There is confusion within the road transport sector over the federal government’s announcement of 50 per cent reduction in transportation fares along 22 inter-state routes during this Yuletide season. Findings by our correspondents yesterday, indicated that while some of the approved transport companies had started implementing the fare cut, o...
It is two days to Christmas. For Christians and some non-Christians in most parts of the world, every December 25 is a day of celebration. It is a season that has always been characterised by joy across the globe. It is a period when Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. The season comes with […]
The Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency (LASPARK) will commence a series of free-to-attend events for children during the Yuletide season. The events kick off with a ‘Play Date’ for children between the ages of five and 10, on December 22, 2023. It promises to be an exciting and fun-filled time for children to play, […]
•Police The Delta Police Command said it has recovered arms and ammunition in Ekpan Community in the Uvwie Local Government Area of the state. The spokesperson for the command, DSP Bright Edafe, stated this in a statement in Warri. Edafe said the Divisional Police Officer, Ekpan Division, CSP Aliyu Shaba, received credible information about th...
•CP Wale Abass Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP Wale Abass, has banned the sale and use of fireworks, knockouts, firecrackers, and other pyrotechnics in Delta State. Abass who disclosed this in a statement signed by Bright Edafe, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) and made available to journalists, said that the act posed a threat [&...
Many households are not finding it easy as the ability to purchase daily and basic needs is becoming a tall order for many amid rising inflation and falling incomes. The households, mostly those in the low-income level, have lamented that nearly 100 per cent of their earnings are now spent on food, whose prices continue […]
Sixteen days to this year’s Christmas, many Nigerians have said they do not have plans to travel out of their locations to mark the season as a result of insecurity, high cost of transportation and the general economic hardship in the country. They blame the situation on the removal of fuel subsidy and weakening of […]
•Food market Many families risk celebrating the approaching Christmas and New Year in hardship due to the hike in the prices of goods and services, and are devising life-changing ways to cut costs. Several families told our correspondents that life had become tougher for them as a result of the economic hardship in the country […]

