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The Nigerian Government has issued Reynolds Construction Company, RCC, a seven-day ultimatum to return to the site after failing to complete one kilometre of the 15km East-West Road section from Eleme Junction to Onne Port Junction in Rivers State. The company, it is learnt, that had received more than N40 billion mobilization funds abandoned the project on a flimsy excuse. Minister of Works, David Umahi issued the ultimatum on Wednesday during an inspection tour of ongoing road projects in the South-South zone. Also read Senator Indicts Works Ministry and NDDC on East-West Road Delay East-West Road completion to gulp N200b-…

Nigeria’s Super Eagles dropped eight places in the latest monthly ranking released by the Federation of International Football Federation (FIFA) on Thursday. The three-time African champions dropped from 30th to 38th position. Recall that the Super Eagles dropped two places in the previous FIFA ranking. The slip in the ranking follows the team’s disappointing results in the recent 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Also read After poor outings, Super Eagles Coach Finidi George Resigns FIFA ranking: Nigeria’s Super Eagles  zoom to 28th position FIFA World ranking: Super Eagles maintain 40th position The West Africans held the Bafana Bafana of South…

Muhammadu Sanusi II, the 16th Emir of Kano is, undoubtedly, in a fix following the nullification of his reinstatement by Federal High Court, Kano. The court, which delivered a verdict on Thursday, June 20, also nullified all the actions taken after the controversial reinstatement. The presiding judge, Justice Abdullahi Muhammad Liman said, “I hereby order that every step taking by the Government is hereby nullified and becomes null and invalid and that this does not affect the validity of the repealed Emirates Law but actions taken by the Governor, which includes the assenting to the Law and the reappointment (of…

Cross River State Government has commenced the reconstruction of Adiabo-Ikoneto Road in Odukpani Local Government Area of the state, which has been abandoned for 30 years. Speaking at the flag-off ceremony of the road at Adiabo community, Governor Bassey Otu expressed delight at the commencement of work on the road, saying “this road has been a vision and dream. ‘‘It gave me a lot of pain when work on this project stopped a few decades ago and looked like its completion would never happen. But I never knew that God was going to use me to get this project to…

Petty traders in Uyo metropolis Tuesday sobbed following the demolition of their shops by the Akwa Ibom State Government. Authorities of the Uyo Capital City Development Authority, UCCDA, led by the Chairman, Mr. Anietie Eka, accompanied by officials of the Ministry of Internal Security and Waterways, under the commissioner, Maj. Gen. Koko Essien (rtd) demolished illegal structures including shop extensions along Ibom Plaza, Aka Road and Nung Oku axis. It was learnt that government’s notice to the traders to vacate the area elapsed on June 18, 2024. The stranded petty traders, whose makeshift shops were destroyed, some with goods inside,…

Despite the grinding political crisis bedeviling the state for days now, Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has brushed it aside by swearing in the new Caretaker Chairmen of the 23 local government areas of the state. The swearing in was conducted by Governor Fubara at the Executive Council Chambers of Government House, Port Harcourt on Wednesday, following their screening and confirmation by the three-member State Assembly led by its Speaker, Victor Jumbo. In a letter by the Clerk of the House, G.M. Gillis-West, Fubara said the screening and confirmation of the committee members, was to avoid a vacuum in the…

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC, has added 17 new deep offshore oil blocks to the 2024 oil bid round, bringing the total blocks on offer to 36.  The blocks which are located across onshore Niger Delta, Continental shelf, and deep offshore are expected to increase the country’s reserves and boost its oil production. NUPRC had in April unveiled 12 new acreages for the 2024 bid round with another seven deep offshore blocks from last year’s bid round. The Commission in a document released on Tuesday signed by its Chief Executive, Engr Gbenga Komolafe entitled: Nigeria oil block licencing…

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thunderstorms and cloudiness from Tuesday to Thursday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Monday in Abuja forecasts morning thunderstorms on Tuesday over parts of Borno, Adamawa, Taraba, Yobe, and Gombe states. It envisaged thunderstorms over parts of Sokoto, Zamfara, Kebbi, Kano, Bauchi, Katsina, and Taraba states later in the day. “Partly cloudy conditions are expected over the central regions during the morning hours, with prospects of afternoon/evening thunderstorms over parts of the Federal Capital Territory, Plateau, Kogi, Benue, Nasarawa, and Kwara states. Also read Thunderstorms: As rains start, NiMet warns pilots…

The fate of the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Ibrahim Lamuwa, is hanging in the balance over allegations of sexual harassment as three more women have also testified against him.  The Permanent Secretary had been in the eye of the storm for days over allegations of sexual harassment levelled against him by one Simisola Fajemirokun-Ajayi who is an aide to the Minister of External Affairs. The lady wrote a petition to the minister which forced the latter to equally write to the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Folasade Yemi-Esan, to probe the allegation. Also…

In one year, the average price of imported food commodities to Nigeria rose to its highest level, reaching 34 per cent between April 2023 and April 2024. This represents an increase of 200 basis points from 32 per cent recorded in March 2024, according to an analysis of the Consumer Price Index report released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday. The Federal Government had ruled out the importation of food as part of strategies to address the high costs of foodstuffs and the economic hardship troubling the country. However, internal and external factors including global supply chain shocks…