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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Bashir Adefaka Major stakeholders of Lagos State have said that the time has come for inclusiveness of Lagos indigenes on how the administration of  the state is run. This demand was made during a symposium, during the week, celebrating Lagos State at 50, organized by the Eko Foundation, held in Lagos Airport Hotel, Ikeja. They were worried that the future of their children and grandchildren was not secured if people who came to benefit from Lagos continue to deny them their legitimate rights and privileges. At the symposium, former Minister of Communications, Major General Tajudeen Olanrewaju, who was chairman of the occasion, noted in his address that “fifty years in the lives of the people as indigenes of the most liberal and accommodating state is worth celebrating”, made straight to say that it was time indigenes of Lagos State began to know and be part of the day-to-day administration of their own affairs. The former General Officer Commanding, T...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J •As Agege abattoir stakeholders raise alarm •Threaten to suspend operation in Lagos By Olasunkanmi Akoni Following the demolition of illegal structures and shanties, stakeholders at the Oko Oba Abattoir in Agege area of Lagos State have threatened to suspend further operation if the state government fails to compensate them for the last Sunday demolition of their 24 public toilets in the market valued at about N500 million. However, as a result of the demolition, over 5,000 estimated residents and traders have taken to open defecation which poses great health hazard that could result into epidemic to inhabitants and residents at large. Alhaji Bello Dan – Mubaffa, Sarkin Fulani and the leader of the market raised the alarm while addressing newsmen on the implications of the demolition. According to him, “if state government, led by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode fails to intervene immediately, it could lead to red-meat scarcity and epidemic in many parts of the st...

http://ift.tt/2q4lVsm By Emmanuel Aziken, Abdulwahab Adbuallah, Henry Umoru, Joseph Erunke, Levinus Nwabughiogu and Chris Ochayi ABUJA — There was uproar in the polity yesterday over wording of the letter President Muhammadu Buhari sent to the Senate on his medical vacation, in which the President said that Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo “will co-ordinate the activities of the government.” President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, however, intervened on the Senate floor to stave off a constitutional fuss by quieting the agitation by senators over wording of the letter. Senior lawyers who spoke on the issue yesterday overwhelmingly backed the Senate President, affirming that transmission of the letter on the basis of Section 145 of the Constitution automatically transmitted powers to Osinbajo as Acting President. A senior Presidency source also played down the uproar in the Senate as he affirmed that Osinbajo will exercise full duties as Acting President. The reassurances none...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Data collection on work-related accidents and diseases is very important for analyzing and preventing accidents and occupational diseases at the workplace, Benin Electricity Distribution Plc (BEDC) has said. BEDC Safety Manager, Gilbert Nweke, said this at the World Safety Day 2017, held at Oba Akenzua Hall, University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Benin. He however, said that to realize this objective, there is need to upgrade recording and notification systems of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) data collection and analysis at national level. “Maintaining data integrity is very crucial for setting priorities and raising national and workplace preventive programmes. When the national record keeping and notification systems have been skillfully upgraded, it will be easier to harmonize with the global data collection and analysis system for purposes of preventing accidents and monitoring the extent of progress made in this regard” he remarked. Nweke li...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Emma Amaize A SABA —CHEVRON Nigeria Limited has called on the people of oil-rich Kokodiagbene community, Delta State, currently at loggerheads with it over electricity supply, to seek implementation of their demand under the Federal Government’s gas-powered mini- Independent Power Project, IPP, for riverine communities. General Manager, Policy Government and Public Affairs, Chevron, Mr. Esimaje Brikinn, stated this in his reaction to the agitation by the community which threatened, last week, to occupy the oil company’s Otunana flow station. Delta State governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, had invited both the company and the community to a meeting of the state Security Council tomorrow to review the matter. Brikinn said: “Chevron is aware of the invitation by the Delta State Government to a meeting on the stated date and the renewed agitation by Kokodiagbene over their demand for electricity supply. “To address the issues, Chevron has  continued to engage the ...