Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday justified the decision of his administration to engage indigenous contractors for the construction of 114 inner roads simultaneously across the State, just as he disclosed that about N1trillion is needed yearly to address the deficit in road construction.

After an initial grant in 2013 from Microsoft’s 4Afrika initiative and the U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. Government’s development finance institution, has committed a $4.1 million loan to support Mawingu Networks, a provider of solar-powered wireless Internet across rural Kenya.

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By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor Nigerian governors today passed a vote of confidence on the minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma and her finance counterpart, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, saying they were not responsible for plunging the country into recession. The governors’ position rubbishes the National Assembly’s call for the removal […]

Following calls by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote and Senate President, Bukola Saraki, advising the Federal Government to sell-off some public utilities to bail the country out of the biting economic recession, the Civil Liberties Organisation, CLO, has disagreed, saying such a call was absolutely uncalled for and worrisome. The CLO in a statement on […]

Senators on Thursday opposed their President, Dr Bukola Saraki, kicking against the call for the sale of some national assets.

A group, Brotherhood Across the Niger (BAN) has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal government of calculated attempts to dent the reputation of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan and contain his rising international clout.

A 29-year-old businesswoman, Odor Oyinyechiwho, who allegedly poured hot water on her 14-year-old niece, Esther Ariserekwu, is facing trial at a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.

The senator representing the largest senatorial district in Nigeria, Senator Solomon Adeola (Lagos West, APC) has warned that the nation may slip into economic depression if urgent measures are not taken to get the nation out of the present economic recession that the nation is going through.

An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, remanded Tobi Aremu ,23 in prison Custody over an alleged rape of a 5-year