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Umahi defends Ondo Coastal Highway diversion
*Minister cites 100-metre-deep pits, high construction costs behind route change By John Alechenu, Abuja The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has defended the Federal Government’s decision to divert the Ondo section of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, saying the original route crossed terrain with pits more than 100 metres deep and would have significantly increased construction […]
Akpoti-Uduaghan: No formal petition against Akpabio — Senate
The Chairman of Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Yemi Adaramodu, (APC, Ekiti South), said yesterday there was currently no formal petition against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, over allegation of sexual harassment levelled against him by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.
Naira down to N1,510/$ in parallel market
By Elizabeth Adegbesan The Naira yesterday depreciated to N1,510 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,505 per dollar last weekend. But the Naira appreciated to N1,499 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM)Data published by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, showed that the indicative exchange rate for the naira fell to […]
Extension of Egbetokun’s tenure as IGP not illegal — Ehindero
Former Inspector General of Police, Sunday Ehindero, has said the extension of the tenure of the present IGP, Kayode Egbetokun, was not illegal, as long as it was based on competence.
Obasa reinstated as Lagos Speaker, labels journalists ‘5th columnists’
Mudashiru Obasa has been reinstated as the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, but not without making a pointed remark about the role of journalists during the recent crisis.
Trump says Zelensky should be ‘more appreciative’
President Donald Trump said Monday that Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky should be “more appreciative” of US support against Russia’s invasion, after they fell out in public.
