Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has disclosed that the ongoing construction of multi billion dollars Lagos Free Zone project is expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2023.

Governor David Umahi has charged the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) to initiate measures to stamp out cultism in the nation’s tertiary institutions.

By David Odama, Lafia Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state Friday called on the media practitioners in the country to use their profession to preach peace and unite the nation in the face of its daunting challenges. Governor Sule who gave the charge shortly after the Juma’at prayers to mark the commencement of the Nasarawa […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says nearly seven million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Africa. WHO Regional Office for Africa disclosed this in a statement issued from its headquarters in Brazzaville, Congo, on Thursday. It stated that the vaccines had been administered after months of waiting on the side-lines for vaccines and many […]

A former personal assistant to Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has described a video where it was alleged that he was being threatened by the former Aviation minister as mendacious and pure fabrication by mischief-makers bent on thwarting the political ambition of his former boss.

In a bid to make healthcare accessible for more Nigerians, African Cleanup Initiative (ACI) and Medicard Health Management have  initiated a partnership  that will enable Nigerians to pay for healthcare services with recyclable waste. The Founder of ACI, Mr Alex Akhigbe, said at the signing of the partnership on Friday in Lagos that the partnership […]

  The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig.-Gen Buba Marwa, says the agency will continue to crackdown on all sources of illicit substances in Nigeria. Marwa disclosed this on Friday during the inauguration of a Behavioural Action Care Foundation Centre in Ogbomodo. Read call that the Behavioural Centre was built by the Ogbomoso First […]

By Rasheed Sobowale A finance professional, Banke Shodimu, has warned that the ripple effects of COVID-19 are threatening the stability of Nigeria’s oil and gas funding chain, exposing local contractors to increased financial strain and heightening uncertainty among investors. Shodimu, who works with Moneda Invest as a financial and data professional, said the pandemic has […]

The Federal Government says it will appeal, rather than force anyone to take the Oxford AstraZeneca Vaccines for COVID -19, according to Dr Olorunnibe Mamora, the Minister of State for health Mamora made the disclosure, on Friday, in Asaba, while fielding questions from newsmen shortly after he inaugurated some projects at the Federal Medical Centre […]

Ilorin…The only surviving victim, Mr. Abideen Adigun of the mysterious Ilorin inferno died yesterday at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital(UITH) Ilorin, Kwara state capital.

The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Mr Hassan Bello, on Friday urged users of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Electronic-call up system for trucks to give the system a chance. Bello made the appeal while speaking with journalists on the sidelines of the meeting with executives and members of Barge Operators Association of Nigeria […]

  Delta Governor Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, on Friday, reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to supporting the growth of Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (MSMEs) through entrepreneurship development programmes in the state. Okowa made this known at the graduation of 437 pilot trainees of the state government’s Girls Entrepreneurship and Skills Training Programme (GEST) in Asaba. […]

Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has announced the renaming of the popular Faulks Road Aba after the late Goveenor of Old Imo State, Sam Mbakwe.

The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has urged the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to reject the report of the Gov. Bala Mohammed’s committee which recommended that the party should not zone its presidential ticket in 2023.

THE prices of oil, Friday, rose to an average of $64.59 per barrel as the global market started to react to the latest drone attack on an oil facility in Saudi Arabia.