminal Code Cap 38 Vol 11 laws of Oyo State of Nigeria 2000.
After taking the pleas of the accused persons, Magistrate A.A. Adebisi ordered that they be remanded in Agodi Prison pending the legal advice from the state Director of Public Prosecution (DPP). He adjourned the case till September 5th.

CEO/Co-Founder Of Educational Website, Pass.ng, Samson Abioye, Dies At The Age Of 25

The CEO and co-founder of educational website, pass.ng, Samson Abioye, has died. The young  fast-rising tech guru, was said to have slumped and died on Friday, 28 July 2017. He was 25.

Abioye graduated from the department of Computer Engineering at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology in 2014 and then co-founded the educational website that caters for the needs of candidates sitting for JAMB, WAEC and other exams.

RIP.

LASPOTECH Workers Begin Indefinite Strike Until Union Demands Are Met (Details)

 

Academic and administrative activities were paralysed on Wednesday at the Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH) as workers of the institution down began an indefinite strike on Aug. 1.

A copy of the strike notice by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP), LASPOTECH chapter, obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said the strike was with effect from Aug. 1.
The notice said the strike would “remain indefinite, total and comprehensive until the demands of the unions were met’’.
NAN reports that the strike also affected other sister unions of ASUP — the Non-Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (NASUP) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnic (SSANIP).

The notice said the unions resumed their suspended strike due to a failure by the institution’s management to meet their demands following a month grace given.
According to the notice, the Lagos State Government had intervened in the strike by the unions through the House of Assembly Committee on Education and that was why it was suspended then.
“Congress had unanimously resolved that the committee that was to be set up by the House Committee on Education to find a lasting solution to the issues of migration arrears be given till 31st July 2017.
“Failure of which the union will resume its suspended strike without notice.
“It is rather sad to inform you that after the committee has identified substantial amount to pay 12 months as the first tranche, the management turned in a document from National Board of Technical Education (NBTE) to truncate an already laid process for payment,’’ it said.
According to the notice, the same authentic documents which the union presented to the press on the migration arrears are the same the management now mischievously flaunt to foot-drag and frustrate all resolutions on the payment.

“The flaunted documents, if allowed to fly, will cause more harm than good, it is going to affect us all from number one person to the least cleaner and this we have warned them about.
“As it stands, dear comrades, if by 12 midnight, the 12 months arrears in the first tranche is not paid, the strike will resume on Aug. 1; it is indefinite, total and comprehensive,’’ it said.
Meanwhile, the Deputy Head, Public Relations Unit, LASPOTECH, Mr Oluwasola Erinoso, confirmed to NAN that the strike had commenced.

Erinoso said that while the strike was suspended a month ago following the intervention of the House Committee on Education, an in-house committee to proffer a solution was set-up.
He said the in-house committee comprised of members of the House Committee on Education, the management team and the union members.
Erinoso said talk was still ongoing on how to pay the outstanding arrears and the process for the payment before the union resumed the strike on Aug. 1.

He, however, appealed to the unions to go back to dialogue with the management so that all the outstanding issues would be resolved and normalcy restored in the institution.