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Harsh economy has adversely affected our jobs, Lokoja artisans lament

In its heyday, the Ganja-Lokoja artisan market was a convergence point for artisans searching for temporary jobs. However, harsh economic realities ha

Tears, lamentation as govt pulls down buildings in Yenagoa

Residents of Bossy Water Street in the outskirt of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital are still wallowing in pains and lamentations of having the property

Kano scavengers make fortunes in plastic recycling

Eking out a living through scavenging is as old as many business activities in the ancient city of Kano. Thousands of people in the chain of the indus

Ghost workers, salary racketeering guzzle millions of naira in Niger LGs

The issues of percentage salaries’ payments to local government workers coupled with the late payments of wages to workers at the third tier of govern

12 years after, Bayelsa plastic industry rots away

By Bassey Willie The dwindling fortunes of the 12-year-old Bayelsa State Plastic Industry has become source of worries to residents and other stakehol