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…
Niger Delta Avengers Blow Up Chevron’s Escravos Tank Farm Pipeline
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…
You Are On Your Own, Secondus, Metuh Tell Sheriff
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…
Lagos State Signs MoU For Construction Of 4th Mainland Bridge
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which signals the commencement of the construction of the 4th Mainland Bridge has been signed between the Lagos State Government and private investors on Wednesday.…