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The Federal Government has allocated N6.55billion for the completion of the East-West Road project in the Niger Delta Ministry budget for 2017 fiscal proposal. The breakdown of the funds meant for the road projects which has now been extended to sections five, covering Oron in Akwa Ibom State to Calabar in Cross River showed that the Sections 2 (2-2) Ahoada-Kaiama …

There was tension in Enugu, yesterday, following the killing of two persons during a bloody clash between some Igbo and Fulani at Gariki Market, Enugu. Those killed were identified as one Ali, a Fulani man and Ifeanyi Ifeacho, an Igbo man. Sources said the incident happened on Wednesday evening. An eye witness informed us that trouble started in the market …

Since Gallup began asking Americans the people they admired the most, there’s been a consistent pattern: Whoever was president or president-elect was almost always the man the country admired the most. The most admired woman? Usually someone who had been married to a president. Only five times has the most admired man in the country not been a president — …

By Karen Parrish – DoD News WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met yesterday at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to pay their respects to the victims and honor the survivors of the attack 75 years ago that drew the United States into World War II. “It is here that we reflect on how war tests our …

By Oladipo Airenakho The eighteen local government councils in Edo State have received the sum of N1, 777,639,808.24 from the federal allocation for the month of November, 2016 and absolve the State Government of any interference with revenue accruing to local government areas. Briefing newsmen after the joint allocation committee meeting of local governments in the State held at the …

Medical doctors in Rivers State have threatened to embark on strike should the state government fail to accede to their demands on the issue of poor health facilities and inadequate manpower. The doctors, who spoke under the auspices of the National Association of Government Medical and Dental Practitioners in Rivers State said they would down tools from January 9, 2017 …

A Lagos bound train from Kano collided with a trailer at railway crossing in Kawo, Kaduna, and cut the trailer into two, the Federal Road Safety Corps said in Kaduna on Wednesday. The Sector Commander of FRSC in the state, Mr. Francis Udoma, said that the incident occurred at 3 a.m., adding however, that no life was lost. Udoma explained …

President Muhammadu Buhari has given the assurance that Nigeria will remain committed to ensure that Guinea Bissau did not relapse into crisis. The President gave the assurance when he received the Prime Minister of Guinea Bissau, Umaro El-Mukhtar Sissoco-Embola, at the State House, Abuja on Wednesday. The President expressed satisfaction with the gradual return of normalcy to the West African …

Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River has described the annual Calabar carnival as the melting pot of Africa’s hospitality. Ayade said this on Wednesday in Calabar while opening the grand finale of the 2016 Calabar carnival. He said that the carnival, which had gained international recognition over the years had continue to grow bigger, better and bolder. According to him, …

For the first time, Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Abubakar Bagudu, has revealed the strategies adopted by his administration to turn the state into the leading rice-producing centre in Nigeria, giving farmers real value for their labour and investments in the process. Bagudu, who spoke in an exclusive interview, said his love for his people and the need to create a …