The Federal Government has approved maintenance dredging of the $1.5 billion Lekki Deep Seaport channel from 16.5 metres to 17 metres, targeting 19 metres eventually. Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Abubakar Dantsoho, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday by Mr Okechukwu Onyemekara, General Manager, Communication and Strategy, after a weekend visit. Dantsoho…
The internal crisis rocking the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has turned from bad to worse as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has declared his withdrawal from all reconciliation agreements earlier reached by top party leaders, citing serial betrayals and lack of fidelity to mutual understandings. Wike, in…
Dr Dele Alake, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, said Nigeria’s solid minerals sector attracted over $800 million in processing projects in 2025. The minister said this in an interview for an upcoming State House documentary marking President Bola Tinubu’s second anniversary. Alake said the revenue generated was driven by the Tinubu administration’s new policy…
The National Sports Commission (NSC), has justified the disqualification of Team Delta’s Favour Ashe from the 100m final at the 22nd National Sports Festival held on Saturday at the MKO Abiola Sports Arena in Abeokuta. The NSC Chairman, Shehu Dikko made the clarification at an interactive session with newsmen on Sunday in Abeokuta. The News…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has officially released the results of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) resit, conducted for candidates affected by technical system failures during the initial exercise. A statement issued on Sunday by Dr Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor, also revealed disturbing trends of misconduct involving candidates, tutorial…
Two individuals have been hospitalised following the crash-landing of a training aircraft operated by the Aviation Training School at Ilorin Airport, the capital of Kwara State, on Friday evening. This information was confirmed in a statement released on Saturday by Mrs. Bimbo Oladeji, Director of Public Affairs for the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), and…
Senator Oluremi Tinubu, Nigeria’s First Lady, has reaffirmed the commitment of President Bola Tinubu’s administration to tackle food insecurity and empower the nation’s most vulnerable populations through the expansion of the Renewed Hope Initiative’s (RHI) Food Outreach Scheme. The programme, which commenced on 8 March 2024, is designed to provide vital food aid to women,…
In a distressing incident, two siblings, Master Prince Ugwuegbulem and Miss Chizitere Ugwuegbulem, were reportedly abducted by suspected herdsmen in the Umuoka area of the Amakaohia-Ubi Autonomous Community, located within the Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State. The abduction took place on Thursday at approximately 8:30 pm, just 200 metres from their home….
Victor Osimhen has officially agreed to a three-year deal with Al-Hilal, effectively sidelining Premier League clubs Chelsea and Manchester United in their attempts to sign the talented Nigerian forward. After failing to secure a move to Chelsea during the final hours of the transfer window, Osimhen joined Galatasaray on a season-long loan from Napoli last…
Rev. Fr. Solomon Atongu, the Catholic Priest in Charge of St. John Quasi Parish Jimba, has reportedly been shot by suspected armed herdsmen along the notorious Makurdi-Naka road. The incident occurred on Saturday evening as the priest was returning from Makurdi to his parish in Naka, where he unwittingly drove into an ambush set by…
