The Nigerian government has approved the sum of N37.2 billion for the Court of Appeal (Abuja Division) building and N12.5 billion to buy 200 Toyota Land Cruiser Buffalo V6 vehicles for the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). The approval was given by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) at its meeting held in Abuja on Monday and…
Former Presidential aide, Reno Omokri has reacted after his principal, Atiku Abubakar hinted on supporting Peter Obi in the 2027 polls. Recall that Atiku in an interview with BBC Hausa said he will not hesitate to support Obi in the next election if the party picks the former Anambra governor. Reacting to the development, Omokri…
Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have finalised plans to form a new confederation, the Confederation of the Alliance of Sahel States, marking a geopolitical shift in the region. This move showed their departure from their former colonial ruler, France, and a turn towards closer relations with Russia. The announcement was made following a meeting of…
Dangote said this at the Africa CEO Forum Annual Summit in Kigali, Rwanda on Friday, adding that his refinery had the capacity to meet West Africa’s petrol, diesel and aviation fuel demand. President and Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has said that from June, Nigeria will not be importing petrol due…
According to the eyewitness, the accident led to the death of some of the victims. A lecturer with Imo State University and five others died on Saturday night at the school’s junction in Owerri when an articulated truck lost control and rammed into some vehicles and passersby. A journalist, Chidiebube Okeoma, who witnessed the incident…
It particularly noted that roads from Enugu to Maiduguri were in deplorable state and the railway from Enugu up to Maiduguri had been completely destroyed. The North-East Governors’ Forum has expressed concern over the neglect of the North-East zone in the allocation of federal government capital projects. The forum called on the Nigerian government led…
A former Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, has responded to Governor Alex Otti’s remarks regarding the utilisation of N10bn for the Abia airport project, saying, “My aim was to develop tradeport, not airport.” Addressing the matter in a viral video post on Olu ndi Igbo with the Twitter handle @VoiceOfTheEast, on Thursday, Ikpeazu defended…
Manchester City Striker Erling Haaland has emerged as the English Premier League top goal scorer for a second consecutive season as Manchester City beat West Ham 3-1 to win a fourth consecutive title. The Norwegian striker was absent for two months of the season through injury and struggled to match the heights of his debut…
Veteran Nigerian singer Daddy Showkey has recounted how he was almost lynched to death when he was involved in gang activities in Ikorodu, Lagos State. According to him, he and some young men found a gun at a refuse dump and started terrorising people with it until one fateful day, when they were caught and…
A helicopter carrying Iran’s President and Foreign Minister, Ebrahim Raisi and Iranian Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has been involved in an accident Reports say the helicopter – one of three travelling in a convoy – made a “hard landing” after it got into difficulties in heavy fog in the north of the country. Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi…
