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Ikoyi 21-storey building collapse : Gov. Sanwo-Olu declares three-day mourning, flags to fly at half-mast

  Following Nov. 1 collapse of Ikoyi high-rise, Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has declared a three-day mourning. All flags are to be flown...

Plane tickets set to increase due to rising oil prices – IATA

  Plane tickets are set to become more expensive as a result of rising crude oil prices and labour costs, warned head of...

FG approves N47bn contracts for Aviation, Nigerian Customs Service, others 

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved various contracts worth N47 billion for the Ministries of Aviation, Works and Housing and the bNigerian...

Ikeja gas pipeline leakage: NNPC allays fears, says pipeline now isolated

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd has allayed the fears of the public about gas pipeline leakage in the early hours of Wednesday...

Emery says no to Newcastle United job offer

Unai Emery has turned down the chance to be the next manager of Newcastle United and said he is ‘100 per cent committed’ to...

Pipeline Gas leakage

BREAKING: NEMA alerts of leakage in gas pipeline in Ikeja, tells people, motorists to avoid the area

  Following a pipeline gas leakage in the heart of Ikeja, Lagos State capital, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has asked motorists...

Update: Ikoyi skyscraper collapse: 40 people still trapped as families storm scene for loved ones — official

By Ajuma Edwina Ameh More than 45 people are still trapped in the rubbles of the collapsed 21-floor Ikoyi skyscraper, while four dead...

NNPC spokesman tells Nigerians to stop panic-buying, says there isn’t a shortage of petroleum products

  The Group general manager of the NNPC’s public affairs division, Mr. Garba Deen Muhammad Tuesday demanded Nigerians stop panic-buying fuel when they...

Yahoo pulls out of China due to increased challenging legal, business environment

  Yahoo has pulled out of China, citing an ” increasingly challenging business and legal environment”. “In recognition of the increasingly challenging business...

Tottenham appoint Antonio Conte as manager

  Tottenham Hotspur have appointed Antonio Conte as their new manager after the Italian signed a contract to the summer of 2023 with...

UN, Tony Elumelu Foundation launch new initiative targeting 100m African youths for empowerment by 2030

By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A new initiative, Generation Unlimited (GenU) Sahel, has been unveiled by the United Nations in partnership with the Tony...

51-year-old man with Covid-19 dies on flight from Turkey to Germany

  A 51-year-old man died on a Pegasus Airlines flight from Turkey to Germany last month had coronavirus, according to officials in Germany....

Dozens unaccounted for in 20-storey building collapse in Lagos

    Rescue crews in Ikoyi, Lagos began the daunting task of searching through tons of rubble for victims and anyone who may...

Cop26: We are digging our own graves’ with climate change, says UN Sec Gen Guterres

The United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said that Humans are “digging our own graves” through climate change and by “brutalising biodiversity”....

Biden pledge to return the US to JCPOA

United States President Joe Biden has pledged to return the US to full compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). President...