The Federal Government has said a number of financial institutions have shown eagerness to participate in the execution of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project, the Sokoto-Badagry Superhighway and similar landmark road projects.   The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, made the disclosure while addressing journalists after inspecting the ...

    BRICS leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro from Sunday are expected to decry Donald Trump’s hardline trade policies, but are struggling to bridge divides over crises roiling the Middle East.   Emerging nations representing about half the world’s population and 40 per cent of global economic output are ...

  The New Nigeria Peoples Party says its 2023 presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, do not have its platform to contest against President Bola Tinubu and or any other presidential candidate at the moment in 2027.   The NNPP National Chairman, Dr Agbo Major, made this known in a statement on ...

  An eight-year-old boy has been rescued in Thailand after authorities discovered him living among dogs and only able to communicate by barking.   According to Dailymail on Friday, the boy, whose name has been withheld, was found on Monday during a welfare check at a ramshackle, drug-infested house in ...

  Following the formal launch of the African Democratic Congress in Abuja, a former Interior Minister and interim national secretary of the party, Rauf Aregbesola, returned to Lagos on Friday with a crucial message for his party’s supporters.   Aregbesola cautioned ADC members against insulting or attacking supporters of the ...

  The Zamfara State Chairman of the African Democratic Congress, Kabiru Garba, has invited the state governor, Dauda Lawal to leave the Peoples Democratic Party for his party.   Addressing a press conference in Gusau, the state capital on Friday, Garba said no fewer than 100 political actors from different ...

  The Federal Government has negotiated the cost of the Iddo Bridge rehabilitation from an initial N27bn to N17bn.   The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, made this known to journalists during an inspection of the bridge on Friday in Lagos.   He said, “Julius Berger quoted, I think, ...

  The National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, said the administration of President Bola Tinubu, has remained firm in surmounting the inherited intractable security challenges.   Ribadu stated this on Friday night at the 50th anniversary celebration of the Nigerian Defence Academy 18 Regular Course held in Abuja.   He ...

  President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to participate in the 17th Summit of Heads of State and Government for the Global South and Emerging Economic Bloc.   The block includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, also called the BRICS.   The President’s flight ...

The statement signed by Malam Sani Muhammad of the Mortuary Department, read, “The first corpse is that of a man found in the Arkilla area of Sokoto on May 31, 2025. He is believed to be named Umar Adamu Yar Katanga, though this remains unconfirmed. “The second corpse is of ...