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Now That Saraki Is Begging Kwara Govt

January 26, 2020 5:31 pm

In late December, the Kwara State government reclaimed a piece of land bordering the civil service clinic in Ilorin, the state capital. The Government said the land originally belonged to it and was meant for construction of state secretariat but was unlawfully allocated to one Asa Investment Limited, a firm owned by the late strongman of Kwara politics Senator Olusola Saraki, in 2005 when his son, Bukola Saraki, was the Governor.

Bukola Saraki, until 2019 the all-in-all of Kwara politics, objected. He said the Governor had crossed the line of decency. He hauled so much invective on the Governor …

Begging: Booming Business In Kaduna

December 6, 2019 5:41 am

To some givers, beggars are humans and deserve kindness, care and support. But others think the other way round. Begging is simply a way of life, a lucrative business culture that shortcuts the hardship of the present times and exploits the rich of their excesses.

Not surprising, the numbers of beggars in cities and towns in Nigeria are on the increase. From Lagos, Port Harcourt, Enugu to Kano, the figures are alarming, the situation is unbecoming. There are, of course, factors that drive up the figures, namely the rural- urban pull that throws up unskilled and unemployable persons to urban …

Adamu confirmed as IG, promises to restructure police

Begging bandits is not a security strategy

May 5, 2019 10:40 pm

Dear Police Inspector-General Mohammed Adamu,

You cannot tackle the atrophic security threat assailing the country by pandering to the whims of the antagonists. Of course, being a sterling security professional, you know this; hence my befuddlement by your statement at the meeting in Kebbi State few days ago.

At the indaba with the leaders of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), you were quoted to have said these words by national newspapers: “We will take measures to dialogue with the bandits to become better citizens, but if that fails we will deal with them.”

Dear IGP, when did …

Kogi civil servants begging to feed, says NLC

April 26, 2019 4:12 am

Civil servants in Kogi State now beg to feed their families, due to non-payment of their monthly emoluments, according to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) lamented yesterday.

The state chairman of NLC, Onuh Edoka, at the seventh quadrennial delegates’ conference in Lokoja, appealed to the state government to do something urgently to reverse the trend.

Edoka maintained that the civil servants were owed between seven and 30 months in salaries, a situation he said made it impossible for them to pay their bills.

He also regretted that workers were being owed their leave bonuses, while promotion exercise carried out by …