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Tension in Ajaokuta steel coy over ‘missing’ staff salary

Tension in Ajaokuta steel coy over ‘missing’ staff salary

By Victor Ahiuma-Young TENSION has gripped Ajaokuta Steel Company (ASC), Kogi State, over rumours that funds meant for the payment of the workers 10 months salaries arrears cannot be traced. The workers are not only being increasingly restive, but are giving divergent views over the whereabout  of the money said to have been provided for […]

Fire guts NFVC Plateau office

Fire guts NFVC Plateau office

By Taye Obateru Jos – A mysterious fire, Monday, gutted a section of the headquarters of the Nigerian Film Corporation in the Plateau State capital destroying vital documents. Vanguard learnt that the fire started around 4.30 pm shortly after workers closed for the day, but the cause remains a mystery because neither the public electricity […]

Police foil attempt to smuggle truck-load of rice from coy

Police foil attempt to smuggle truck-load of rice from coy

By Evelyn Usman LAGOS -  Policemen attached to Ilupeju division have foiled attempt by a 20-man robbery gang to smuggle a truck load of rice from a company around the area. Consequently, six members of the gang were arrested and the gang’s operational truck loaded with two hundred bags of rice recovered. Surprisingly, two of […]

NDDC: Ogidi resumes, pledges effective representation

NDDC: Ogidi resumes, pledges effective representation

THE Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Salamatu Suleiman yesterday appealed to the Abia state Governor, Chief Theodore Orji to enact a law that will give pregnant women and children under five years of age complete free medical treatment.