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The Minister of Transportation, Said Alkali, says transport sector concessioning in Nigeria is inevitable. Mr Alkali said this on Tuesday at a symposium organised by the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) National Coordinating Committee (NCC) in Abuja. The theme of the event was “Nigeria Transport Sectors Concessioning: Focus on Viabilities and Imminent Labour Issues”. Represented by Ahidenor Cynthia, Director of Road Transport and Mass Transit Administration at the ministry, the minister said concessioning in transport sector was paramount, maintaining that its success was not automatic. “It will be measured not only by improved infrastructure or financial returns, but by its…
Supreme Court of Nigeria Yesterday, 15 December, the Supreme Court of Nigeria struck out the suit filed by 11 governors of states controlled by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), challenging the emergency rule imposed on Rivers State by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on 18 March. The suit: AG Adamawa & 10 Ors vs. AG Federation and the National Assembly, was dated 20 March, and filed on 8 April. In March, President Tinubu, relying on Section 305, which affirms the powers of the President to declare a state of emergency, went a step further to suspend all democratic structures in Rivers…
Tanzanian singer and songwriter Juma Mkambala, popularly known as Juma Jux, has revealed the influence of Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo and his wife, Priscilla Ojo, on his music career since they got married. The ‘Thank You’ singer revealed this on Tuesday during an interview with Yanga FM, as he geared up for his first Lagos concert on Thursday. Speaking on the influence of his marriage to Priscilla on his music career, Juma, who won the East African Artist of the Year award at the 17th Headies Awards, said his wife, Priscilla and her mother, Iyabo Ojo, have increased his popularity,…
Victor Osimhen, Super Eagles and Galatasaray striker; Calvin Bassey, Fulham left-back and Ademola Lookman, Atalanta forward have been nominated for the highly coveted ‘King of the Pitch’ category of the Nigeria Pitch Awards. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that organisers of the annual soccer awards announced nominees for the 12th edition at a stakeholders’ luncheon on Tuesday in Abuja. Osimhen tops the nomination list with nods in three categories, including the Sam Okwaraji Awards, and the Rashidi Yekini Award For the Best Striker alongside Ademola Lookman and Anas Yusuf of Nasarawa United. Bassey also got nominated for the…
President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio and the US Ambassador to Nigeria, Richard M. Mills Jnr held talks on Wednesday to strengthen the relations between the two countries. The talks were held when the US Envoy paid a courtesy visit to the President of the Senate at the National Assembly in Abuja, where they expressed their desire for a more robust diplomatic relations between Nigeria and America. A statement by the Special Assistant on Media/Communication to the President of the Senate, Anietie Ekong quoted Senator Akpabio to have said that Nigeria and America had a shared goal of operating…
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has addressed speculations regarding his potential defection to the All Progressives Congress, APC, amid recent moves by some opposition governors to join the ruling party. Makinde spoke on Wednesday in Abuja during the public launch of ‘Headlines and Soundbites: Media Moments that Defined an Administration’, a book authored by former Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed. “I am not APC, and I am not about to become APC,” the governor declared. He stressed that Nigeria’s progress depends on sincere collaboration among leaders across political divides to advance the country. Governor Seyi Makinde stated that…
A Magistrate Court sitting in Owerri has convicted three persons, Ikechukwu Nwosu, Ogechi Osuji and Edwin Iheanato for indiscriminate disposal of waste at the Hardel Orji District Owerri. The court found the defendants guilty of violating existing waste management and sanitation regulations within the district. During the proceedings, all three defendants pleaded guilty to the charges brought against them, following due legal processes as stipulated under the Eastern Waste Management Corporation Law No. 2 of 2025 and other relevant sanitation laws governing waste disposal in the state. Consequently, the defendants were convicted and sentenced by the court to three months’…
The Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, has fired back at Nigeria, claiming that they are attempting to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup through the back door. The Leopards beat Nigeria 4-3 on penalties in the final of the African playoffs in Rabat last month. The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has filed a petition seeking to disqualify them from the World Cup for fielding several ineligible players. DRC have now responded to the petition with very strong words. “If you can’t win on the pitch, don’t try to win from the back door,” they wrote on their official X…
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, on Wednesday said the Federal Government’s Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project has begun attracting strong interest from international investors, with at least four companies offering to refund the entire cost of Section One in exchange for operating and tolling the road. Umahi disclosed this while speaking at a press briefing at the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja, insisting that the flagship highway was conceived as an investment-driven legacy project rather than a conventional public works programme. “When a nation is in crisis, you have to do everything possible to bring external funds into the system. That…
The Ogun State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps has begun a crackdown on drivers across the state who engage in speeding and endanger their lives and those of other road users, particularly during the festive season. The spokesperson for the sector command, Afolabi Odunsi-Oyewole, disclosed this in a statement sent to journalists on Wednesday. Odunsi-Oyewole disclosed that the special operation, led by the State Sector Commander, Akinwunmi Fasakin, is aimed at achieving the corps’ corporate goal of a 10 per cent reduction in road crashes in the state, most of which have been attributed to speeding. He…
