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Officials of the Nasarawa State Urban Development Board (NUDB) on Saturday, May 20th, demolished Breeze FM, a private radio station in Lafia over alleged violation of approved land laws.

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It was gathered that police shot sporadically at the premises of the station to disperse crowd who attempted to resist the demolition. It is reported that hundreds of sympathizers arrived the radio station as earlier as 6am , but no one was injured in the incident. Speaking with newsmen shortly after the demolition, the Chief Executive Officer of station, Nawani Aboki, said that the reason for the demolition was political and that it was aimed at gagging the Press. "Due process was not followed. You can see that the wall is down now. It was marked yesterday and was demolished this morning. Like we said, he had a different reason for it. Whatever reason he gives officially is not the real one. This demolition was carried out because I don’t belong to the same political party as the governor. He is afraid that the station might not support his political ambition. Part of the reasons is that the station aired a report on the ongoing Labour strike in the state.” "We have t...

Nsukka de jeee

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Looking at the photo, one would think that an earthquake of probably 1.3 magnitude has just occurred in this place (hahaha), but no. This place is one of the most, if not the most, commercially active area in Nsukka. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Oghige main market(ashua Oghige). I know you are probably thinking 'what happened?' Right? You are right to, I myself couldn't believe all what my eyes saw soon as I landed at Peace Park Motors, Nsukka all the way from Abuja. Well to cut the chase, what you're looking at is a metaphor for change. And I'm not talking about that kind of change you may probably be thinking about, No sir. Nsukka is merely passing through a process of what I will like to refer to as 'rebirth' under the current administration led by His Excellency Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Gburugburu). At the least,  a world class drainage system and a double lane standard main road will be the aftermath of what you see in the photo. I wi...