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Lagos Ibadan Expressway, 2nd Niger Bridge ready this year, says FG

The Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and the Second Niger Bridge are to be completed this year, the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola,...

BREAKING NEWS: Russian journalist Oksana Baulina, killed while reporting on shelling in Kyiv

A Russian journalist working for an investigative news website was killed by shelling in Kyiv on Wednesday, while covering the fallout of Moscow’s...

Former Trump adviser Manafort removed from plane bound for Dubai for using revoked passport

Former Trump adviser Paul Manafort was removed from a plane at Miami International Airport before it took off for Dubai because he was...

Madeleine Albright, 1st female US secretary of state, dies at 84

Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. secretary of state, has died of cancer, her family said Wednesday. She was 84.   “She was...

ICTN contract: Amaechi in trouble as Abuja Court orders contempt proceedings against him  

The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has incurred the wrath of the law as a Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered...

FG approves N14bn to train 50,000 non-graduates for 9 months 

The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved over N14 billion to train 50,000 non-graduates of N-power for a period of nine. The Minister...

After a year-long trial, woman sentenced in Ogun for hiring thugs to beat son’s school principal, teacher

For her unruliness and causing a breach of peace at her son’s school, a parent has been convicted by a magistrates’ court in...

In Lebanon, economic meltdown worsens as inflation hits 215% in February

Inflation in Lebanon soared an annual 215 per cent in February as the country’s economic meltdown worsens and talks with the International Monetary...

Buhari inaugurates Dangote Fertiliser Plant in Lagos, hails intervention in cement, fertilizer manufacturing

  President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed optimism that the President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, will replicate the successes recorded in the cement...

For Doyin Okupe, “The Attack Lion” at 70

  by Reuben Abati Omoba Adedoyin Ajibike Okupe – the man popularly known at the “attack dog” of Nigerian politics, who eventually re-christened...

Ukraine-Russia war: 193 Nigerians of the 2,357 evacuees test positive for COVID-19 – SGF Mustapha

No fewer than 193 Nigerians out of the 2,357 evacuated from the war-torn Ukraine tested positive for COVID-19, the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC)...

Buhari’s March 22 visit to Lagos airport: FAAN advises air travelers to report early 

All airport users especially travelers in Lagos have been advised by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to report at the airport...

Two weeks after evacuation from Ukraine, Nigerian final year medical student dies

Two weeks after returning to Nigeria from war-torn Ukraine, one of the 40 students evacuated to Sokoto, has died. The late Uzaifa Halilu...

NNPC frowns at Auditor General’s report of “missing” 22,929.84 litres of petrol, says lost to pipeline vandals

Following the queries by the Auditor General of the Federation (AuGF), Mr Adolphus Aghughu, that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC) had...

After four gruelling days in EFCC custody, fleeing ex-Anambra Governor, Obiano, gets reprieve

After cooling his heels in the cell of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for four days, the immediate past governor of...

Plane with 133 people onboard crashes in Guangxi province, China

A Chinese commercial airliner with 133 people onboard has crashed in the southern province of Guangxi, sparking a mountainside fire, state media reported....