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The Lagos State government on Wednesday disclosed plans to shut down the Costain roundabout inwards Funso Williams Avenue for three months, beginning from Thursday, October 3. The closure, according to the statement, is to facilitate the completion of the ongoing construction of the bridge...

The Abia police command on Wednesday threatened that those behind the killing of its operative in Aba on Saturday would not escape justice. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Ene Okon, said this in Aba while reacting to the alleged .... Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/2nVlHax Get More...

Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, Nigeria's Senate president, has ordered the arrest and prosecution of foreigners involved in illegal mining of the country's resources. A statement by Ezrel Tabiowo, Lawan's media aide, quoted the Senate president as stating this on Wednesday... Read more via Legit.ng –...

A group of Nigerian doctors and dentists in Canada said a judge in Alberta who made denigrating comments about a Nigerian expert witness at the trial of parents who were accused in their son’s death was “prejudiced, racist, xenophobic and anti-immigrant.”.... Read more via P.M. News –...

Former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has called for a new business model that will focus on wealth creation rather than sharing and consumption of oil rents. Nigeria is among the largest oil and gas producers in Africa... Read more via Pulse Nigeria –...

Nigeria’s total domestic debt stock increased by 10.38 per cent to hit N13.41 trillion in the first six months of this year. That is from N12.15 trillion in the corresponding period of 2018, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said. The apex bank, which disclosed this in its … Read more...

Ambode with no political clout, no political base was chosen and backed by the entire party structure against a Jimi Agbaje, a heavy weight. Fashola campaigned and toured the state with him, Fashola singled-handedly ran the campaign..I read about the Ikorodu and Mushin rally. Fashola took him...