TRANSPORT minister Rotimi Amaechi has given the contractor working on the Lagos-Ibadan railway line two weeks to complete the Iju to Agbado section of the project as the government wants commercial operations to begin on it this month.
YORUBA militant group the Oodua People's Congress (OPC) has declared that it will be backing the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate Babajide Sanwoolu for the governorship of Lagos State when elections hold in March.
TRADITIONAL clergymen the Association of White Witches in Nigeria (AWWN) have warned former vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar that he has to visit their shrines as well as churches and mosques if he wants to win next month's presidential elections.
SUPER Eagles skipper Mikel Obi could be on his way back to Europe later this month after he agreed to terminate his contract with Chinese League side Tianjin Teda where he has plied his trade for the last two years.
ORGANISED labour is considering calling a strike soon following the federal government's refusal to implement an agreement to increase the national minimum wage to the N30,000 ($62) from the current N18,000 agreed between the unions and ministers.
EDO State House of Assembly candidate Charity Idahosa has decried the constant sexual harassment she is facing in her quest to get elected as men constantly ask her to sleep with them if they want her support.
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's campaign team has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenger Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of hiring an American lobbyist for $90,000 a month to release fake news on his behalf ahead of next month's elections.
SENATOR Dino Melaye has lost a high court battle to get the police to end their siege of his Abuja mansion that has resulted in the security forces blockading it for the last week as they seek his arrest.
ENGLISH Premier League giants Arsenal and Leicester look set to table a bid for Nigerian winger Samuel Chukwueze following his scintillating form with Spanish side Villarreal this season that has made him the centre of attention across Europe.
NIGERIA is on course to achieve its 2019 target of producing 2.3m barrels of crude oil a day after it emerged that output has risen by 9% to a high of 2.09m barrels following a drop in pipeline vandalism and repairs to the country's decaying infrastructure.
TRANSPORT minister Rotimi Amaechi has given the contractor working on the Lagos-Ibadan railway line two weeks to complete the Iju to Agbado section of the project as the government wants commercial operations to begin on it this month.
YORUBA militant group the Oodua People's Congress (OPC) has declared that it will be backing the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate Babajide Sanwoolu for the governorship of Lagos State when elections hold in March.
TRADITIONAL clergymen the Association of White Witches in Nigeria (AWWN) have warned former vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar that he has to visit their shrines as well as churches and mosques if he wants to win next month's presidential elections.
SUPER Eagles skipper Mikel Obi could be on his way back to Europe later this month after he agreed to terminate his contract with Chinese League side Tianjin Teda where he has plied his trade for the last two years.
ORGANISED labour is considering calling a strike soon following the federal government's refusal to implement an agreement to increase the national minimum wage to the N30,000 ($62) from the current N18,000 agreed between the unions and ministers.
EDO State House of Assembly candidate Charity Idahosa has decried the constant sexual harassment she is facing in her quest to get elected as men constantly ask her to sleep with them if they want her support.
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's campaign team has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenger Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of hiring an American lobbyist for $90,000 a month to release fake news on his behalf ahead of next month's elections.
SENATOR Dino Melaye has lost a high court battle to get the police to end their siege of his Abuja mansion that has resulted in the security forces blockading it for the last week as they seek his arrest.
ENGLISH Premier League giants Arsenal and Leicester look set to table a bid for Nigerian winger Samuel Chukwueze following his scintillating form with Spanish side Villarreal this season that has made him the centre of attention across Europe.
NIGERIA is on course to achieve its 2019 target of producing 2.3m barrels of crude oil a day after it emerged that output has risen by 9% to a high of 2.09m barrels following a drop in pipeline vandalism and repairs to the country's decaying infrastructure.
