Reading Time: 2 minutesKeyamo Approves Airport Monorail Design The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has approved the design of a proposed monorail project linking Ikeja Railway Station to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. The planned connection is expected to provide passengers...

Reading Time: 2 minutesAPC Denies Atiku Assassination Plot The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council has denied allegations that the Nigerian government is plotting to assassinate former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ahead of the 2027 general elections. In...

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe National Leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Reuben Fasoranti, has died at the age of 100. Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, announced his death in a statement personally issued on Tuesday, expressing sadness over the loss of the elder statesman....

Reading Time: 3 minutesEbola Contacts Face Three-Week Isolation Nigeria’s Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, says 44 people identified as contacts of the country’s confirmed Ebola patient will remain isolated for at least three weeks as authorities intensify efforts to contain...

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has rejected calls for support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election bid, faulting remarks attributed to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, urging PDP candidates to support the incumbent president. In a statement issued on...

Reading Time: 2 minutesNigeria’s Renewable Energy Debate The Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency, Abba Aliyu, has warned that a proposed law to establish a National Authority for Renewable Energy could create regulatory uncertainty, discourage private investment and fragment Nigeria’s electricity market. Aliyu raised the...

Reading Time: 2 minutesNigeria Presents UN Budget   President Bola Tinubu has received the United Nations’ proposed 2027 budget from Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the organisation, Jimoh Ibrahim, in a presentation described by the envoy as a historic moment for the country. Ibrahim, who chairs the...

Reading Time: 2 minutesBoyfriend Arrested Over Kidnap Plot   Police in Delta State have arrested a 23-year-old man, Terry Ogbonna, over an alleged plot with his friends to kidnap his 16-year-old girlfriend and demand 50 million naira in ransom from her mother. The police spokesperson, Superintendent...

Reading Time: 2 minutesDele Giwa’s Legacy Endures   Journalists, media executives and prominent public figures have gathered in Lagos to honour the late Dele Giwa, founding editor-in-chief of Newswatch magazine, four decades after his assassination. The event, held on Monday at the Sir Kessington Adebutu Auditorium...

Reading Time: 2 minutesOsun Police Hunt Suspects The Osun State Police Command has declared a factional chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Nurudeen Alowonle, wanted over the killing of Accord Party chieftain Olalekan Oyeyemi, popularly known as Emir. The police say six suspects...