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Opposition to Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa is wilting as one of the three top members who opposed his candidature for the re-run of the state’s gubernatorial election withdraws from the case in court
By Nnamdi Felix/Abuja
The Bayelsa State Governor, Chief Timipre Silva seems to be wooing indigenes of the state with the robust …
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The Kwara State Government turns to the capital market to raise funds to develop the state
By Gbenga Ggbede
The Kwara State government is seeking a N30 billion bond from the capital market to help finance different developmental projects in the state. The bond, which will come in two trenches of N18bn and N12bn, according to …
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Car hire services at the Lagos airport get trendy as operators comply with the directive to purchase a new, uniform model of cars
By Funsho Balogun
Taxi patrons at both the local and international wings of the Murtala Mohammed Airport, MMA, are getting a new deal in luxury rides. In place of the rickety contraptions that once …
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Roadside “opticians” make brisk business selling medicated lenses to the low-income earners with eye defects. But this could just be penny wise, pound foolish, warns an optometrist
By Adesuwa Omoruan
From one small shop at Ikeja, the Lagos State capital, Mukaila Dickson runs his optical services. Dickson sells frames and medicated lenses, and from what TheNEWS observed …
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Dr. (Mrs.) Eniola Ajayi, optometrist and president of the Lagos branch of the Nigerian Optometrist Association, told ADESUWA OMORUAN that there is more than meets the eye on lenses and price differentials
Q: When did you decide to be an optician?
A: As a child, I suffered serious eye problems of “vernal conjunctivitis” (an allergic type of …
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