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The monthly wage bill of Sagbama Local Government in Bayelsa state has dropped from N200 million to N30 million, it was learnt on Friday. The situation has therefore led to the arrest of the Secretary to the Local Government Education Authority (LGEA) in the area over alleged falsification of nominal roll and over bloated wage […]

The Kaduna State Government says it has started the process of installing Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) monitors at different points in the state capital, as well as deploying Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Drones) to tackle crime in the state. Coordinator of the state’s anti-crime outfit known as “Operation Yaki”, Colonel Yakubu Yusufu, disclosed this to newsmen on […]

1. Are we safer? Those of us who travel regularly in Nigeria’s north-east had become used to what should be a 15-minute journey turning into an hour-long ordeal. You had to stop dozens of times at roadblocks and disembark, while heavily armed soldiers inspected your vehicle for traces of the Islamist militant group, Boko Haram. […]

United States carrier, United Airlines, Thursday, said it will stop flying to Nigeria next month, thus, ending operations on its only African route. The airline cited weakness in the energy sector and difficulties in repatriating money from tickets sold in the country as reason for the exit. Mr. Kevin Johnston, Head of Press, Europe, Africa, […]

 One of the major news items in circulation has been the scarcity of tomato. Incidentally, Nigeria is (was) the 14th largest producer of tomato in the world and the second largest producer in Africa, after Egypt, but our country hardly produces enough to meet the local demand of about 2.3 million tonnes, and lacks the capacity […]

The 14-year-old Ese Oruru who was allegedly abducted in Bayelsa State in August 2015 and taken to Kano State where she was converted to Islam and married out without the consent of her parents, was delivered of a baby girl  Thursday. Ese’s father Charles Oruru, confirmed the news, adding that  the daughter gave birth at about 10:30am […]Read More

…To save over N100 million monthly  The Bayelsa State government has uncovered payroll fraud in the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), with the discovery of over 765 illegally employed teachers in the eight LGAs, including 50 dead persons in Ogbia Local Government Education Authority (LGEA). The discovery cuts across the eight local government areas […]

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and other Related Matters, Kano Zonal Command, has rescued 146 victims of human trafficking within the last five months. The NAPTIP Kano Zonal Commander, Mr Shehu Umar, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Thursday. He said the […]

 Pilots of Dana Air have gone on strike, grounding the airline’s operations and leaving hundreds of passengers stranded nationwide. “The strike started this morning and passengers that were supposed to travel this morning are stranded,” a source at the airport told our correspondent.  The source added that the pilots were protesting the non-payment of their […]

Nigerians may have resigned themselves to the removal of fuel subsidy with stoicism and equanimity, if only to end the corruption and profligacy that characterized the fuel subsidy regime, but let President Buhari be under no illusion that the people will allow themselves to be taken on a merry go-round. If, as government apologists argue, […]

A militant group has purportedly claimed a new attack on a Chevron oil facility in Nigeria’s restive Delta region, a message on a Twitter feed previously used by the group to take credit for strikes against oil facilities said. There was no immediate confirmation of the attack from residents of the area or Chevron. The […]

Following the Peoples Democratic Party’s national convention held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, eight out of the 12 members have said that they have accepted the outcome of the party’s national convention, which dissolved their committee. This is coming even as the erstwhile Chairman Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, the National Secretary, Prof. Wale Oladipo, and the […]Read More