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Popular Nigerian businessman, Aliko Dangote has said Apapa-Oshodi road will last for 40 years when it is completed. The rich entrepreneur recently took the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola on an inspection tour of the 35-kilometer Apapa-Oshodi-Oworonsoki-Ojota highway presently under construction by Dangote Industries Limited. The construction started ...

House of Representatives member, Honourable Wumi Ogunlola has thrown out allegations that the 9th National Assembly was a rubber stamp, insisting that not every request from President Muhammadu Buhari is approved by the legislature. According to the lawmaker who represents Ekiti Central Constituency II, every member got into office to ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has hailed the pioneer General Secretary of the Anglican Communion, Rev. Joseph Akinyele Omoyajowo, as he clocks 85 on Dec 31. PMB’s congratulatory message was sent in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Monday. Buhari praised the ...

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has come out to say that it was shocked and saddened by the bad news of another murder of aid workers, including a woman, by the Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State. According to the Forum, FG must do all they can to ensure the ...

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said he had nothing to do with the Hate Speech Bill at the National Assembly. Speaking today in Lagos, Lai revealed that the allegation made against him by Sen. Francis Fadahunsi representing Osun East Senatorial District is nothing but a ...

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and All Progressives Congress, APC, to apologize to the citizens for their misrule rather than beg for an undeserved place in history. In a recent statement signed by the party’s spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, APC has reached the end of their ...

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said the Presidency admitting that there is a cabal in the villa is the best Christmas gift to Nigerians. Reacting to Garba’s remark last week, Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Diran Odeyemi said the citizens can now agree with PDP that the ...

Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has rubbished reports by the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, that Christians were not under any form of persecution in the country. According to CAN, via the Vice Chairman of CAN (Northern Region), Rev. John Hayab, the monarch was not completely honest with what ...

Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, Sen Olamilekan AdeolSen Olamilekan Adeola has come out to say that the plan by the Federal Government to borrow about 30 billion dollars is important for development to happen. Sen Olamilekan revealed this as he spoke with newsmen at the End-of the-Year-Party he organized for ...

Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Walid Jibrin has come out to say that the party is set to start searching for the best candidate to represent the party for 2023 Presidency. Walid who revealed this in a recent chat with newsmen said Alhaji Atiku ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has come out to say that Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State is a skilled politician, a party builder and a man who works for the success of APC. PMB’s congratulatory message was seen via a statement by Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on ...

Popular businessman, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has said we don’t really want to see any more imported rice in Nigeria. As he spoke about the need to ensure the right fortification of food consumed by Nigerians, Aliko disclosed that the citizens should relax because the rice that they will consume forthwith ...

Chief Executive Officer, Women Radio 91.7 FM, Mrs. Toun Okewale-Sonaiya has asked tertiary institutions in Nigeria to organize platforms for students to rate their lecturers anonymously. Mrs Toun revealed this at the 2019 Olabisi Onabanjo University Alumni Inaugural Annual Lecture series held at Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos. According to ...

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has begged President Muhammadu Buhari to sustain the Border Drill Policy for the country to attain food sufficiency. Ganduje revealed this in Kano, when the ministers of Information, and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Agriculture, and Rural Development Sabo Nanono, led stakeholders on rice production value ...

The Senate has begged the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu to decrease the number of checkpoints on Federal highways across Nigeria. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Special Assistant (Press) to President of the Senate, Ezrel Tabiowo. Tabiowo believes it has become vital to do it ...

Ex governor of Imo State and present Senator representing Imo West, Rochas Okorocha has come out to say that ethnicity should not determine Nigeria’s next president. This is his reaction to Northern leaders insisting that the presidency should stay in the North and South-South leaders disagreeing. Speaking to the press ...

All Progressives Congress party, APC chairman in Abia State, Donatus Nwankpa has reacted to Thursday’s judgment of a Lagos High Court, which sentenced the Senate Chief Whip and former Abia governor, Sen. Orji Kalu, to 12 years in prison over N7.65 billion fraud. He had his say in a recent ...

Linda Ikeji’s sister, Laura Ikeji has flaunted a picture of a brand new Mercedes Benz she bought for herself days back. Alongside the photo, Laura talked about the types of news she wants to see about herself henceforth. She revealed that she does not like the fact that when her ...

Paris Saint-Germain winger Angel Di Maria admitted he was very close to signing for Barcelona last summer, following Neymar’s move to the French capital. The Catalan club were keen to bring in a big name replacement but they were unable to land Di Maria, who has done well this season ...

The International Olympic Committee has said that the Russian athletes and staff who had their life bans for doping lifted last week will not be invited to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. The decision was taken after a special panel “unanimously recommended that the IOC not extend an invitation to the ...