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Nigeria’s Lagos State opened a second light-rail line to ease gridlock in the nation’s commercial hub and most populous city that’s notorious for traffic jams. President Bola Tinubu on Thursday inaugurated the 37-kilometer (23-mile) Red Line, which stretches from the northern suburb of Agbado down to the coastal area of Oyingbo, near the city’s central business district […]
Joseph Aloba, the father of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad, has called on the Nigeria Police to summon the wife of his deceased son, Omomunmi, to provide insights into the death of his son. In the application signed by his legal team, the witnesses requested to testify before the court include, “Ayobami Fisayo […]
Public Relation Officer of the Nigeria Police Force, Muyiwa Adejobi, has said the security situation in the country is getting better. He stated this in Ibadan during the presentation of awards to the overall winner of the boxing and archery competitions in the 14th Biennial Nigeria Police Game, BIPOGA 2024. Adejobi told newsmen in Ibadan […]
FD Group Plc, a proprietary investment company in Nigeria, has recorded an 84.7 percent decline in its after-tax profit for 2023, according to its latest unaudited financial statement. In the statement, the company’s after-tax profit was N1.08 billion, down from N7.09 billion in 2022. Earnings per share-basic totalled N5.69, down from N37.32 in 2022. Other […]
Popular Nigerian skit maker, Asibi Emmanuel Ezechukwu, better known as Nasty Blaq, has cried out over his battle with an undisclosed illness. Nasty Blaq in a post on his Instagram page on Wednesday, informed his fans about the sickness. While calling on his well wishers to pray for him, the content creator announced that he […]
President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, appealed for patience from Nigerians over the current economic hardship in the country, giving the assurance that there was light at the end of the tunnel. The President said he was fully aware and took responsibility for the difficulties Nigerians had been subjected to on account of government policies. He […]
The Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress, Ogun State, Hammed Ademola-Benco, on Wednesday, said that there is no going back on the proposed N1m minimum wage for workers. Ademola-Benco stated this while addressing journalists in Abeokuta, the state capital as the union ended the two-day protest called to demand that the Federal Government address the challenges of […]
The price of bitcoin went past $57,000 on Tuesday as the rally in cryptocurrencies remain strong. Bitcoin surpassed that level at 7.30 a.m. EDT and it was trading at $56,730 at 8.34 a.m. EDT for a daily gain of a massive 10.7%. The world’s biggest cryptocurrency saw its price climb above $54,000 on Monday for […]
The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) has recovered an additional corpse from the scene of the boat mishap at Ikorodu. Mrs Wuraola Alake, Head, Public Affairs Unit, Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), said in an update on the accident on Tuesday in Lagos, that the submerged boat had also been recovered. She also shed more […]
Aaron Bushnell, a 25-year-old active-duty Air Force member and software engineer, died after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington D.C. on Sunday. He reportedly livestreamed the act as a protest against the ongoing violence in Gaza. Friends described Bushnell as kind, gentle, and principled, actively involved in social causes like helping […]
