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UBA’s Abiodun Coker buries grandmum in Lagos

    Eminent personalities from all walks of life, on Friday 22nd October, 2021, converged in Lagos, for the burial ceremony of Mrs....

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...

10 days after eNaira launch: Consumer wallets hit 367,000, merchants wallets 58,600

  Barely 10 days after Nigeria launch it’s digital currency, e-Naira, the first in Africa, the number of users of consumer and merchant...

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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...

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....

NFSC inducts Dr Spencer as sports ambassador, says club for national cohesion

  The Nigeria Football Supporters Club (NFSC) is a vehicle for national cohesion and patriotism, its National Chairman, the Rev. Samuel Ikpea, has...

Digital economy, COVID-19: Schneider Electric empowers partners with advanced technology on digital transformation

With COVID-19 propelling shift towards a digital economy as end-user organizations are ramping up digital transformation efforts to meet increasing demands, Schneider Electric...

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...