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Lagos State Government on Wednesday signed a $629 million facility with China Development Bank (CDB) for the completion of Lekki Deep Seaport Project. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who signed on behalf of the state government, said that he $629 million financing facility would accelerate the completion of the Lekki Deep Seaport project, which started in 2011. In a statement, Sanwo-Olu said …

Russian President, Vladimir Putin has agreed to President Mohammadu Buhari’s request for the return of Russia to Nigeria, on a government-to-government relationship for the completion and commissioning of the uncompleted and abandoned Ajaokuta Steel Rolling Mill. In what looked like a big win for the Nigerian President, The Russia government, according to the presidency, also agreed to support the development …

British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson says he is waiting for a response from Brussels to Britain’s request for a Brexit delay, before he decides his next steps. Questioned by lawmakers, Johnson stressed that the request for a delay was “from parliament” and not from him. He insisted that he still wants Britain to leave the European Union on Oct. 31. “We …

United States top US diplomat in Ukraine, Bill Taylor, testified Tuesday that he had been told President Donald Trump would withhold military aid to the country until it publicly declared investigations would be launched that could help his reelection chances — including into former Vice President Joe Biden, according to a copy of Taylor’s opening statement obtained by CNN. Taylor said he was told that …

Three Nigerians are among other foreign nationals who on Tuesday suffered from fresh xenophobic attacks on foreigners in different locations of Witbank, Mpumanlaga Province, South Africa, the Nigerian community has said. The National Spokesperson of the Nigeria Union, South Africa (NUSA), Mr Odefa Ikele, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone from Witbank, that the attacks started in …

Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed his country’s readiness to strengthen military-technical and humanitarian cooperation and offer assistance to African countries. Putin made this known in an interview with TASS, Russia’s leading news agency ahead of the forthcoming Russia-Africa Summit and Economic Forum scheduled to hold from Oct. 23 to Oct. 24, in the summer beach resort of Sochi, Russia. …

About Seven operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have been arrested in connection with a plot to smuggle former Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT) chairman AbdulRasheed Maina out of the anti-graft agency’s custody. According to The Nation, the men are undergoing investigation along with a woman, Zainab Abbas, to determine their involvement in the plot. Maina is …

President Muhamamdu Buhari, on Monday arrived at the Sochi International Airport, Russia, for a three-day inaugural Russia-Africa Summit and Economic Forum, which will focus on peace, security and development. The President’s plane touched the tarmac at 11.25pm (local time), and he was received by the Mayor of the City of Sochi, Anatoliy Nikolayevich Pakhomov and state officials, according to Garba …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku, Alltimepost.com Special Correspondent A Benin High Court has granted leave to lawyers representing Mr. Kehinde Samuel of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) to serve Prof Osayuki Oshodin, former Vice Chancellor of the institution, and Faith Osadolor by substituted means, in his N500 million suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC). While the EFCC was …

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday reviewed the bail conditions earlier granted to Omoleye Sowore, Convener, #RevolutionNow movement and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that on Oct. 4, the court granted Sowore N50 million bail, with two sureties in like sum, and to deposit N50million as security. Bakare was also granted N50million bail with …