Cross River: Ritual killings resurface ahead of 2027 elections
Observations over the last 11 years have shown that in Cross River State, cases of alleged ritual killings tend to increase as general elections draw near, with women accounting for more than 90 per cent of the reported victims. Our Correspondent, Emma Una, highlights the ugly trend in the last decade.
STORM IN FMC OWERRI: Workers, MD’s face-off grounds hospital
It is no longer news that activities in the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, FMCO, have ground to a halt, courtesy of the labour crisis that has engulfed the establishment. The workers claim that they had been managing to smile in the face of suffering, harassment, denial of legitimate rights and the financial mess the hospital had been immersed in over the years.
At last, Lagos gets portal, number for non-emergency services
A platform, known as Citizen Relationship Management, CRM, on which citizens can interact with officials of the government on issues affecting them directly, has come into affect in Lagos State
From stinking waste to recovered wealth: The story of a Lagos dump site
Record has it that six million tonnes of waste are generated annually in Lagos and that 30 percent of such waste can be recycled to reduce the amount going to landfills. In other words, Lagos generates the equivalent tonnage in waste products for eight states in the country daily. It also operates eight landfill sites to process domestic and industrial waste in various locations across the state.
Our son hacked to death for confronting herbalist —Bereaved family
Mama Imaobong Titus refused to be consoled. She asked hysterically: Why did my son have to die?
Planned demolition of PCRC structures: PCRC officials sue for restraint, appeal to Gov Fashola
The aforementioned structure being the nerve centre of the Area Command, if demolished without a functional substitute to same being put in place for a seamless change over, will paralyse the operations of the Area Command.
