Due to serious security risks associated with the metal business, popularly known as ‘Bola Jari’, the Gombe State Government has banned the trade across the state. The state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Barrister Zubair Muhammad Umar, announced the ban shortly after an expanded meeting of the State Security Council presided over by Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya on Monday. Umar explained that the council approved the immediate ban on the scrap metal business following a...

Waste and scrap vendors attached to various companies across Ogun State have decried the alleged extortion and imposition of unbearable, arbitrary levies by the Ogun Waste Management Agency (OGWAMA). The development has compelled the vendors to embark on a protest, demanding the immediate removal of the General Manager of OGWAMA, Mr. Hunye Abayomi, who they allege has imposed unbearable financial demands. The vendors who are members of the Association of Waste Management Vendors and Recyclers...