Fuel scarcity bites hard in Ilorin
The entire kwara state capital,ilorin was brought down to its knees Friday by harsh scarcity of petroleum products which caused major roads in the city to be deserted while pedestrians took to long distance trekking to their various destinations.
We’ll prosecute security personnel for electoral offences — Buhari
ABUJA—Barely four days after he vowed to probe the Nigerian National Petroleum Corperation, NNPC, over the missing $20bn, the president-elect, Mohammadu Buhari has said that his government would not spare any security personnel found guilty of electoral offences in the last general elections.
How I survived cancer, by Okonjo-Iweala
Abuja—A rare insight into the past physical challenge of the coordinating minister of the economy and minister of finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala emerged yesterday when she disclosed that she survived cancer 15 years ago affirming the scare is not the end of life.
Lagos generates N2.433trn in eight years, spends N2.7trn
Lagos—The administration of Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State generated total revenue of N2.433 trillion through Federal allocation, Internally Generated Revenue, IGR and others in the last eight years.
Workers’ Day: We paid N17bn salary arrears, gratuity in 2 yrs — Yero
Governor Mukhtar Yero yesterday said that his administration paid backlog of salaries, allowances and gratuities of workers amounting to N17 billion within the two and a half years of his administration in the state.
Memo to President-elect on fire disasters
THE purpose of this memo is to bring to the attention of Your Excellency the failure of previous administrations to take fire prevention and fire-fighting seriously, in spite of their awareness that Fire Service delivery is a vital component of internal security.
