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A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which signals the commencement of the construction of the 4th Mainland Bridge has been signed between the Lagos State Government and private investors on Wednesday. The 38km 4th Mainland Bridge is expected to cost about N844bn. The bridge is being constructed under the Build, Own and Transfer (BOT), concession of 40 […]

The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has endorsed the immediate removal of the Director, Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), Baba Shehu Lawan who has been replaced by Mrs. Oluwatoyin Omolola Olanipekun. The Minister made these changes on Wednesday after he and the FCT Permanent Secretary; Dr. Babatope Ajakaiye met with the former management team […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said that there was no better time to diversify the Nigerian economy than now. Buhari said this at the 56th Annual General Meeting and Conference of Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) in Dutse. Represented by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Okechukwu […]

Major General Abubakar Tanko Ayuba (retd) a Former Communications Minister, is dead. The former Senator who represented  Kebbi South constituency in 2007 died at the age of 70 on Wednesday afternoon at the Lagos State University teaching Hospital (LUTH). He attended the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji in 1978, and the MNI National […]

It is very curious to feed a cat the first time as opposed to a monkey because feeding that two legged animal can be assumed as one time event. However, the likelihood that the cat will return time and time and again stands a greater chance than electoral success of most incumbents even with no […]

Ekiti State Government on Wednesday sealed off the premises of the Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) and Ecobank in the State for non-remittance of withholding tax. Armed with the court order to shut the premises of the banks located at Secretariat Road, Ado-Ekiti, men of the Board of Internal Revenue (BIR) stormed the banks around 7.45am […]

Federal High Court judge Okon Abang on Wednesday turned down the application of former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Olisa Metuh for leave to travel abroad for medical reasons. According to ‎Abang, the court lacks jurisdiction to entertain the application because there is a subsisting order directing the accused to keep his international passport with the […]Read More

The Federal Government has declared Monday, May 30 as public holiday to celebrate the 2016 Democracy Day. The Minister of Interior, Retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government on Wednesday in Abuja. A statement signed by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mr Bassey Akpanyung, quoted the minister as wishing Nigerians happy democracy […]Read More

United Kingdom and Australia on Wednesday jointly deported 40 Nigerians for various immigration offences. The deportees comprising male and female arrived at the hajj camp area of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at 7:25am on chartered aircraft. It was gathered that a chartered aircraft with the registration number ZTA-4741 brought 36 Nigerians – 29 males […]

The suit filed before the Court of Appeal by detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Mr. Nnamdi Kanu has been dismissed in a court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday. Kanu and two other pro-Biafra agitators, David Nwawusi and Benjamin Madubugwu, had gone before the appellate court to oppose what they titled “strange procedure” […]

Barely a day after issuing a letter approving the appointment of Edaiken N’Uselu as the Oba of Benin, the Edo State Government has withdrawn the letter, promising to issue a fresh installation letter “in due course” that would be in line with the age-long succession tradition of the Benin kingdom. In a retraction statement signed […]

The Federal Government, Wednesday, appointed Director-General in six parastatals within the Ministry of Information and Culture. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed announced the appointments in Abuja in statement.  According to the statement, Mr. Mansur Liman  is the new  Director-General, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN). The statment also named Yakubu Mohammed  and the new  Director-General, Nigerian […]Read More