Residents of Zamfara State have blamed the Federal Government for the sharp rise in cost of living. A businessman in the State, Alhaji Aminu Abubakar said the Government should be held responsible for the insecurity and socio-economic challenges ravaging the…
The Plateau state Government has urged the organised labour in the state to shelve its proposed warning strike scheduled to commence on Monday. The Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC) on Thursday issued a notice of five-day sit-at-home strike…
Several cigarette and snuff sellers have opined that manufacturers of tobacco products should be liable for increasing health risks associated with the consumption of their products. They stopped short of calling for a ban on the sales or manufacturing of…
The Akwa Ibom State government has promised to beef up security at the waterways of Issiet Ekim and Adadia communities of the Uruan local council area of the state. This came at the heels of persistent attacks by sea pirates,…
At least 15 shops, several trucks and cars were burnt at Amorka community in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State on Thursday night by yet-to-be identified gunmen. Sources told Newsmen that the hoodlums, numbering over 10, shot all through…
That Nigeria is housing a population largely stricken with poverty has become a dirge with lamentation of a paradox. The paradox has been borne by the irreconcilable strokes of living in “poverty amidst plenty.” The frustration before many Nigerians, who…
By Owoleye Oluwakayode A six-man Tribunal of Inquiry set up by the Lagos State Government into t he collapse of 21 storey building at 44 B,C,D Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, has explained why it has not made its activities known…
