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NUJ partners FRSC for safer roads in Bayelsa

The Bayelsa State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) pledges to partner the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to ensure safer roads in the state. The  NUJ Bayelsa Council Chairman, Samuel Numonengi, gave the assurance when the Sector…

Teacher, 28, steals N1.09m from woman’s bank account

…Another defrauds her of N280,000.00 Matthew Dike Police operatives attached to Amukoko Police Station of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested and arraigned a 28-year-old teacher before an Apapa Magistrate Court, for allegedly defrauding a woman of her N1,…

Corruption: SERAP calls on FG to probe UBEC, SUBEBs

Socio-Economic Rights And Accountability Project (SERAP) has called President  Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Auditor-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN to work with appropriate anti-corruption agencies to probe allegations of corruption in UBEC and SUBEBs between 2004 and…

From Kankara to Kagara: The deification of banditry

By Dakuku Peterside The recent abduction of 27 pupils and 15 workers of Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State by armed bandits is another demonstration of the dilapidated state of security in Nigeria and the Nigerian state’s failure to secure…