TEAM LAGOS EMERGES TOP AT 23RD NATIONAL SPORTS FESTIVAL SOUTH WEST ELIMINATION. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.
TEAM LAGOS EMERGES TOP AT 23RD NATIONAL SPORTS FESTIVAL SOUTH WEST ELIMINATION Lagos State athletes proved their dominance in the South West by edging out regional competitors and emerging top in the five team events contested at the elimination series qualifier for the 23rd National Sports Festival later this year in Enugu. The elimination series featured team events in volleyball, basketball, football, beach volleyball, and cricket in male and female categories. While the team clinched only the female football ticket by topping their group, they showed dominance in three other sports by winning both the male and female tickets. Team Lagos took first position in the volleyball male and female categories. The male team defeated their counterparts from Ondo in the finals by 25-18, 24-26, 25-20, and 25-20, while the female team defeated Team Oyo by 25-18, 22-25, 28-26, 16-25, and 15-8. The Osun basketball team fell to the superior firepower of the Team Lagos male team in their last ...
Yesterday thursday around 4:30 pm in Mushin popular market called Ladipo market,were in shock when bulldozer and a team of security personnel arrived the market to demolish the market for reconstruction.The exercise continues today friday after traders were yesterday ordered to leave the market with their goods and when they attempted to resist,the bulldozer moved in and started the demolition.Some goods were destroyed as many of the traders were not in their shops because of the Independence Day celebration and public holidays.The traders through their leaders alleged that they were not carried along before the plans to re-construct the market was carried out.They expressed concern over what happened to shop owners in other markets where such reconstruction was carried out and they never got back their shops after reconstruction.It was because of that they resisted the plan and went to a Lagos High Court to obtain an injunction to stop the demolition.Following the order,the traders developer and Mushin Local Government went into discussion and negotiation which led to a truce and the traders,through their BOT chairman,Nnamdi Chukwuka,withdrew the matter from the court.It was gathered that at the meeting it was agreed that the traders would vacate their shops on 1st of October,2015 for work to begin in some parts of the market.It was in line with the agreement that the developer moved in and started the demolition.Though other traders said they had agreed to vacate the market on Sunday 4th of October for work to start on monday 5th of October.One more photo below. 
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