The Federal Government has approved charges on the new Lagos-Ibadan rail standard gauge which would begin operations by January 2021. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, made the disclosure during the inauguration of the Governing Council of the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria in Abuja on Friday. He said the train ticket would…
Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, yesterday hosted dignitaries who came to pay their last respects to Mrs. Omotola Oyediran, the daughter of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo. Among the personalities that thronged the burial service of the chairman of African Newspapers of Nigeria (ANN) Plc, Mrs. Oyediran, included Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo,…
A middle-aged man known as John Amoo has died mysteriously after stabbing his co-tenant to death in Osun State. It was learned that Amoo stabbed one Oyeyemi Adeleke to death at Awosuru Area, Osogbo on Wednesday evening. The Nation gathered that after he stabbed his co-tenant, he destroyed the car of the landlady before he…
Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has said the unity of Nigeria is questionable. Jonathan stated this while speaking during an exclusive command performance by the Port-Harcourt Male Ensemble International tagged ‘Peace for All Nations’ at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja. He stated that Nigerian youths sometimes engaged in all kinds of confrontation, recalling…
Popular Rivers State-born Nigerian singer, Duncan Wene Okechukwu, simply known as Duncan Mighty, has revealed that he is not the father of his 4-year-old daughter, Mitchell. Mighty, who has been in a running battle with his wife and her family, also said that the little girl’s life is currently in danger. In a post he…
A pair of twin toddlers have tragically died in a really horrific manner in South Africa. The twins both died after one fell into a family swimming pool, and the other tried to save him, it has been reported. Two-year-olds Sebastian and Ethan were found dead in the water in South Africa last weekend. Cops…
A 43-year-old post-graduate student has emerged president of NANS after the just-concluded convention marred with violence. Asefon Sunday, a 43-year-old PGD student of Ekiti State University, EKSU, is the new President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Nigerians do not seem very happy about this and they’ve questioned why young people can’t…
A community member of Zarbamari, Borno state Mallam Kabiru Zanna, has alleged that 110 rice farmers beheaded by Boko Haram are informants and logistics suppliers to the insurgents. The recent attack which was believed by many to be on rice farmers elicited commentaries and condemnations from all spheres of life. Prof. Babagana Umar Zulum, Governor…
A Lagos federal high court has granted permission to former governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose to seek medical treatment abroad. C.J. Aneke, the judge, granted the permission on Friday following an application by Ola Olanipekun, Fayose’s counsel. The former governor is being tried by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for an alleged…
The senator representing Katsina North in the Senate, Ahmad Babba Kaita, has condemned recent attacks in various parts of the country. Speaking on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday, Kaita said the actions of President Muhammadu Buhari had failed to produce any result so far. Ahmad Babba Kaita He added that if urgent steps…