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Nine persons have been confirmed dead in the petrol tanker fire around Otedola Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Thursday. after it caught fire and spread the inferno to the vehicles behind, the Federal Road Safety Corps said. The FRSC also said in its update that the victims were burnt beyond recognition. There were four […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja said the Federal Government’s key policy objective of rejuvenating the mining sector was being realised as witnessed by the diversification of the economy and broadening of the country’s revenue base. Speaking while receiving the National Executive members of the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society (NMGS) at the State House, […]

The Plateau State Governor Rt. Hon. Simon Bako Lalong has condemned in very strong terms the protest organized by some group of people over the recent attacks in the Northern Senatorial District which turned violent. He noted that the protest represents one of the saddest commentaries in the States collective resolve to stand as a […]

The sad and unfortunate killings in Plateau State over the weekend have been turned to opportunity to once again play irresponsible politics, particularly by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which says it is declaring seven days of mourning. These are dolorous times that call for deep introspection on how cheap human lives have become and […]

The attention of the Ministry of Budget and National Planning has been drawn to a recent publication on the World Poverty Clock by World Data Lab in Vienna, Austria, indicating that Nigeria’s poverty rating was getting worse. The Ministry of Budget and National Planning has reviewed this report and would like to assure Nigerians that […]

The World Bank has approved of $2.1bn loan for seven projects to be executed in Nigeria. The loan was announced in a statement issued by World Bank Country Director for Nigeria, Rachid Benmessaoud in Abuja on Thursday. According to the statement, the loans were approved in Washington on Wednesday and are for seven projects to […]

As it applauds the United States’ government for expressing strong condemnation of the latest attack in Plateau state that consumed more than one hundred lives, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caucus of the House of Representatives has expressed deep shock over the barbaric killing of little children in violent attacks largely suspected to be retaliatory […]

Last September, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation released its annual Goalkeeper’s report, highlighting the extraordinary progress made in reducing extreme poverty around the world, while also warning that sustaining this progress would not be easy. We now have the first actual data points that ring the alarm bells about a new, unfolding story on […]

… “I’m in this for the long haul” We eventually agreed to meet on Monday June 18, by 12 noon, at his campaign office in Maitama, Abuja. Our earlier plan to meet either on Thursday, June 14 or Friday June 15 fell through as he suddenly had to be in Kano during the period. I […]

The street with the police station on it has one street light burning. The police station itself was dark and still. The City’s cheap road crunched loudly under my feet, as I hurried to catch up with Mr Onyenna (not his real name). The clock in my head said it was past two in the […]

A Federal High Court sitting in Sokoto State, has affirmed that both the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are legally mandated to investigate and prosecute any person or authority over allegations of corruption anywhere in Nigeria. Justice S. K. Idris, who gave the […]

The trial of a former governor of Zamfara State Mahmud Aliyu Shinkafi alongside three others before Justice Fatima Murtala Aminu of the Federal High Court sitting in Gusau could not go on today as planned following an application brought by the former governor challenging the jurisdiction of the court to try the matter. Others charged […]