The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, on Sunday ordered the immediate closure of the damaged Apapa bridge for emergency maintenance work to begin. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 40-year-old bridge links Nigeria’s premier port to both the Lagos Mainland and Island. Addressing a stakeholder’s meeting in Lagos, […]
Continue Reading“ I hear we are no longer Nigeria, but the United States of Nigeria” “You didn’t hear anything. Stop being hypocritical, my friend.” “But the incumbent Minister of Sports is on record as having said something like that” “I know. That dumb Minister who wears the red cap that looks like something taken and approved […]
Continue ReadingThe National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Borno says it has seized more than 20 tonnes of illicit drugs from 87 suspects within two years.The Commandant of the agency in Borno, Mr Ona Ogilegwu, announced this in Maiduguri on Sunday during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), stating that the agency […]
Continue ReadingHopes of Nigeria winning medals at the Rio Olympic games are gradually fading away, with Africa’s Olympic appearance record holder and one of Nigeria’s medal hopefuls in the table tennis event of the Rio Olympic, Segun Toriola, crashing out of the table tennis men’s singles event of the Rio Olympic Games after losing to Japan’s […]
Continue ReadingThe Technical and Development Committee of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Saturday said it has recommended to the federation’s Executive Board a new Technical Adviser of the Super Eagles. A report on the federation’s website quoted Ahmed Yusuf, the Vice-Chairman of the committee, as saying the committee recommended Gernot Rohr for the position. He said […]
Continue ReadingAccording to information from Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, following covert surveillance and intelligence reports on the activities of some gun runners and armed bandits in Kopa, Dagma and Gagaw villages of Bosso Local Government Area, Niger State, troops of 31 Artillery Brigade, 1 Division Nigerian Army, in conjunction with Nigeria […]
Continue ReadingFormer President Olusegun Obasanjo has dismissed media reports linking him with a meeting of the Convention Committee of his former party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the Shehu Musa Yar’ Ardua Centre, reiterating that he left the party last year to became an elder statesman. Obasanjo made this known to reporters in Abeokuta, the Ogun […]
Continue ReadingMembers of the Shi’ia Islamic sect on Saturday embarked on a trek from Zaria to Abuja to demand the release of Ibrahim Zakzaky, their leader who has been in detention since December 2015. The president, media forum of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim Musa, who confirmed the action, accused security agents of plotting […]
Continue ReadingFollowing intense rainfall and rises in water level, the National Emergency Management Agency has advised communities along the river Niger to evacuate immediately to safer ground over the likelihood of floods that may occur at any moment from now.Director General of NEMA, Muhammad Sani Sidi who gave the advice said the agency has received alerts […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) says the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has fixed N150 per litre as the official depot price of kerosene. Alhaji Tokunbo Korodo, the South-West Chairman of the union, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Saturday. According […]
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