•Gridlock on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway today Commuters are stuck in a major traffic on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway which has lasted since last night. The gridlock stretches along the sections of the road outbound Lagos, including areas like Kara, Opic, Long Bridge among others, reports Channels TV. Checks revealed that this was caused by an acci...
Residents of Kusaki community in Gaube ward of Kuje Area Council of the FCT, Abuja are stranded following a bridge collapse in the area. A resident of Kusaki, Bissalla Ibrahim, who spoke with our reporter on Saturday, said the bridge collapsed as a result of heavy flood that accompanied a downpour, adding that residents have […]
•Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams Two astronauts of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore, who were supposed to return to Earth in August 2024, will now remain in space until February 2025 due to issues with their spacecraft. The pair launched on June 5, 2024, on [&h...
Airtel subscribers and customers in Bayelsa State experienced network outages today as youths said to be members of Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), shut down Airtel’s distribution mast in Yenagoa, the state capital. The IYC Worldwide is staging a protest to demand the reversal of the diesel supply contract awarded to a non-indigenous contractor, re...
•Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman The federal government has announced a slash in allowances of foreign scholars who are currently stranded in Russia, Morocco, and Algeria, among others by 12.7% due to economic hardship in Nigeria. The federal government’s decision to slash the scholars’ allowances was contained in a memo signed by the...
•Gridlock caused by flood after heavy rainfall in Lagos today A heavy rainfall today has flooded many parts of Lagos, making it difficult for commuters to move to their destinations. Lagosians barely woke up from sleep when the rain started to pour in torrents disrupting daily activities and flooding the roads. With the downpour, workers [&hel...
•The protesting women Women from the Ipo community have blocked the entrance to the Port Harcourt airport. As early as 7:30 am today, the women from Ipo which is one of the host communities of the airport, blocked the gate at the airport roundabout, waving placards, singing, wailing, and even cooking at the gate, reports […]
•JAMB candidates Candidates scheduled to sit the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination at Al-Mizyan Schools Computer Based Centre in Ikotun, Lagos State are currently unable to participate in the exercise owing to technical glitches. Parents and guardians who spoke to our correspondent on the telephone noted that the CBT centre gave ...
•Stranded Nigerians in UAE Members of the Nigerian community in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have decried that the strained relationship between both countries is affecting their livelihoods. Some of them living in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah told our correspondent that because of the work permit ban slammed on Nigeria, many of them had [&h...
•Okada bridge Thousands of travelers embarking on Easter celebrations in the eastern region of Nigeria have found themselves stranded at the Okada Bridge in Soko Camp, Edo State, due to a significant crater obstructing the bridge’s passage. The crater, spanning nearly half of the narrow bridge, has forced motorists into a single lane, exacerba...
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