As a child growing up in Lagos, Nigeria, in the late 1990s, I remember women roaming through my community and chanting in Yoruba, “onigo de o! Anra bata rubber ati ayo t’on jo.” This translates as “The bottle peddler is here! We buy rubber sandals and leaky pots.” Some families would separate their waste, because they could give some of it to these women for cash.
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Ebonyi losing 100 trucks of lead daily – Umahi – Daily TrustEbonyi State Governor David Umahi yesterday said the state was losing over 100 trucks of lead daily to theft. Umahi said this while swearing in members of the state’s Internal Revenue Board.ADVERTISEMENT “We will not use government money to pay your salaries, allowances and take 5 percent. So it is like a social contract, we … Great. I hope they will work the state and not their pocket. Best wishes
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Driver allegedly defiles 13-year-old – Daily TrustAn Iyaganku Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ibadan, on Monday, ordered that a driver, Wale Oladeji, be remanded in Agodi Prison for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old Junior Secondary School II, student. The police charged Oladeji, 30, of No 27, Itamaya Oke – Ado, Ibadan, with defilement.ADVERTISEMENT The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Olabisi Ogunkanmi, did not take …
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Cook jailed 14 years for killing 8-year-old brother over meat – Daily TrustAn Igbosere High Court in Lagos, Monday, sentenced a cook, Janet James, to 14 years in prison for beating her eight-year-old brother, Saviour, to death for stealing meat from a pot of soup. Justice Adedayo Akintoye convicted Janet, 34, following her plea of guilty to an amended one-count charge of manslaughter.ADVERTISEMENT Akintoye said the sentence …
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Court sentences woman, 66, to 5 years’ jail for trafficking heroine – Daily TrustThe Federal High Court Abuja, on Monday, sentenced a 66-year-old woman, Sikirat Adeyemi, to five years in prison for exporting 1.340kg of heroine. Adeyemi who was arraigned by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) had pleaded guilty to the offence.ADVERTISEMENT When the matter was called on Monday, she pleaded for forgiveness, almost in tears, …
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Court remands 2 friends for allegedly gang raping 19-year-old – Daily TrustAn Ilorin magistrate court, on Monday, ordered that two friends, who allegedly raped a 19-year-old girl, be remanded in prison. The magistrate, Monisola Kamson, ordered that Sodiq Abdulrauf and Ali Ahmad, be remanded in Oke-kura Prison Yard, Ilorin. She adjourned the case until May 2 for further mention.ADVERTISEMENT The prosecutor, Sgt. Gbenga Ayeni, informed the …
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6 men charged with robbery, assault on IBEDC officials – Daily TrustAn Ilesa Magistrate Court in Osun on Monday, ordered that six men be remanded in prison for alleged armed robbery and assault on officials of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC). The Magistrate, Ishola Omisade, did not take the plea of Olaniran Idowu, 61;Opebiyi Oluwaseyi, 32; Abayomi Korede, 25;Ariyo Mayowa, 21; Abe Wasiu, 23 and …
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Dangote Refinery to absorb 2,000 engineers when operational – Management – Daily TrustThe coming on stream of Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals will go a long way in bringing the much desired resolution to the unemployment crisis plaguing the nation as the company will engage about 2,000 personnel in the field of engineering alone. The Group Executive Director, Strategy, Portfolio Development & Capital Projects, Dangote Industries Limited, Mr. …
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FG to assist private sector metal operators – Daily TrustThe Federal Government is to assist private metal sector operators towards creating necessary linkages required for the rapid development of the metal sector. The minister of Mines and Steel Development, Abubakar Bawa Bwari, in a statement, said it is for this reason that the ministry is organising an all-inclusive stakeholders’ forum for metal sector operators …
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Private airport operators get April 30 deadline to clear debts – Daily TrustThe Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) may soon withdraw security, fire-fighting and rescue services from some state and private airports over indebtedness running into billions of naira, Daily Trust has learnt. It was gathered that the authority had given the affected airports the final one-week ultimatum to pay up their debt or else its …
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Telecos lost 342,101 subscribers in Feb – NCC – Daily TrustThe Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said the four major telecoms companies and other small operators in the country lost 342,101 active subscribers on their telecommunication networks in February, 2019. NCC disclosed this in its monthly subscriber/operator data made available on its website yesterday.ADVERTISEMENT The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that active subscribers on …
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NECA to FG: Remove oil subsidy, manage debt profile – Daily TrustThe Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has called for the deregulation of the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry to boost the economy. The Director General of NECA, Mr. Timothy Olawale, at a stakeholders’ meeting of manufacturers on Monday in Lagos, said except fuel subsidy was removed, Nigerians would continue to suffer intermittent …
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