Security operatives have arrested a Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) official at the Ebutte-Metta train station over alleged ticket racketeering. The development comes a day after TheCable’s report exposing how the commission’s officials booked tickets online and sold same to passengers. The action of the officials was despite a federal government initiative that made train services […]
CONTINUE READING →On December 27, an X user, @Gen_jamal, commented under a tweet by the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), accusing the staff of frustrating the free train services provided by the federal government. It was just seven days after the initiative began. The president had approved a 50 percent discount for inter-state road travels, and 100 percent […]
CONTINUE READING →Despite the ban on illegal gold mining in Niger state, miners have continued to adopt different tactics to defy the order. In this report, HAMZAT IBRAHIM ABAGA chronicles how schoolchildren and mothers are actively engaged in illegal mining activities. In the bustling neighbourhoods of Maitumbi, Tunga, Kafintela, M.I Wushishi Estate, and Anguwan Roka in Minna, […]
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