Six die, 11 injured in Kaduna–Zaria Expressway auto-crash

Six die, 11 injured in Kaduna–Zaria Expressway auto-crash

Six persons have died while 11 sustained injuries in a multiple road crash on the Kaduna-Zaria expressway. The Federal Road Safety Corps, Kaduna Sector Commander, Kabir Nadabo, said the accident occurred at Aliko filling station on the Kaduna-Zaria expressway on Tuesday at about 06:25hrs. Nadabo attributed the multiple accidents to speeding and dangerous driving, which resulted in the temporary halting of the movement of motorists. He, however, said that the […]

January 2, 2024 55

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Japan plane catches fire at Tokyo airport

A Japan Airlines plane was in flames on the runway of Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday after apparently colliding with a coast guard aircraft, television reports said. The images on broadcaster NHK showed the plane moving along the runway before an explosion of orange flames burst from beneath and behind it. All 367 passengers on board the Airbus plane were evacuated, broadcaster NHK reported. The cause of the incident was […]

January 2, 2024 16

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Make Nigeria work, Sam Adeyemi urges older generations

The Senior Pastor of Daystar Christian Center, Sam Adeyemi, has advanced reasons why the older generations of Nigerians must put their act together and make Nigeria work. He said it was important for the older generations, including the political and religious leaders to retrace their steps and get the country working because the younger generation would soon begin asking questions. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday, the cleric […]

January 2, 2024 72

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Youths demand peace, jobs ahead of Congo presidential poll

Gedeon, 22, driving his auto-rickshaw through the bustling streets of DR Congo’s capital Kinshasa, said he never imagined he would end up doing the job he does. Like many young people in the deeply impoverished central African nation, he said he had high hopes that the government can deliver a better future. “I want to go back to school,” said Gedeon, who has worked as a rickshaw driver for five […]

December 14, 2023 82

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Katsina offers secondary schools N4.4bn grants

The Katsina State Government has partnered with the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment to disburse N4.4 bn grants to 100 secondary schools in the state. The event was held on Wednesday in GSSS Doro, Bindawa Local Government Area of the state. The fund, which will be allocated towards the renovation of an additional 100 junior and senior secondary schools across the state as part of the ‘Large Grant […]

December 14, 2023 85

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Akeredolu: Impeachment process against me unnecessary, avoidable – Aiyedatiwa

The Acting Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa said the impeachment process against him which slowed down the process of government in the last two months was unnecessary and avoidable. Aiyedatiwa stated this on Thursday morning in a televised address to the people of Ondo which was monitored by Premium Politics. The acting governor who said the government has recouped the gaps in the last two months, and thanked Ondo […]

December 14, 2023 57

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Nigeria not generating enough revenue to support devt – IMF

Nigeria is not earning enough revenue to support its developmental needs, the International Monetary Fund has disclosed. According to the IMF, the country’s nine per cent revenue to Gross Domestic Product ratio is very low and not enough to support the country’s social safety nets, development spending, and protect its vulnerable households. The Director of the IMF’s Communications Department, Julie Kozak, revealed this during a press briefing on Thirsday. Responding […]

December 11, 2023 70

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Budget: FG to spend N837bn on 2,254 roads, bridges

The Federal Government is planning to rehabilitate and construct 1,925 roads and highways across the country in the 2024 budget proposal' The government also allocated N548.56b for roads construction in 2024, with the East-West and Benin-Akure roads getting N2bn and N3.75bn respectively. This is however separate from the N288.44bn allocated for the modernisation of 329 roads and bridges in the 2023 supplementary budget. If road projects in the supplementary budget […]

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Cutting relationship with Wike, Fubara’s best decision – Rivers APC chieftain

Chief Eze Chukwuemeka is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and ally of the former Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi. In this interview with DENNIS NAKU, the former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct new Peoples Democratic Party speaks on the dissolution of the APC Rivers executive by the party’s National Working Committee and the political crisis in Rivers State What is your opinion about the dissolution of the APC executive […]

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