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President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday evening mourned with the government and people of Lagos State over the tanker fire incident. The incident that occurred Thursday when a 33,000-litre tanker loaded with fuel exploded on Otedola Bridge along Lagos/Ibadan expressway, roasting many persons to death and razing more than 67 vehicles. In a Twitter handle, Buhari also sympathised with the victims of he sad incident, and prayed God to comfort the people who lost their loved ones. “The entire country mourns with you,” he concluded. Meanwhile, Atiku Abubakar, the former vice President wrote in his Twitter ‘’My thoughts are with fellow Nigerians…

Governors of the 36 states of the federation have called on the federal government to arrest and prosecute those behind the incessant killings across the country. The governors’ reaction came against the backdrop of last weekend’s killing of over 100 persons in three local government areas of Plateau State. Rising from a meeting, under the aegis of Nigeria Governors’ Forum on Wednesday night, the governors also resolved to to hold a security meeting with service chiefs in a bid to stop the incessant killings in the land and properly activate the security apparatus in the country. They also commiserated with…

The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has pitied the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for lacking in idea, three years after it was chased out of power. “It is clear to everyone that having been kicked out of power, the PDP still has no idea what to do three years after. ”However, playing the busybody and so openly advertising their ignorance of basic electoral rules will make it even more difficult for Nigerians to grant them the forgiveness that they have begged for,” APC said in a statement by its spokesman, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, Thursday in Abuja. The ruling party, which…

The Federal government has repatriated more than $1 billion stashed away by Gen. Sani Abacha, the late Nigerian Head of State, in Switzerland, while Swiss government says “there is no more loot left in the country.” Eric Mayoraz, the Swiss Ambassador to Nigeria, made the declaration at a ceremony hosted by the embassy to examine asset recovery efforts between Nigeria and Switzerland, using the ‘Abacha loot’ as a focus. Mayoraz stated that Switzerland had earlier returned to Nigeria $752 million, which the late dictator and family stashed away in Swiss banks and recently repatriated another $321 million, which is being…

It was black Thursday in Lagos as a 33,000-litre tanker loaded with fuel exploded on Otedola Bridge along Lagos/Ibadan expressway, killing many people and razing at least 67 vehicles. As at time of writing this report, 10 bodies that were burnt beyond recognition had been recovered while 67 cars also affected by the resultant fire were counted. It was gathered that tragedy occurred at about 6.05 pm after the fuel laden tanker which was heading inwards Berger, suddenly had a break failure. In a bid for the driver to control it, he reportedly rammed the vehicle into one of the…

An ardent Nigerian social media commentator wants President Muhammadu Buhari administration to have a rethink on the future of the country’s economy in going for more loans to finance projects. Before now, Buhari administration had indicated its intention to obtain $2.8 billion loan to finance the 2018 budget. In his Twitter handle Thursday, Reno Omokri, the former aide to the then President Goodluck Jonathan wrote “Not done with borrowing ₦11 trillion in three years, which is more money than the PDP borrowed in 16 years, the Buhari administration plans to take an additional $2.8 billion loan to finance the 2018…

Nigeria is said to have spent N26 million on imports of wooden toothpicks from China and Germany in the last three years. This is despite the inclusion of toothpicks on the dollar access prohibition list by the Federal Government within the same period. Yet, the government said toothpicks could be produced locally so there was no need spending foreign exchange importing them. Data sourced from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed that Nigeria imported wooden toothpicks worth N11.46 million from China in 2016. This value excluded the amount spent on the import of rubber toothpicks, which are not too…

A consultant with Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki (FETHA) in Ebonyi State died Tuesday night during the Super Eagles and Argentina football match. Canice Ebirim, the consultant, died during the heat of the match. Emeka Ogah, FETHA Chief Medical Director who confirmed this to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Wednesday said he received the news of his death at about 9 p.m. while the match was going on. Ogah said “Ebirim’s friend said that the deceased started moving suspiciously and solicited for assistance which made him intervene and take him (Ebirim) to the hospital,” he said. “Efforts made to revive him…

Super Eagles Coach Gernot Rohr says his players lost because they lack the big match experience. Nigeria’s Super Eagles lost to Argentina 2-1 after a tension-soaked World Cup match in Russia on Tuesday night. In another Twitter handle on Wednesday, Rohr wrote “World Cup: My young men will be ready by 2022.” The team is being expected in Nigeria Thursday from Russia. Meanwhile, Argentina that qualified for Round 16 of the mundial will trade tackles with France on Sunday.

Egyptian football buff, Abdel Rahim Mohamed died of heart attack after Egypt’s 2-1 defeat to Saudi Arabia in the ongoing World Cup on Monday. Rahim was reported to have become increasingly emotional watching the game at TV studios in Cairo. When he was due to analyse Egypt’s 2-1 defeat to Saudi Arabia, he suffered heart attack and was rushed to hospital. In a report by Egypt Today, Mohamed taken to hospital by his son after the defeat was pronounced dead.