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  *Umahi said, “He is not saying that this is a federal or state road. I apologize to commuters plying this road. BENIN CITY – Miffed by the poor state of construction works, the federal government on Tuesday said it would review all concessioned roads across the country to ensure that the terms of contract are met and that they …

UDIN DHUNGA, Nepal (AP) — An avalanche of ice and rock triggered massive flash floods in Nepal on Wednesday, killing at three hundred and eighty people and leaving hundreds missing while causing widespread damage to villages and infrastructure. Officials said 384 tourists, including 291 from countries such as India, the United States, the United Kingdom and Malaysia, were reported missing. …

The Chairman of the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS), Dr Zacch Adedeji, says President Bola Tinubu’s tax and economic reforms are opening new windows of opportunity for Nigerian youths. Adedeji stated this while delivering a keynote speech at the “Oyo State Emerging Political Leaders Summit 2026” in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the summit had as its …

Chinese scientists have identified a rare gene variant that could help rice mature earlier, while maintaining or increasing yields. The discovery was made by a research team led by Zhang Jian at the China National Rice Research Institute, reported by TV BRICS, a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) partner. The researchers identified and cloned a rare variant of the TGW1a …

Factional National Chairman of Accord, Prof. Chris Imumolen, has raised concerns over his personal safety and that of his family, urging law enforcement agencies to intervene. Imumolen, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said his attention had been drawn to developments and circumstances that had caused him serious concern about his personal safety and that of members of his …

Mr Jarrett Tenebe, Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo, has commended Gov. Monday Okpebholo for signing the Edo State House of Assembly Funds Management Bill 2023 and the State Judiciary Financial Autonomy Amendment Bill 2023 into law. Tenebe gave the commendation on Tuesday while addressing newsmen in Benin, following the amendment and passage of the bills by the Edo …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dolly Parton, the country music icon whose soaring vibrato vocals, poignant songwriting and sparkling costumes defined her rise from a log cabin in the Tennessee mountains to the height of stardom and acclaim, has died. She was 80 years old. The Associated Press reports that Parton died peacefully Tuesday in Nashville, Tennessee, citing a statement from …

  Conflict, displacement and economic hardship in Benue State have created conditions that traffickers exploit to traffic children and women. From where she sat under a mango tree beside two huts and an old three-bedroom bungalow, Hembadoon Tervershima watched a motorcycle turn onto the narrow footpath that ended in the compound. Since the disappearance of her daughter in May 2024, …

  PREMIUM TIMES reported that the professor was physically assaulted and stripped on 15 August by some angry students over an alleged attempt to molest a female student sexually The management of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), Awka, in Anambra State, has suspended a lecturer in the institution’s Department of Chinese Studies, Ifeanyi Odinye, for violating the university’s General and Academic …

  The massive allocations are contained in the 2,790-page 2026 Appropriation Act obtained by SaharaReporters from the Budget Office of the Federation. SaharaReporters has uncovered how the Nigerian National Assembly inserted and approved at least N29.444 billion for the construction and renovation of dozens of school classrooms, hostels, libraries, ICT centres, supply of educational materials, and other constituency-style projects across …