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The Lagos 4th Mainland Bridge was conceived in 2008 by the Babatunde Raji Fashola administration, according to the ideal, it was perceived to reduce congestion on the already congested Lagos roads, reduces long driving hours at lots more. The 4th ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday insisted that the Presidency should make public all issues associated with the so-called private visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to London. The party, which queried the Presidency for always shrouding issues around the ...

Ex-aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has reacted to reports of a Yoruba Oba, the Oluwo of Iwoland converting to an ‘Emir’. Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, the Oluwo of Iwo, recently declared himself the first and only ‘Emir of Yorubaland’, adding that the ...

At the least five persons have now been killed and 13 others wounded including a University Professor when multiple bombers attack Maiduguri yesterday evening, residents and Civilian JTF said. The suspected Boko haram suicide bombers stormed Muna Zauyar in Jere ...

On the heels of the face off between the House of Representatives and the ministers of mines and steel development, 301 members jointly sponsored each of two bills aimed at stopping the concession of Ajaokuta Steel Company of Nigeria. The ...

A Nigerian Air force training air plane has reportedly crashed in Kaduna. It was gathered that the plane crashed in Kauran Dawa in Saminaka Local Area of Kaduna state. The airplane known as Diamond 40, is a one person seater ...

A combine team of military personnel have rescued the abducted Yobe schoolgirls at Jilli-Muwarti, a border village between Gaidam in Yobe state and Borno State. Daily Trust learnt from a security source that the students are on their way to ...

 A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed February 21, for the prosecution and defence counsel to adopt their final addresses in a suit filed by the Federal Government against Charles Okah and Obi Nwabueze, the alleged masterminds of ...

On February 7, Public Relations Deputy Director of the Nigerian Army Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu announced in an official statement that the Nigerian Army had expanded its military operations against the ISIS-affiliated militant group, Boko Haram, and fully secured the outskirts ...

Jide, first son of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, reportedly slumped and died yesterday evening. Reports reaching TheNewsGuru.com from a reliable source close to the former Lagos Governor revealed that Jide suddenly ...