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Betting shop in Lagos. Source: Vanguard, Nigeria. By Davy Fidel  (Author/Freelancer)  I n the last five years, hundreds of Betting Operators: both online and at designated areas in the commercial cities of Lagos and across the country at large, have been licensed to start the operation of Sports Betting. In recent years the number of stakes in betting has increased drastically. 

Lagos - Wednesday 16/9/2020 affiliates members of the Joint Action Front, JAF, organised a protest rally, that is, a week after the one organised by SPN on party deregistration and the fuel hike.  The protest rally was to demand the total reversal of the N160 (which marketers already are selling for  N183) fuel hike and the 100% electricity tariff hike the Buhari administration has implemented.   Before the kick off from the NLC Secretariat, Yaba Lagos. The leadership of JAF, in the person of Abiodun Aremu, Achike and others  addressed the press, present to cover the protest march.  According to Abiodun Aremu he said, "the deregulation of the oil sector won't make fuel available or Nigerians to buy cheaper. Instead, what it will do is to put more money in the pocket of the capitalist politicians." Other speakers like Sina Odugbemi,  Achike also spoke. Achike said "Nigerians should not accept this pump price increment from the regime. We should oppose it and get ourse

At the September 10 World Suicide Prevention Day, a literary organization named: Aj House of Poetry organised a public awareness on "March Against Suicide." And members of Movement for a Socialist Alternative, and also, Nigerian Union of Teachers, Ajeromi Ifelodun branch were there to show solidarity to the group for organizing such a public awareness.  At exactly 7am, the group was out at Boundary square to sensitized residents and working people, on the challenges attached to suicide and why the increase, calls on the government to begin addressing what is leading to people committing suicide. Hundreds of the MSA leaflets on join the "March Against Suicide! March to Smash Capitalism" was widely circulated. The group also circulated their own leaflet on "World Suicide Prevention Day. Join the March Against Suicide." Some of the placards raised has the following demands and slogans: "Life is Precious, Please Don't Waste It. No Matter What, Life is

This report is from The Campaigner - the subsidiary of LIFEINSLUM .  By Davy Fidel  The picture, captioned by LIFEINSLUM, was the  food distribution conducted 7/4/2020 at Ajeromi Ifelodun LGA. According to the eye witness, who was on ground to pick factual evidence said, "more than three thousand loaves of bread were deposited in the local government secretariat". Also, he continued "three truck of baggo bags of food items that contain in it: 4/5 cup of rice, 2/3 cups of beans, garri, a pack of semo, maggi and salt were parked in the local government secretariat."

The declaration of the Eleventh DisCos, in partnership with NERC to hike electricity tariff, from the unjustifiable N24kw/h to N38kw/h in April, 2020, has trigger a lot of reactions from electricity consumers. In places like Ajegunle, Alaba Oro, Ijora Badia, Olodi, Awodi-ora etc where electricity campaigns has been on for some time.  

Demolition school at Arumoh Street  Since the creation of 37 Local Council Development Area (LCDA) under the then Bola Ahmed Tinubu Alliance for Democracy (AD), that is now All Progressives' Congress (APC). The story has never been the same. It has gone from bad to worst for a lot of people.

Yesterday (29/11/2019) under the aegis of Ajegunle People's Movement, was at electricity meeting at Alaba-Ora community to show solidarity. (One copy of the Socialist bulletin - new edition - was sold).