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Don’t Cross the Blue Rail Track to Avoid Electrocution, LASG Warns The Lagos State Government has warned residents to avoid crossing the track of the Blue Rail line as it is set to start full commercial operations on Monday (tomorrow). The Chief Press Secretary, Mr Gboyega Akosile, gave the warning ...

Pastor Adeboye Predict Naira Bounce-Back against the Dollar The General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has predicted the possibility of Naira bouncing back and this time greater than the United States dollar. Our correspondent reports that based on findings in the black market buying rate ...

Reps Investigate how NAGWW Spend N81bn on 21 Million Trees The House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating the utilization of Ecological Funds and other intervention funds of the Great Green Wall Project on Wednesday queried claims by the National Agency for Great Green Wall (NAGGW) that it spent N81bn to ...

I Am Sad The Way The Acting Leader I Appointed Ran Afenifere – Pa Fasoranti The leader of Pan Yoruba Socio- political group Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti on Wednesday disclosed that the group is in a sorry state and requires urgent restoration effort to steer it away from the current ...

We’ll make Police take full Control of Internal Security – Ribadu Nuhu Ribadu, national security adviser (NSA), says the goal of his office is to ensure that the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) takes full control of internal security without any need to invite the military. Ribadu spoke on Wednesday while ...

Coup in Gabon as Military Announce Oust of President Bongo Army officers have appeared on national television in Gabon to say they have taken power. They said they were annulling the results of Saturday’s election, in which President Ali Bongo was declared the winner. The electoral commission said Mr Bongo ...

ZENITH BANK APPOINTS DR. JULIET EHIMUAN AS NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The Board of Directors of Zenith Bank Plc has appointed Dr. Juliet Ehimuan as a Non-Executive Director of the bank effective August 29, 2023. The appointment, which was announced in a statement to the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited on Tuesday, August ...

Access Pensions Surpasses N1 Trillion AUM Milestone Access Pensions Limited, a subsidiary of Access Corporation, has achieved an astonishing feat, surpassing the N1 trillion mark in assets under management (AUM).   In an impressive trajectory, the Company – which emerged from the business combination of Sigma Pensions and First Guarantee ...

Niger Junta: Algeria Wants Six-Month Transition Period The Algerian Foreign Minister, Ahmed Attaf, on Tuesday, said the country is proposing an initiative to resolve the political crisis in neighbouring Republic of Niger with a six-month transition period led by a civilian. Attaf, who recently toured West African states, said, “Most ...

FG Rakes in N1.36tn on Product Taxes in Six Months – NBS Taxes on products in the country rose to N1.36tn in the first six months of 2023 despite worsening hardship across the board according to the NBS. This is a 113.29 per cent increase from the N636.19bn it was ...