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The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), on Monday, said that the early morning Ibadan to Lagos trip was interrupted four times due to vandalised sections of the rail tracks. Speaking with press, the Regional District Manager for the NRC South-West operations, Engineer Augustine Arisa,…

An early morning fire has engulfed the Kogi State House of Assembly complex located at Crusher Area, Lokoja. The fire ripped through the roof of the Chamber, causing extensive damage to the floor of the house. The Speaker of the house, Mathew Kolawole, and…

The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Ignatius Kaigama has decried the woes Nigerians are experiencing under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Kaigama lamented that snakes, monkeys, and termites are looting the treasury, while students can’t graduate under Buhari’s regime. He spoke on Sunday at St Joseph…

The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned healthcare providers and the public against the use of four substandard and contaminated  cough syrups which have caused the death of 66 children in Gambia. They include Promethazine Oral Solution, Kofexmalin…

The management of Ativo Limited (the owners of Quickraiz, a donationbased crowdfunding platform), said the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi is not one of its shareholders. This even as Obi has defended the crowdfunding of his presidential campaign, describing…

Lagos State Government has refuted insinuations in some quarters that the recent increment in workers’ salaries by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu is nothing but a mere political gimmick to win the forthcoming general elections. The state’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, who…

Governor Charles Soludo yesterday ordered search after about 30 persons were said to be missing in a boat mishap that occurred at Umunnankwo community in the riverine Ogbaru local government area of Anambra State at the weekend. The incident according to the chairman…