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Tue, 26 Apr 2022 07:17:00 +0000Nigerian Government Shortlists 18 Firms To Toll Abuja-Lokoja, Lagos-Abeokuta, 10 Other Roads
Lekki-Epe expressway toll gate
The Federal Ministry of Works and Housing has shortlisted 18 firms from among 75 bidders seeking to operate and toll 12 economically viable highways on a concession basis.
The ministry has also concluded the eva...
Mon, 25 Apr 2022 20:21:37 +0000'Light Has Prevailed Over Darkness' -- Ondo AAC Party Welcomes Sowore After Court Dismissed Restriction To Abuja
The Ondo State chapter of the African Action Congress (AAC) has welcomed human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, to the state.In a statement, Alex Adeniyi, the state chairman of the party, hailed the court order which dismissed the restrictio...
Mon, 25 Apr 2022 20:06:31 +0000Ex-Imo Governor, Ihedioha Asks Nigerian Government To Probe Over 100 Deaths At Illegal Refinery
A former governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha has asked the Nigerian government to investigate the recent fire incident at an illegal oil refinery in the state.He said this in a statement issued on Monday by his media aide, Chibuike O...
Mon, 25 Apr 2022 19:56:36 +0000BREAKING: World’s Richest Man, Elon Musk Acquires Twitter For $44billion
Twitter says it has reached an agreement to sell the company to Elon Musk for around $44billion (£34.6billion).The deal was announced by the social media platform on Monday after days of negotiations between the world’s richest person and...
Mon, 25 Apr 2022 19:56:29 +0000Ebonyi Government Adamant As Catholic Church Seeks Release Of Priest Detained Since 2021
The Ebonyi State government and the Catholic Diocese of Abakaliki traded words over the arrest and incarceration of a Priest, Reverend Timothy Ngwuta, in Abakaliki.SaharaReporters had earlier reported that Ngwuta was illegally detained by se...
Mon, 25 Apr 2022 19:56:21 +0000Police Rescue Nine Abducted Herders In Anambra, Recover Stolen Cows
At least nine of the 10 abducted members of the Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) have been rescued by the police in Anambra State.The members of MACBAN had earlier been abducted by gunmen in Obene Community, Ogbaru Local Gover...
Mon, 25 Apr 2022 17:49:36 +0000Gunmen Attack Nigerian Military Checkpoint In Bayelsa, One dead
File photo used to illustrate story.
One person was on Monday shot dead and a military personnel was injured following an early morning attack on a military checkpoint in Ogboinbiri Community at a wellhead owned by the Shell Petroleum Develop...
Mon, 25 Apr 2022 17:48:34 +00002023 Presidency: Amaechi, Wike's Presidential Ambitions Dead On Arrival — Igbo Congress
The World Igbo Congress (WIC), a group of Igbos in Diaspora, has said the presidential aspirations of Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike are “dead on arrival.”The group, in a post on its Twi...
Mon, 25 Apr 2022 17:36:39 +0000My Trying Phase Will Soon Be Over – Nnamdi Kanu Assures Supporters
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has urged his followers and sympathisers to remain optimistic.According to him, his trying phase is at the verge of extinction.
Kanu’s counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, di...
Mon, 25 Apr 2022 17:36:05 +0000Leave Bishop Kukah, Face Nigeria’s Security Challenges — Northern Elders Forum Tells Buhari Government
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has advised the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to focus on how to solve the country's persistent insecurity challenge rather than blaming the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah....