By Lydia Ngwakwe Lagos, Oct. 8, 2024 (NAN) The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, has directed that the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway should be re-constructed with concrete pavement to address the threat of water to asphalt pavement. Umahi gave the directive during an inspection of emergency repairs of a seven-kilometer stretch of the road within Lagos […]
By Salif Atojoko President Bola Tinubu said his administration made the necessary choices in the last 17 months to stop the country’s decline and put it on a path to higher, sustainable, and inclusive growth. The President said this in his address at the 54th annual accountants conference with the theme: “Governance Reimagined: Mapping the […]
By Rukayat Adeyemi Sell-offs in MTN Nigeria, alongside Tier-one banking stocks, on Tuesday, shed 0.12 per cent or N70 billion from the Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) market capitalisation. Specifically, the market capitalisation, which opened at N56.146 trillion, lost N70 billon to close at N56.076 trillion. The All-Share Index also dropped 0.12 per cent or 122 points […]
By Folasade Akpan The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on Tuesday said that decongesting the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) centres has saved the Federal Government approximately N3 billion in one year. Tunji-Ojo, disclosed this at the launch of the “Report on the National Assessment of the Situation of Children and Young Adults Deprived of […]
By Emmanuel Mogbede The Tinubu-Kashim Coalition in the U.S. has called on political parties’ leadership to accept in good faith, INEC’s declaration that all diaspora chapters of Nigerian political parties were illegal. The group’s Convener, Mrs Adeola Alakija-Awogbemi made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja […]
By Muftau Ogunyemi Akure, Oct.7, 2024 (NAN) Maj. Gen. Kevin Aligbe, Commander Training and Doctrine Command, Nigerian Army, says failure will not be tolerated among officers in the rank of captain at the practical promotion exams in the country. Aligbe, who was the examination president, made this known on Monday in Akure during the opening […]
Israeli President Isaac Herzog has called on the world to support Israel in the fight against its enemies, as he spoke during a ceremony to mark one year since the Hamas terrorist attack. ‘This is a scar on humanity. This is a scar on the face of the Earth,’’ he said on Monday at the […]
The past year in the Middle East has been an “unrelenting tragedy,” the United Nations said on Monday. Monday marks the anniversary of the terrorist attack by the Palestinian Islamist Hamas militia and others, where more than 1,200 people were killed in southern Israel and around 250 were taken hostage to the Gaza […]
By Fortune Abang The Federal Government says it has begun preparations to evacuate Nigerians in Lebanon back to Nigeria. Amb. Eche Abu-Obe, Spokesperson Ministry of Foreign Affairs, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja, in view of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict. “Further to the deteriorating situation in Lebanon over the Israel-Hezbollah conflict, the government […]
By Franca Ofili The World Health Organisation (WHO) has approved Cecolin®, a Hinan Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for use in a single-dose schedule. This is contained in a statement issued by WHO on Friday. The WHO said.that the decision was made based on new data on the product that fulfilled the criteria set out in […]