As we leave a uniquely difficult year behind us and look with guarded hope toward 2021, it is reasonable to temper oneâs expectations.
The rollercoaster ride is not over yet; 2021 will surely have its twists and turns as well. But imbedded in the new year are some real opportunities for progress:
COVID-19 will continue to be the top priority for local government. However, with the first Public Health vaccine clinic completed on Dec. 28, we are now taking the offensive against the virus.
As production and distribution increases, we will move quickly and efficiently through the prioritized populations and on to the general public.
The Verdict By Olusegun Adeniyi
Once again, Nigerian professionals between the ages of 25 and 40 are emigrating abroad. Those who are married go with their families. Economic upheaval at home and an almost out of hand national security challenge explain why these young citizens choose to vote with their passports. But this is also a global phenomenon. Whether in Africa, Asia or the Americas, we are dealing with what Patrick Gilligan has described as the ‘No Nation’ Generation whose members âare breaking ties with their birth countries and seeking a more affordable and better standard of living overseas.â
The leading countries in which most of these professionals seek to reside, going by the latest MoveHub global survey, are the United Kingdom, Australia, US, Spain, Canada, France, New Zealand, Germany, Ireland and Portugal. At number 16, the only African country on the list is South Africa. According to the survey, âthe majority chose better job prospects as the
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One Ghanaian and two Burkinabes were killed when a gang of suspected armed robbers attacked a Mobile Money vendor and a forex bureau at Yelewongo on the Burkina Faso side of the border with Ghana, near the Bongo District in the Upper East Region.
The Ghanaian, identified as Azonga Asampana, 45, was killed by a bullet from an indiscriminate shooting by the suspected robbers as they embarked on the robbery operations during last Tuesday’s market day in the town.
Traders from Ghana, particularly Bongo, also a border town, travel to Yelewongo to transact businesses on market days.
By Godfrey Bivbere
THE Lagos State Wharf Landing Fees Collecting Authority, LSWLFCA, has given its side of the case of attack on the officers by individuals opposed to the fees.
Vanguard Maritime Report gathered that trouble started when the enforcement team of LSWLFCA impounded eight vehicles after the drivers beat its checkpoint.
Speaking with
Vanguard Maritime Report, Public Affairs Officer of LSWLFCA, Michael Oputeh, said that the drivers called some persons who came with two vehicles and several motor bikes and forcefully released the vehicles after disposing the workers present of their phones, cash and jewelleries.
He said: “What actually happened that night is that there are some vehicles that we impounded because they refused to pay their wharf landing fees charged at N300 for cars and N500 for Jeeps/buses. Some of them were carrying police officers and as a result beat our first collecting point, we have another collecting point very close to our office where they
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