Train services on Port Harcourt to Aba route to begin operation by the end of March
The Federal Government has said train services on Port Harcourt to Aba route will start operation by the end of March. Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) Fidet Okhiria, who disclosed this in Port Harcourt after leading a delegation to test-run the reconstructed Eastern Narrow Gauge Rail line, said workers were currently putting finishing touches […]
The Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, says the Wuye/Wuse Flyover is 85 per cent completed and will be inaugurated in May
Speaking after inspecting the project, and the 11-kilometre (km) six lane dual carriage expressway linking Airport Expressway to Kuje, Wike added that the road from Kuje to Airport Expressway, when completed, would open the area for transformative economic growth and development. The minister, who equally visited the vice-president’s residence being handled by Julius Berger, expressed […]
The Nigerian Customs Service announces a 90-day window for regularising import duties on specific categories of vehicles
In a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Maiwada, on Sunday, Customs noted the initiative applies solely to vehicles imported into Nigeria where the requisite customs duty has not been fulfilled or vehicles detained due to undervaluation. The NCS stated that all vehicle owners, Importers/Agents seeking to regularize import duties on their vehicles […]
NEMA declares that warehouse looted in Abuja on Sunday did not belong to it
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has declared that the warehouse looted in Abuja on Sunday did not belong to it, but sympathises with the true owners. Residents of the area said youths broke into the warehouse located around Tasha in Gwagwa area of Abuja in the early hours of Sunday and looted bags of […]
The SSANU accuses FG of treating its members with disdain
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has accused the Federal Government of treating its members and that of the Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) with “disdain”. President Bola Tinubu had directed the payment of withheld salaries for university workers owing to their strike of 2022. But SSANU, NASU, and […]
Katsina State Police Command to offer N50million reward to anyone that offers information that will lead to the arrest of two bandit kingpins operating in the State
The Katsina State Police Command has announced a substantial reward of 50million Naira to any individual who provides valuable information that will lead to the arrest of two bandit kingpins operating within the state. The Kingpins popularly known as Modi Modi and Jan Kare, are mostly operating in the regions of Kankara and Safana Local […]
 Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba expresses ‘shock’ after four-year suspension for doping
Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba says he is “sad, shocked and heartbroken” after being banned from football for four years for a doping offence. The France international, 30, was provisionally suspended in September after a drugs test found elevated levels of testosterone in his system. The former Manchester United player added he would appeal. Pogba was […]
Tanzania’s second President Ali Hassan Mwinyi Thursday died at the age of 98.
News of Mwinyi’s death was announced by President Samia Suluhu Hassan. Mwinyi served as President of Tanzania between 1985 and 1995. He succeeded the founding president, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere. He had been in and out of hospital with a chest illness since last November. Mwinyi is credited for introducing multiparty elections and easing state control […]
Senate Directs Police To Employ 10 Persons Each From 774 LGAs
The Senate, has directed the Police Service Commission and the Nigeria Police Force to recruit a minimum of 10 candidates from each of the 774 local government councils in Nigeria. The directive, according to the Upper Chamber, should form part of its annual recruitment processes. The resolution was reached as a result of a motion […]
House Reps has mandated JAMB to extend the 2024 UTME registration exercise by two weeks
The resolution followed adoption of a motion of urgent public importance by Rep. Hassan Shinkafi (PDP-Zamfara) at plenary who argued that the UTME registration exercise which commenced on Jan. 15, ended on Feb. 26, 2024, but as a result of the painful economic situation in the country, “Many families have been constrained from registering their […]