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The road projects were inherited from the previous administration. The Federal Executive Council (FEC), at its third meeting of the year on Monday, approved the completion of four road projects inherited from the previous administration, after a rigorous review. Minister of Works David Umahi said this while addressing State House Correspondents after the FEC meeting. He said the first approval …

The state government clarified that the recent ruling only placed a hold on the execution of its earlier decision, pending a final verdict from the Supreme Court. The state government clarified that the recent ruling only placed a hold on the execution of its earlier decision, pending a final verdict from the Supreme Court. The Kano State government has dismissed …

The National Youth Wing of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has issued a 48 hours ultimatum to the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to give an unreserved apology for his alleged insult on the Ijaw Nation during his recent media parley.  Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Saturday, Donben Donyegha, National Youth Leader PANDEF, …

The president signed the budget at a ceremony at the State House, Abuja on Friday. President Bola Tinubu has signed the 2025 Appropriation Bill, passed by the National Assembly, into law. The president signed the budget at a ceremony at the State House, Abuja on Friday. PREMIUM TIMES reported that the National Assembly passed the N54.99 trillion budget on 13 February with …

Fatima Musa, a former Boko Haram member who has undergone de-radicalisation, shared her experience at a community dialogue meeting organised recently by the Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development. She admitted that, as young people with limited religious knowledge, they had been misled. “We were deceived in our youth through a misinterpretation of religion, only to later realise that we …

The US is expelling South Africa’s ambassador to Washington, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio describing him as a “race-baiting politician”. In a post on X, Rubio accused Ebrahim Rasool of hating the US and President Donald Trump, and said the ambassador was “no longer welcome in our great country”. The office for South Africa’s president on Saturday called the …

“The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) efficiently evacuated this bulk power to distribution load centers nationwide.” Nigeria generated 5,801 megawatts of electricity on Tuesday, the highest ever by the country whose citizens grapple with incessant power outages. The head of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, Sule Abdulaziz, disclosed this at the State House, Abuja, on Thursday. “…for the first time in our …

London CNN — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s response to a US-proposed ceasefire in Ukraine is “not good enough,” Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer said, after hosting a virtual summit aimed at drumming up support for Kyiv and piling pressure on Russia. After hosting a meeting of the “coalition of the willing” – a group of Western nations that have pledged to help …

A team of charity workers has been killed in Israeli strikes in northern Gaza, the UK-registered Al Khair Foundation has told the BBC. Getty Images The charity said eight workers – including volunteers and journalists documenting their activities – were killed when their vehicles were targeted on Saturday in what Hamas described as a “blatant violation” of the ceasefire agreement …

According to witness accounts, the shooting happened after Abimbor, who was driving a Mercedes-Benz, failed to stop when flagged down by police officers.   Operatives of the Edo State  Police Command have reportedly shot dead an 18-year-old boy identified as Chinedu Abimbor, at a checkpoint in the Ekpoma area of Esan West Local Government Area of the state. The incident, which …