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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, gave an eight-month ultimatum for the completion of rehabilitation work on the Abuja light rail. He gave the ultimatum during an inspection of the Abuja Metro Station in Idu and the Airport Station. The visit was the minister’s first assignment outside the office since inauguration. The former Rivers …

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has appointed Mr. Bode Agoro as the state’s new Head of Service. He replaced Hakeem Muri-Okunola who resigned from the position earlier this week following his appointment as principal private secretary to President Bola Tinubu. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Gboyega Akosile, confirmed the development in a statement posted on the X …

_Says there’s no difference in mindset of bandits, terrorist and some citizens_ A peacebuilding think tank, Foundation for Peace Professionals also known as PeacePro has called on the federal government to articulate a national peacebuilding plan to end insecurity in Nigeria. PeacePro said that, Nigeria cannot continue to operate like the security challenges will resolve themselves, noting that the government …

Russia has carried out a drone attack on a port in southern Ukraine using `kamikaze’ drones, a Ukrainian regional official said on Wednesday. The strike hit production and transshipment facilities, causing a fire, according to a Telegram post by the Odessa regional governor, Oleh Kiper. He said that the fire covered about 700 square metres, adding that images showed destroyed …

Manchester City outclassed Manchester United in a Premier League game at Old Trafford, clinching a 3-0 victory over their city rivals. Erling Haaland scored twice, the first through a penalty in the 26th minute when Rasmus Hojlund was penalised for dragging down Rodri following the intervention of the VAR. The Norwegian netted again in the 49th minute as the visitors …

President Bola Tinubu on Sunday promised to change the narrative in Nigeria in the coming months. Tinubu, who stated this when he hosted the visiting German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, described Nigeria as “a crawling country” in the committee of nations. He said the Nigerian business community was ready to partner with Germany because of its …

A rights group with interest in sanitising the oil and gas sector has raised the alarm over alleged attempts by vested interests in the presidency to subvert the already concluded bidding process to engage consultants for the pre-shipment inspection agents (PIAs) and monitoring/evaluation agents (MEAs) under the Nigerian Export Supervision Scheme (NESS). The bidding process for the PIAs and MEAs which …

Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi state weekend told judges, magistrates and others to evaluate their performances while in active service. The governor noted that self-evaluation was the ultimate in whatever one does in life. Governor Nwifuru stated this during a dinner in honour of members of the state judiciary at the banquet hall, old government house, Abakaliki, marking the opening of their …

The equity capitalization in the Nigerian capital market crashed by 1.38 percent at the close of trading on Friday. This represented a N518.08 billion dip in the value of investments at the capital market from N37.36 trillion to N36.84 trillion at the close of the day’s business. Similarly, the All-Share Index dipped by 946.55 basis points to close at 67,324.59, …

The House of Representatives will resume plenary on September 26. The lower legislative chamber went on recess following the unveiling of the leadership of the House standing committees by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas on July 27. The chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Akin Rotimi, announced the date in a letter forwarded to the lawmakers by the …