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Culled from CNBC Africa,  21st October 2020. To the affected governors all over the nation, there is one immediate step to take: demand the withdrawal of those soldiers. Convoke Town Hall meetings as a matter of urgency. 24-hr Curfews are not the solution. Take over the security of your people with whatever resources you can rummage. Substitute community self-policing based on Local Councils, to curb hooligan infiltration and extortionist and destructive opportunism I arrived home from external commitments just over a week ago to an extraordinary homecoming gift. It took the form of a movement – sometimes angry, sometimes entrancing, poignant, sometimes strident, certainly robust in expectations but always moving, visionary, and organized. That movement demanded an end to brutality from state security agencies, focusing on a notorious unit known as the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). But, of course, SARS merely stood for the parasitic character of governance itself in all ramifi...

Obianuju Lilian Ikegbune, Lagos. At the E-Ajor Launch The Digital contributory app; E-Ajor is created to enable users meet their financial goals, through public and microcells of daily, weekly and monthly contribution. The Online platform which launched at an event held at Oriental hotel Lagos, on the 17th of September 2020, saw a gathering of young entrepreneurs in Lagos at the launch of the event. E-Ajor app The early form of contributory savings called Ajò or Èsùsù as it is popularly called by the indigenous people of Nigeria, involves people of the same trade coming together to set aside an agreed amount together, then take rotationary turns to benefit from the savings at an agreed time, the primary objective was to help them provide financial stability and meet their pressing needs. At the event, the team lead Mr Daniel Ikabode noted that the Digital contributory scheme which helps in the collection and disbursement of funds, encourages financial discipline and helps members of ...