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Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has unveiled plans to introduce dedicated bus shuttle and car hire services to improve access and passenger convenience at the Gateway International Airport, located along the Iperu-Ilishan axis of the state.The governor made the disclos...

The Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGAM) has raised concern over the rising prices of cooking gas across the country, saying that the current prices are artificial.The National President of the Association, Oladapo Olatunbosun, raised the alarm on a monitored programme on Wednesday....

Former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, has said that his resignation from office was not an admission of guilt.Nnaji resigned on Tuesday following the controversy surrounding his certificate, said to have been obtained from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Enugu State, as well as his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) d...

The Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, has resigned from President Bola Tinubu’s government.The Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday.Prior to his resignation, there has been controversy trailing his certif...

The trial of the former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, on allegations of fraud suffered a major setback following a clash between parties over the forensic examination of a mobile phone and WhatsApp chats, submitted as evidence in his trial.At the resumed hearing of the case before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Div...

As part of moves aimed at restoring Nigeria’s global reputation, the Senate on Tuesday advanced a bill that would strip Nigerians convicted of crimes abroad of their international passports for a minimum of 10 years.The bill, sponsored by Senator Abubakar Bello (Niger North), seeks to amend the Passport (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, introdu...

The Super Eagles have kicked off preparations for their crucial 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying double-header, with 17 players already in camp ahead of Friday’s showdown against Lesotho’s Likuena in Polokwane, South Africa.Fifteen players arrived the team’s base earlier today, joining two others who had checked in earlier, as head coach Finidi George begins fine-tuning tactics for the must-win encounter....

In a surprise move that marks the end of an era in Nigeria’s electoral administration, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has formally resigned after a decade in office.Yakubu, who was appointed in 2015 by former President Muhammadu Buhari and reappointed in 2020, announced his resignation during INEC’s quarterly meeting with Resident Electoral Commiss...

 History was made on Tuesday as the Gateway International Airport (GWI) in Ogun State officially began commercial flight operations, signaling a bold new chapter in the state’s infrastructural and economic development drive.The inaugural ValueJet flight took off from the airport’s ultra-modern terminal in Iperu-Remo to Abuja amid cheers from passengers and aviation officials, despite an early morning d...

Nigeria’s footprint in world football administration has deepened with the appointment of three distinguished Nigerians — Ibrahim Musa Gusau, Abdulhakeem Mustapha (SAN), and Ayishat “Aisha” Falode — to prominent FIFA Standing Committees, signaling a new chapter in the nation’s growing influence on global football governance.The appointments, announced this week, position Nigeria strategi...