Some market men and women on Tuesday stormed the Lagos State House of Assembly to protest against an alleged plan by the Chairman of Ojodu Local Council Development Area, Olumuyiwa Oloro, to demolish the Alhaja Abibatu Mogaji Sunday Retail Market.
The aggrieved marketers , while singing solidarity songs , appealed to the Speaker of the Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa , and other lawmakers to intervene.
The protesters urged the House to use its influence to stop the planned demolition , saying many families could be affected.
The Iyaloja of the market, Mrs Kuburat Salako, said the traders were surprised when the chairman announced that the market would be demolished and turned to a parking lot by a developer , Mr Kehinde Fajana, of Elizier Nigeria Limited .
“ This market has been in existence since 1989 and was commissioned by Chief Mariam Babangida in her bid for a better life for rural dwellers . Please don’ t take our source of income away from us .
“ We plead with the respective ministries , agencies and respected honourables to please free our market because it is a public market for all local governments in Lagos State , ” Salako added .
The Iyaloja of Odo Eran, Mrs . Yemisi Ogunlaja , said , “ We are here on behalf of the people of Abibatu Mogaji Sunday Retail Market. This demolition will affect many families and their means of livelihood.
“ It will be painful if this market is demolished because the Alhaja Abibatu Mogaji Sunday Market and Ogba Retail Market are two different markets with different commodities , items and serving different purposes . ”
Addressing the protesters , the lawmaker representing Ikeja Constituency 2, Ademola Kasumu , urged them to conduct themselves peacefully , assuring that the House would look into the matter .

ENGLAND – Odion Ighalo has always been a Manchester United fan. Odion Ighalo has always been a Manchester United fan So when the chance to sign for the Red Devils came his way, the transfer deadline could not stop him. Ighalo accepted a pay cut to complete his “dream move” to Old Trafford. The 30-year-old was […]

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Odion Ighalo will be in the Manchester United squad for the Premier League clash with Chelsea next Monday despite missing a training camp in Spain due to fears he could be denied re – entry into Britain if restrictions against the outbreak of Coronavirus are tightened .
The 30- year -old Nigerian international striker joined United on loan until the end of the season on deadline day last month from Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua.
The British government called the novel coronavirus a “ serious and imminent threat ” , and said anyone with the disease can now be forcibly quarantined if they are deemed a threat to public health as the number of cases in Britain doubled to eight.
The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak surged past 1, 000 on Tuesday.
United said Saturday in a statement that Ighalo had been left out of the Spain squad to avoid any potential problems related to the killer virus on re -entry to Britain .
However, United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer told the club ’ s website Ighalo will be in the squad for a match that could have a crucial bearing on who finishes in the top four this term and qualifies for the Champions League next season.
“ Yeah, he is going to travel with us , ” said Solskjaer .
“ We will just see his fitness work this week and I think we will get him sharp .
“ We want to integrate him as quickly as we can because , of course, he is desperate to play for us . ”
Ighalo , who has played his club football in China for the past three years after joining Changchun Yatai from Watford , was signed as emergency cover for the injured Marcus Rashford.
Chelsea presently occupies the fourth and final Champions League spot and are six points clear of eighth – placed United .
The other three Champions League places look destined for Liverpool, Manchester City and third-placed Leicester , who have a 10 point advantage over fifth- placed Sheffield United and a game in hand to boot.

February 9 2020 BY K.checkpoint
The Minister of Health, Professor Osagie Ehanire, says Lagos State, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, is well prepared and ready to contain the novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)infectious disease if eventually, it breaks out in Nigeria.
Ehanire gave this assurance on Sunday, while briefing newsmen after inspecting facilities at the Emergency Response Readiness designated for the Coronavirus victims at the Mainland Hospital, Yaba in Lagos.
“I can say that Lagos State is well prepared; there is high level of readiness here, and also the awareness is there,” he said.
Enahire, therefore, commended the state government for its level of preparedness against the outbreak of any infectious disease in the state.
While expressing satisfaction at the infrastructure put in place, he said that the state, considering its vulnerability to infectious disease, had learnt lessons from the Ebola episode of 2014, and reflected the experience in its level of preparedness.
“It is quite clear that Lagos has a clear- cut edge in managing infectious diseases and preparedness.
“I am extremely happy that Lagos is equipped in the area of knowledge built from the foundation it obtained from the 2014 Ebola outbreak which the state managed properly,” Ehanire said.
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The minister, who also inspected the state Bio-banklocated inside the Mainland Hospital, lauded the state government for deploying additional 30 health personnel to assist with surveillance at the ports entry.
“I am impressed that the state has taken science to a very modern and admirable level. This is obviously a place where lot of lessons will be learnt,” he said.
The minister said that the Federal Government would continue to collaborate with the state on knowledge sharing and support team.
Earlier, Prof. Akin Abayomi, Lagos State Commissioner for Health, said that the state had been working assiduously to prevent an import of CoronaVirus into the state.
Abayomi said that the state government was ramping up its preparedness for containment should there be an outbreak.
“Since the experience we had with Ebola a few years ago, we have been building capacity, infrastructure, revising our policies and laws, training staff that are specially equipped to deal with outbreak of infectious diseases like Ebola, Monkeypox, Lassa Fever and Coronavirus if it comes here.
“So, we are ready in Lagos; we have the facility, trained staff, and robust surveillance system in place to contain and effectively manage an outbreak,” Abayomi said.
The commissioner said that the state was supporting the Federal Government with staffs at the airport to ensure effective surveillance and screening of travellers.
Responding to rumours of a suspected case of coronavirus in Alimosho Local Government Area, Abayomi dismissed the news as fake, noting that Lagos has no suspected or confirmed case of coronavirus.
“We heard the same rumour and we deployed our biosecurity team there yesterday.
“They have gathered a lot of medical and community intelligence, and so far, it appears to us that there is no such thing and that this was fake news.
“I want to use this opportunity to appeal to Lagosians and Nigerians that when you spread false rumours, it is actually very damaging.
“Though, it is testing our capacity to respond, but is also very expensive and can cause panic in the community apart from the stigmatisation it causes,” the commissioner said.
Abayomi noted that novel Coronavirus was not a racial illness, adding that the disease can affect anybody, while warning that perpetrators of fake news would be punished when caught.

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