The Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) on Wednesday put its total financial commitment into the construction of the Second Niger Bridge at 2.21 million dollars (N435.4 million).

Everton defender John Stones was named in the starting line-up for the Merseysiders’ English League Cup tie at Barnsley on Wednesday, just a day after handing in a transfer request following repeated interest from Premier League champions Chelsea.

Lagos State Government Wednesday shut 22 religious houses and three companies for violating the 2010 environmental law of the state.

This came barely three weeks after the state government shut 40 religious outfits across the state.

Facebook on Wednesday began testing a Messenger app virtual assistant that the leading social network said goes beyond artificial intelligence programs already on the market.

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, Wednesday, described the Court of Appeal decision to uphold the State Election Petitions Tribunal confirmation of his victory at the April 11, 2015 governorship election as a welcome development and a vindication of the people’s mandate which was expressly demonstrated on Election Day.

French club Monaco confirmed on Wednesday that a loan deal has been reached with Real Madrid for Portuguese international defender Fabio Coentrao with Layvin Kurzawa moving to Paris Saint-Germain.

Barely 18 days after Tonto Dikeh kicked off her wedding rites in a ceremony held in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, her husband, Olakunle Oladunni Churchill was recently robbed at his home in Ghana.

Sprint king Usain Bolt and American rival Justin Gatlin swept into the 200 metres final with consumate ease on Wednesday as they prepared to resume hostilities at the world championships.

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Team Nigeria’s Tosin Oke on Wednesday advanced to the final of the men’s triple jump event at the 15th IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China.

The invitation of the Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, by the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, was on Wednesday, criticized by the Senate Unity Forum led by Senator Ahmed Lawan.

For a while now, there has been stories that all is not well with the marriage of Toyin Aimakhu and Niyi Johnson .Earlier today, Niyi took to his Instagram account to publicly apologize to his wife.

A Chinese state-owned engineering company, Sinoma has signed a deal worth $4.3bn to build Cement factories in Nigeria in partnership with Dangote Cement company. The chines company also plans to build seven plants across the continent and one in Nepal. The new factories are expected to add around 25 million tonnes to Dangote’s cement company which currently has the capacity of 45 million tonnes.

The on going construction of a second Niger bridge may be placed on hold until the integrity of the bridge is sorted out, the Federal government said Wednesday.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved the request by Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) to provide financial accommodation to State Governments to enable them pay the backlog of salaries of their workers.