The Ondo State Government has assured Akure residents that the 7.8km Oda Road project will be ready for inauguration in June 2025.   It stated that it is committed to improving infrastructural development across the 18 local government areas.   The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Infrastructure, ...

  Two dispatch riders have lost their lives after a 20-feet container fell on them during a collision involving two fully loaded Mack trucks on Eko Bridge inward Alaka on Sunday.   The Lagos State Transport Management Agency disclosed this tragic incident in a statement signed and released by its ...

  Human Rights Lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, on Sunday demanded a probe into what he described as the diversion of a $3.4 bn loan from the International Monetary Fund.   Falana made this known in a statement he signed and made available to our correspondent.   ...

  The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Anambra State chapter, has uncovered an illegal artisanal refinery and illegal petrol station at Y-Junction, Nkwelle Ezunaka in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State.   In a statement released on Sunday, the Head Media and Tactical NSCDC, Anambra State Command, Okadigbo ...

  The Chief Imam of Maiduguri International Airport, Muhammad Ibrahim Adam, has commended the Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, for the recent ban on the sale of alcohol, while urging the state to consider establishing Hisbah to enforce the ban.   In a statement released on Sunday, the State ...

  The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria to immediately disclose whether it has commenced the direct disbursement of allocations to the 774 local government areas in Nigeria, following the Supreme Court’s landmark judgment nullifying state governors’ control over LGA funds.   In ...

  No fewer than 78 Nigerians rescued from human traffickers in Cote D’Ivoire have arrived in Lagos. The victims, comprising 73 females, two males, and three babies, arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, around 11:00 pm on Saturday.   Binta Bello, the Director-General of the National Agency for ...

  The Nigerian Army disclosed on Sunday that it has taken into custody Christopher Emmanuel, who allegedly assaulted a female vendor, Doshima, in Kula, Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue.   This is contained in a statement by the Acting Assistant Director Army Public Relations, 401 Special Forces Brigade, ...

  The National Security Adviser said that 15 persons have been convicted and 100 others prosecuted as his office is working to protect crude oil infrastructure in the Niger Delta region.   The NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, disclosed on Friday at a town hall meeting organised by the Petroleum Infrastructure Nigeria ...

  The Lagos State Government has commenced the demolition of contravening structures within Megamond and Oral Estates in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of the state to address flooding.   The state Commissioner for the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this in a video shared ...