The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola says that the Second Niger bridge has been completed. Fashola announced this on Wednesday in Abuja at the unveiling of President Muhammadu Buhari’s scorecard series (2015-2023). The minister, however, noted that connecting roads to the bridge are still under construction. The minister explained reason why the Federal Government opted for SUKUK bond. He said SUKUK helped to fund road construction across the country. According to Fashola: “Second Niger Bridge is completed. What is remaining is a 4km interchange road at the Asaba end and 2km out of a 7km link road at…
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The Nigerian Army has announced the arrest of 40 Boko Haram logisticians. This was disclosed in a statement by Chief of Military Public Information Office, Chad, Lt. Col. Kamarudeen Adegoke. According to him, the logistics suppliers were arrested around the Lake Chad region. He also said the Army incepted food supplies meant for the terrorists. “In continuation with the activities of the MNJTF to clamp down on terrorist activities in the Lake Chad region, troops of Sector 3 (Monguno) on 11 October 2022, arrested forty (40) terrorist logistics suppliers during an intelligence led operation conducted on a suspected supply route.…
The Yobe State Police Command has apprehended four youngsters for alleged kidnap of two minors in the Potiskum Local Government Area of the State. According to the Command’s spokesperson, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, he said the suspects were tracked and apprehended by detectives of the force after they strived to accept ransom from parents of a 14-year-old abducted victim in Nahuta area. The suspects are: Musa Adamu, 18; Aliyu Ibrahim, 17; Abubakar Zakari, 18; and Muhammed Saleh, 19. “The 14-year-old boy was with his sister outside their residence when he was lured and whisked away in a vehicle by the suspects…
The Arewa Progressive Women League has described the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar as a fraud. Recall that the Arewa Consultative Forum and the Northern Elders Forum recently met with Atiku and other selected presidential candidates. The group, reacting to the meeting, in a statement by its leader, Hannatu Abbass said Atiku is too corrupt to be presented as a consensus candidate for the North. The group said Atiku and ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo created the pathway for Nigeria’s struggle with poverty through their non-transparent privatisation process. They added that the Arewa Elders lacked intergrity for endorsing Atiku. “It…
All Progressive Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu has said that his administration will commit to protecting the nation’s environment in its plan to see the country rise to become one of the major players tackling climate change in the world. According to the United Nations, climate change is one of the biggest threats facing the world currently with many countries struggling to implement policies to tackling it effectively for a sustainable environment. President Muhammadu Buhari l, in 2021, as part of the country’s efforts at combating climate change, signed the Nigeria Climate Change Bill, fulfilling Nigeria’s commitment to the Glasgow…
Ahead of the flag-off the All Progressive Congress presidential campaign, President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday at the State House Banquet Hall, Abuja unveil the manifesto and policy document of presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. President Buhari will also at the event inaugurate the APC Presidential Campaign Council to formally flag-off the party’s campaign nationwide. Buhari heads the APC campaign council and in his commitment to the party’s victory at the poll, has assured he will deliver the votes to ensure victory for Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima at the poll. With his popularity in the north,…
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has backed Lagos State governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for second term, snubbing the candidate of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, Olajide Adediran also known as Jandor. This was confirmed in a statement by Sanwo-Olu’s Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile. Akosike wrote, “Breaking: Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike endorses Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for second term in office. Details later.” Wike is in attendance at the ongoing 22nd National Women’s Conference in Victoria Island. The annual conference, with the theme ‘Spring Forth, Stand Out,’ is organised by the Committee of Wives of Lagos…
Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has jetted out to France for medical care. The trip, it was gathered, took place on Monday shortly after his campaign rally in Kaduna. It would be recalled that a now estranged wife of Atiku, Jennifer Jemila Atiku, recently revealed that her ex-husband was admitted in a German hospital for undisclosed medical condition. It was learnt that the former vice president left for France from Abuja to attend to urgent medical appointment with his doctors. A source told Westernpost: “Former Vice President travelled yesterday night to France where his doctors are waiting for…
Following the announcement by the Nigerian Oscar Selection Committee (NOSC) of the Oscar Awards that no film qualified for the 2023 Oscars International Feature Film category submission, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has directed the committee to reconvene. This news was said to have sent a wave of hope across the movie industry as Kunle Afolayan, producer of Anikulapo expressed optimism that his blockbuster movie may finally be considered by the committee. According to a committee member, Shaibu Husseini, the Academy had granted NOSC an “extension for a final determination”. Husseini tweeted: “I have just been informed…
The House of Representatives has intervened in the dispute between Nigeria and foreign airlines. The meeting was chaired by Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives, and attended by representatives of the airlines, International Air Transport Association (IATA), Airlines Operators of Nigeria (AON), travel agencies and other aviation industry stakeholders. In a statement issued by Lanre Lasisi, special adviser to Gbajabiamila on media and publicity, an understanding was reached at the meeting to find quick solutions to release the funds owed to the airlines. Lasisi said AON made a strong case for the protection of the interests of Nigerian…