The Federal Government has eliminated 23, 846 ghost workers from its pay roll, thus saving about N2.293 billion monthly in what should have been paid out to non-existent workers or those who draw multiple salaries from government coffers.

After years of untold hardship faced by residents, business owners, government agencies and commuters around the Oshodi – Apapa Expressway axis due to the traffic jams occasioned by the trailers/trucks coming in from all parts of the country, there is a temporary relief currently in place.

TRADE Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, said the pace at which President Muhamadu Buhari’s administration is moving, its plan to achieve developmental goals cannot be done in just four years.

Lagos—The 2016 all Computer Based Test, CBT, version of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) would not hold at the University of Lagos centre until March 7.

ORGANISED Labour weekend in Kaduna threw its weight behind President Muhammadu Buhari plans for a national dialogue on the state of the economy, urging the President to ensure an all inclusive dialogue that must involved the working people as represented by labour.

Ado-Ekiti—The Progressives Congress, APC, in Ekiti State has described Governor Ayodele Fayose’s recent outburst against President Muhammadu Buhari as a desperate ploy by the governor to escape an impeding justice over his many crimes against the state.

Vanguard newspaper, once again, blazed the trail in online journalism in Nigeria, when it won the award for the Best Online newspaper of the Year, at the maiden edition of the City People Social Media Awards. The colourful event held yesterday at Westown Hotels, Ikeja, Lagos with publishers, bloggers, social media influencers, Computer and Mobile Technology firms, banks and other corporate organisations in attendance.

OWERRI—Uneasy calm now reigns in Umulolo, Ihitte Ubi, Isiala Oparanadim community in Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State, following the murder of Ezinne Ann Nwachukwu, five days after her abduction by unknown persons.

UGHELLI—EXACTLY a week after a female passenger lost her life at the Ughelli axis of the East-West Road, a mother has lost two of her teenage children in another motor accident.

ABUJA — INDIGENOUS oil companies that acquired the divested interests of Shell, Total and Chevron in Nigeria, between 2013 and 2015 are at r isk of going bankrupt and may find it difficult to repay the loans they borrowed from financial institutions to acquire these assets, thereby putting the banks in dire straits also.