The Federal Government, on Thursday, said the Second Niger Bridge (now named Muhammadu Buhari Bridge) and the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway would be completed before the end of 2022. This came as the government said there were no existing contracts to impose tolls on federal roads constructed under the Sukuk fund. The Minister of Works and Housing,…
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has tackled President Muhammadu Buhari over his recent comments on the killings in the South East. President Buhari had over the weekend condemned the killing of eight Nigeriens and policemen by unknown gunmen in Imo State. The Nigerian leader urged community and religious leaders to speak more forcefully against the killings in…
Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, has announced plans for the first-ever seaport in South Eastern Nigeria. The project which will be located in Owazza, Ụkwa East LGA Abia state, has been flagged-off on 30th September 2023. Governor Otti made this announcement at the South-East Security Summit in Owerri, Imo state. The Governor also announced…
“There is no gainsaying the fact that Obi has galvanized interests of people not just in Igbo land but across other geopolitical zones. He has revolutionarised the system. People are now saying let’s now go and vote. “People who had lost interest before are now showing interest in voting. Though I’m in a different party,…
Ortom attacks Mohammed, calls Bauchi gov ‘Fulani terror’ member. BENUE State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Monday said he remained convinced that his Bauchi State counterpart, Bala Mohammed, is a member of Fulani terrorists group terrorising Nigeria. Governor Ortom, who stated this during a press conference in Makurdi, also cried out that his life was being…
APRIL 4, 2023 Disturbing Emerging Developments in Nigeria! 6.Despite the public denunciation of the fake audio call, its contents have been translated to other Nigerian languages and circulated in most parts of Northern Nigeria with some of our Moslem clerics deceived and instigated to use the contents for their sermons at various Mosques during the…
Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has suspended his presidential campaign and thrown his support behind Republican candidate Donald Trump. In a live broadcast on Friday, Mr. Kennedy announced the suspension, declaring he would “now throw his support to President Trump. “In my heart, I no longer believe I have a realistic path to electoral…
By Azimazi Momoh Jimoh and Terhemba Daka (Abuja), 22nd April, 2023. Thirty-seven days to the end of his tenure, President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he could not wait to go home after eight years of being at the helm of affairs in the country, serving the people. The President also pleaded with all those…
Hemmed in by bandits, Aminu Masari strives on.. The times have really not been kind to Katsina State; not since the time of YarAdua, its governor in the era of President Olusegun Obasanjo. While Masari, who was Speaker of the…
Following the intervention of stakeholders in the industry, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has temporarily suspended its order on the revocation of licenses to some media outfits. This development was made known in a statement on Friday by the Director-General of the NBC, Balarabe Shehu.He said the NBC has taken a decision to temporarily suspend the…
