Foremost engineering construction company, Julius Berger Nigeria PLC has clinched the Quality Assured Construction Company of the Year Award. At last weekend’s 11th edition of the Nigeria Transport Lecture and Awards event in Lagos, the Editor-in-Chief of Transport Day Newspaper, organisers of the event, Frank Kintum described Julius Berger as
A state high court in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has sentenced Oluwatimileyin Ajayi, to death by hanging for killing Salome Adaidu, a National Youth Service Corps member. Justice Simon Aboki pronounced the judgment after founding Ajayi guilty of killing and dismembering Adaidu. He had been charged with one count charge of
In a tragic event yesterday, suspected kidnappers took the lives of a father, his son, and two other people in Kwara state. Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, the spokesperson for the Kwara State Police Command, shared that this heartbreaking incident happened in the early hours in the Patigi Local Government Area of the
The Nigerian Army has confirmed that 17 soldiers were killed during a deadly terrorist ambush on a military base in Bangi, located in the Mariga Local Government Area of Niger State. The confirmation comes a day after reports broke out online about the surprise attack, which reportedly claimed the lives
The shutdown of the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) has entered its second month, raising fresh concerns over Nigeria’s troubled refinery rehabilitation programme. Despite assurances that maintenance would last only 30 days, operations at the facility remain suspended as at June 24, with no official communication from the Nigerian National
Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Mr. Peter Obi, has alleged that a property belonging to his younger brother was demolished in Ikeja, Lagos without legal backing. Obi, who disclosed the incident via a post on his verified X handle on Tuesday, claimed that the property, owned
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has withheld his assent to the Amendment Bill of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. Tinubu anchored withdrawal of assent on the proposal in the legislation that the NDLEA should retain a certain portion of proceeds from drug-related crimes. The President said the proposal contradicted current
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has received 110 letters of intent from various associations seeking registration as political parties nationwide. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this on Wednesday during a consultative session with media executives in Abuja. He said: “As of Monday, June 23, 2025, the Commission had
Scores of bandits and some military personnel have been killed following a fierce gun battle in Niger and Kaduna States. Nigerian Army Headquarters made the disclosure in a statement posted on its official X handle on Wednesday. The statement added that the operations were carried out in Kwanar Dutse Mairiga
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Gov Alia Condemns Killing Of Kano Indigenes In Benue
Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue has strongly condemned the killing of two indigenes of Kano State in the Agan settlement of the state by hoodlums. Describing the murder as barbaric and unacceptable, Alia said that the perpetrators must be fished out and brought to justice. Chief press secretary to the