By Uzair Adam, SolaceBase The Bompai Industrial Area in Kano State hosts a range of companies, including foreign-owned firms. It is also home to numerous unregistered recycling businesses, where many youths toil for meager earnings. The hazardous plastic manufacturing and crushing machines in these facilities have left countless young workers disabled, with some losing fingers
Ojo Gbenga, SaharaReporters At Itakpe-Uvjewu route, travelers do not need tickets to get on the train, as security personnel and NRC crew members are prepared to take them through the bush and back doors. Some security personnel and officials of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) have subjected Nigerians to untold frustrations and heightened insecurity through
A surge in kidney disease cases has ravaged several communities in Jigawa State, claiming countless lives and leaving families devastated. In this report, Stallion Times reporter Lukman Abdulmalik visited Mezan community in Kafin Hausa Town Local Government Area where about 13 people have recently died of kidney disease. Jigawa State is facing a worsening health
By Stephen Enoch, Stallion Times The rising cost of Persons With Disabilities (PWD) tricycles in Kano State has forced many disabled children to drop out of school, because of the inability to afford the crucial mobility aid needed to continue their education. Stallion Times reporter, Stephen Enoch explores this crisis in-depth, focusing on one of
By Ben Aroh, The Whistler Farmers in Mpu and Okpanku communities in Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State are endangered by the ravages of an abandoned dam on the Ivo River. It was a project facilitated by former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and was started in 2012 but never completed. The Ivo River
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The suspended former Cross River State Civil Service Commission Chairman, Uko Inaku is allegedly in police custody. Reliable sources disclosed to CrossRiverWatch that he is currently detained at the Area Command in Ogoja Local Government Area of the State for encroaching into Ogoja Magistrate Court 2. Though when he was arrested is
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Minister of Interior, Honourable Olabunmi Tunji-Ojo has ordered for an investigation into CrossRiverWatch’s revelations about the poor feeding and welfare of inmates in Afokang Prison, Calabar, Cross River State. The Minister stated this in a release made available by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Babatunde Alao expressing that the
By Patrick Obia In the wee hours on Monday August 19, 2024 at about 3:am, a white coloured GLK 350-4 Matic Benz, was involved in a fatal accident that left two ladies dead, two other girls injured and a man – the driver critically injured. The incident, which occurred at Mobil by MCC junction, Calabar