LG Scribe arrested as Bayelsa LG monthly wage bill drops from N200m to N30m
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…
Kaduna Govt To Mount CCTV, Drones at Public Places
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…
Buhari’s first year: Five ways Nigeria has changed
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…
United Airlines Ends Flight To Nigeria On June 30
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…
Tomato scarcity as metaphor
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…
Ese Oruru Gives Birth To Baby Girl.
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…
Payroll scam: Bayelsa uncovers 50 dead teachers, 765 illegally employed workers in SUBEB
…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…
NAPTIP Rescues 146 Victims Of Human Trafficking
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…
Dana Air Pilots Go On Strike, Passengers Stranded
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…
Editorial: Fuel subsidy and reduced cost of governance
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…