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The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has turned his Constituency to Road construction sites following his return to the Senate after months of incarceration at Correctional Centre. Sen. Kalu who is representing Abia North Senatorial District at the National Assembly was applauded by the people of …

FLASH: LEKKI REGIONAL ROAD PROJECT: LASG COMMENCES REMOVAL OF STRUCTURES ON RIGHT OF WAY #ForAGreaterLagos The Lagos State Government has commenced the removal of structures encumbering the Right of Way (ROW) on the Lekki Regional Road. The development was disclosed by the Honourable Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, …

A brush fire continues to rage after scorching thousands of acres in the Angeles National Forest between Santa Clarita and Palmdale, north of Los Angeles. The blaze, dubbed the Lake Fire, has prompted evacuation orders and road closures in the Lake Hughes area, CBS Los Angeles reports. The fire was …

  Residents of a community in a suburb of Abuja were left angry and picking up the pieces on Saturday after the Federal Capital Development Authority demolished their houses. Officials of the FCDA stormed Apo NEPA in the early hours of the day and the bulldozers they commandeered quickly went …

GOV. UZODIMMA COMMISSIONS NEWLY CONSTRUCTED ROADS IN OWERRI MUNICIPALITY In furtherance to State Government’s commitment to her Urban Renewal Policy, today, His Excellency Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma officially commissioned the newly reconstructed roads in Owerri Municipality. The roads included:- 1.) Douglas road. 2.) Oparanozie/Edede/Amaigbo street roads. 3.) Thomas More, JP …

Then let them laugh and rejoice in our man’s ill-luck. Alive perhaps they felt no need of him, but now that he is dead, they will grieve their lack in the demands of war. For foolish men do not appreciate the noble prize they have, until it is discarded from …

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, ordered substituted service of a suit seeking the disqualification of the All Progressives Congress’ governorship candidate in the forthcoming election in Edo State, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, and his running mate, Audu Ganiyu. Justice Taiwo Taiwo, granting the plaintiffs’ application for substituted service, ordered …

Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC’s (the Bank) attention has been drawn to a publication by various online media, which purports to indicate that Ascon Oil Limited (“Ascon”) ‘retook possession’ of a property along Lekki Admiralty Way, pursuant to an alleged Court Order issued in their favour.  This is certainly a gross …

President Vladimir Putin of Russia says his country has approved a COVID-19 vaccine that works quite effectively, adding that his daughter has been vaccinated. According to Reuters, Russia has become the first country in the world to grant regulatory approval for a COVID-19 vaccine, after only two months of human …

The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas, NUPENG, Workers has suspended its strike in Lagos State. This was contained in a “joint communique issued by the Lagos State Government and NUPENG” on Monday. The communique was jointly signed by the Lagos Commissioner of Energy and Mineral Resources, Olalere Odusote, …