Hundreds of motorists and passengers going to Mile 2 were on Saturday stranded as flood from a morning downpour disrupted free movement on the trade fair and Abule-Ado axis of Lagos-Badagry Expressway. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that flood from the downpour blocked the trade fair...
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A record-breaking giant onion weighing almost 9kg has been displayed at the Harrogate Autumn Flower Show in northern England. The vegetable, owned by Gareth Griffin, weighs 8.97kg and was displayed at the flower show at Newby Hall and Gardens near Ripon in North Yorkshire. Colossal cabbages, marrows,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – After a successful outing at the G-20 Summit in New Delhi, India, President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to depart Abuja on Sunday for New York, where he will participate in the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), which will be...
The Bauchi State Police Command has placed operatives and residents on high alert for possible security threat at ember months in the state. This is contained in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, SP Ahmed Wakil made available to newsmen on Saturday in Bauchi. He said the...
Niger State Governor, Umar Bago, says all hands must be on deck to achieve the desired development in the state. The governor made the appeal during a grand reception organized by the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bida Critical Stakeholders Forum in his honour on Friday in Bida. ...
Tunji – T.J for short- had always seen a bright future for himself in Nigeria. Not even SAPA could make him JAPA. He knew where he wanted to go and had a map even Google would be proud of, of how he’d get to his destination. So,...
African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Akinwumi Adesina has called on Korean investors to seize untapped investment opportunities in Africa, especially in the energy and agriculture sectors. Adesina, in a statement on the Bank’s website said the Africa continent could not be ignored by investors. He spoke at a business...
A son of Mexican drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman, who was arrested after a bloody firefight with Mexican authorities earlier this year, has been extradited to Chicago. He is expected to face sweeping narcotics trafficking charges. Ovidio Guzman Lopez, 32, is reputed to have taken...
France does not intend to cut cultural ties with Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, the culture minister, Rima Abdul-Malak said. Abdul-Malak said this after entertainment businesses slammed a decision this week to ban all partnerships with artists from these African countries. “France has always been an open and...
The Director General of the national Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, Mallam Kashifu Inuwa said Nigerian StartUps had attracted over $4 billion into the economy in terms of investments. Inuwa spoke at the Innovation Support Network (ISN) 2023 annual summit with the theme: “Unlocking Potential: Collaborating for Growth...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Muhammed Idris, has called for collective unity amongst people to achieve the dividend of democracy. “Democracy is nothing if it doesn’t bring progress, development, and unity among the people”, the minister said on Thursday...
The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) has listed the University of Abuja, Modibo Adama University in Yola, Adamawa, and Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo, as institutions running engineering programmes with expired accreditation status. President of COREN, Prof. Sadiq Abubakar, made this known in Abuja...
Marlian Music Label boss, Naira Marley has taken to his Instagram page to mourn the death of his former signee, Mohbad. In a statement he shared on his Instagram page, the singer described Mohbad as “an incredible street pop star, who contributed to the foundation of the...
Over 50,000 Nigerians have signed a petition calling for the ban of Marlian Music label. The petition was launched on change.org following the death of former Marlian Music signee, Ilerioluwa Olademeji Aloba aka Mohbad, who died on Tuesday, September 12. The talented singer died a year after...
Sen. Dino Melaye, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the Nov. 11 governorship election in Kogi, has said that the state would witness a new era when he becomes its governor. Melaye made the pledge when he received the report of the party’s Policy Drafting Committee for Kogi...
Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) U-17 champions, Senegal will play Argentina, Japan and Poland in Group D of the 2023 FIFA Cadet World Cup slated for Indonesia in November. In the draw conducted on Friday in Zurich, Switzerland, hosts Indonesia were drawn in Group A alongside one of...
The Federal Government has promised to resettle the 22,071 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) scattered in various communities of Niger. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, disclosed this during the presentation of starter packs to some of the IDPs at the Gwada camp, Shiroro,...
By MARK JANG, Jos – Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang has approved the appointment of 136 Special Assistants. The governor’s approval was contained in a statement issued on Friday by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Mr Gyang Bere. According to the statement, those...
A 28-year old man, Misbahu Salisu, has allegedly poisoned his day-old baby girl to death, because he preferred a male child. The man who lives in Doka Baici, Tofa Local Government Area, has been arrested by the Kano State Hisbah Board on Friday. His arrest...