Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi, has said that phase one of the Lagos-Calabar super highway will be ready for commissioning by May 2025. Umahi disclosed this at a meeting with contractors at the Ministry’s headquarters in Mabushi, Abuja. Commending the contractor handling the project for the quality of work, Umahi also revealed that…
35 members of the House of Representatives want changes to be made to the 1999 Constitution to allow for the rotation of the Presidency among the six geo-political zones of the country. They also want an amendment to the Constitution to provide for a single tenure of six years for the President and Governors…
The Kebbi State Pilgrims Welfare Board has announced the death of another pilgrim in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. The Kebbi Hajj 2024 Media Team made the disclosure in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday, June 9, 2024. The Executive Chairman of the board, Alhaji Faruku Aliyu-Enabo, said the deceased identified as Abubakar…
A dad rushed his daughter to hospital when a hole lllburst in her lung after she vaped the equivalent of 400 cigarettes a week. Mark Blythe broke down emotionally when he got a call saying his daughter Kyla, 17, had collapsed and turned ‘blue’ during a sleepover at a friend’s house early on May 11.…
Russia is allegedly sending thousands of migrants and foreign students to fight in the war against Ukraine for visa renewal. According to Bloomberg, the assessment was done by some European officials who alleged that the Kremlin is using foreign students as extra manpower using the tactics first deployed by the Wagner mercenary group. …
A pastor of the Assemblies of God Church, Dauda Dalyop, 63, and his wife, Chummy Dauda, 57, who were killed by gunmen have been laid to rest at Kimakpa village in Kwall District, Bassa Local Government Area Plateau State. The couple and three other persons, Chwe Ajuh, 26, Joshua Kusa, 47, Mrs Rikwe Doro,…
The presiding priest of St. Thomas Parish, Zaman Dabo Community, in the Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Rev. Father Gabriel Ukeh, has been abducted by suspected bandits in the early hours of Sunday, June 9. Confirming this to newsmen, the Vicar General (Pastoral), Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Kazah, in a statement released…
At least 20 people have been killed in a fresh attack on communities in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State by suspected terrorists. Daily Trust on Saturday, June 8, 2024, gathered that two of the victims, Kabiru Salihu and Abubakar Karaga were beheaded by the attackers. Among the villages attacked between Thursday and…
Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, the spiritual director of the Adoration Ministries Enugu Nigeria (AMEN) says the N62, 000 minimum wage being proposed by the Federal government should also be extended to Governors as well as Nigerian lawmakers both in the Senate and in the House of Representatives. Worried by the Hardship being experienced by…
Barely a week after seizing a shipment of 175,000 bottles of codeine-based syrup at the Port Harcourt Ports complex in Onne, Rivers state, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have again intercepted another consignment of 175,000 bottles of the same opioid imported from India. According to a statement released by…
