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EducationInvestigationsKogi State Polytechnic Lokoja Suspend Academic Staff Over Intimidation

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 10, 2021

LOKOJA — A lecturer with the Kogi State Polytechnic Lokoja has been suspended for allegedly forcing students to buy textbooks before they would pass their examinations. Usman Salisu Ogbo, Rector of the Polytechnic who announced the suspension of staff in the institution when the President, National Association of Nigeria Students, (NANS) Comrade Sunday Asefon, alongside his entourage, paid the management of the polytechnic a courtesy visit on Thursday. Ogbo, who did not mention the name...

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InvestigationsLabourOyo State Government Uncovers 41 Ghost Workers

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 21, 2021

The Implementation Committee of the 2019/2020 Civil/Public Servants Audit and Payroll Re-engineering/Validation Exercise in Oyo State on Wednesday says it has uncovered no fewer than 41 ghost workers in the state. Taiwo Adisa, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, in a statement made available to newsmen said the committee also discovered 341 workers with irregular records. The committee also recommended the removal of 41 staff classified as “No Show” (ghost workers) by the consultants....

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InvestigationsPoliticsNational Health Insurance Scheme Spent N152.4 Million On Purchase Of Facemasks And Hand Sanitizers

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 25, 2021

ABUJA — The House of Representatives Committee on Finance has queried the spending of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) on diesel, facemasks and hand sanitizers. The committee raised the concerns at a public hearing on monitoring revenue generation by government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in Abuja, on Monday. Nicholas Ossai, a member of the committee said documents available showed that N2.09 million was spent on the purchase of toners, questioning the rationale. Ossai...

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Accidents and SafetyInvestigationsFlight Data Recorder, Cockpit Voice Recorder Recovered-AIB

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 23, 2021

General Manager, Public Affairs of the Accident Investigation Bureau Tunji Oketunbi says the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) from the crashed aircraft that led to the death of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Ibrahim Attahiru has been recovered. Oketunbi in a statement released said the black box of the crashed flight has been recovered and that the Nigerian Air Force has mandated the agency to lead the investigation. “The...

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InvestigationsLaw & JusticeNewsPolice Brutality: Abduction and Extortion by Anti Cult Police Squad in Anambra: it is “Hearsay”- Police

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)July 23, 2020

NNEWI — Lately, the anti-cult squad of the Nigeria Police Force Anambra State Command has been in the news over allegations of brutality, abduction and extortion. This is coming only a few weeks after the former Anambra SARS commander; CSP James Nwafor, came under intense public scrutiny on allegations of extrajudicial killings and his role as head of SARS at a time several young men were said to have been by rounded and killed by...

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