•Minister of Works, David Umahi The federal government yesterday explained why it awarded the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project to Hitech Construction Company Ltd. The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, made the explanation during an inspection tour of the highway project in Lagos, reports NAN. “Some people say that it didn’t go through a comp...
•Babangida and late MKO Abiola Jamiu Abiola, the son of the late winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief Moshood Abiola, has stated that probing former military Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida, over the death of his father is unnecessary. In an interview with our correspondent, Jamiu explained that the time for such […...
•Tinubu and fuel pump Niger Republic has turned to Nigeria for help after being hit by fuel shortage. The West African country reached out to Nigeria despite months of diplomatic tensions and hostile rhetoric, reports Sunday PUNCH. It was learnt that a delegation of senior officials of the military junta travelled down to Abuja to […]
•Police The Kogi State Police Command says officers attached to Police Mobile Force, 70 Squadron, Kabba, foiled the abduction of passengers along Kabba -Ayere road in the state. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, ASP William Aya, disclosed this to newsmen in Lokoja, yesterday. According to him, the incident happened on Friday...
Angry Ijaw women of Kalabari extraction yesterday vandalised giant billboards bearing the pictures of Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and former governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike. The billboards which were erected at the junction leading to Abalama was in honour of Wike who is being hosted to a grand reception by the Ijaw [&hel...
•A customer in a rural area performing a transaction at a POS centre The increasing cost of commissions associated with Point-of-Sale (POS) banking is becoming a significant threat to the livelihood and small and medium-sized businesses. These high costs have become not only burden merchants but also influence consumer behaviour, potentially d...
•El-Rufai and Tinubu Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai said he and his allies had hoped that President Bola Tinubu would replicate his achievements in Lagos at the national level but failed woefully. El-Rufai explained that despite concerns about Tinubu’s alleged certificate forgery from Chicago State University during the 2023 presi...
The death toll from Cyclone Jude that hit northern Mozambique last week has risen to at least 16 people, according to a new toll released yesterday by the national Institute of Meteorology. At least two people are still missing and nearly 60 have been injured, it said, reports Sunday Guardian. Cyclone Jude hit the country’s […]
•Emir Muhamnmadu Sanusi II (L) and Emir Ado Bayero The Kano State Government has reaffirmed that the Court of Appeal’s ruling on the emirship dispute remains valid, dismissing claims that it has been overturned. The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Haruna Isa Dederi, clarified that the court’s decision to grant a stay of executio...
•Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe (C)celebrates second goal against Villarreal CF with teammates yesterday Kylian Mbappe’s brace helped Real Madrid climb top of La Liga with a 2-1 win at Villarreal yesterday despite coach Carlo Ancelotti’s complaints that his team was “exhausted”. Los Blancos moved three points clear of rivals Barcelona, havi...