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Train derails in Agege, Lagos, many feared trapped. A rickety passenger train veered off the tracks in the Agege, Mangoro area of Lagos in the early hours of Thursday, January 10, 2019, with casualty figures yet to be ascertained at the time of filing this story. Social media users say traffic along the Ikeja-Along—Iyana Ipaja
Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote has retained his place as the richest man in Africa. He remained number one on the newly released Forbes’ list of African billionaires. He, however, lost almost $2bn compared to his last year’s worth. The list was released on Wednesday. Dangote’s estimated $10.3 billion net worth is nearly $2 billion less
The executive governor of Ebonyi state government , Dave Umeahi has proven to be a perfomer. He has succeeded in turning Ebonyi state into a beautiful city indeed. Quite unfortunate, some residents of Abia state could only but become jealous at what Ebonyi looks like as they can’t say such of their state, Abia. See
Singers Adekunlegold and Simi are set to become legally married, 3 weeks after they did their secret wedding introduction in Magodo, Lagos. . The lovebirds are set to tie the nuptial knot later today and only 300 people will be privileged to witness the epoch event. See some reactions from Nigerians… https://twitter.com/OsasCruz/status/1082898160631103488?s=19 https://twitter.com/Rouvafe/status/1082895723304243200?s=19 Wait…Simi and
The CAF awards for 2018 which was held in Senegal as several individuals, teams and nations were rewarded for a job well done. See list of winners below… Congratulations coach @descaptain ! Voted Women’s Coach of the year! @Banyana_Banyana @SasolSA @CAF_Online #CAFAwards18 pic.twitter.com/b2wj69RwZv — SAFA.net (@SAFA_net) January 8, 2019 The CAF Women’s Team of
The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has announced that Egypt will host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. Egypt beat South Africa, the only other nation to submit, in a vote held at a Caf Executive Committee meeting. Original host nation Cameroon was stripped of staging the tournament in November because of slow preparations.
The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) reached possible agreement on Monday toward resolving the ongoing lecturers’ strike. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, said this after a reconciliatory meeting with ASUU in Abuja. Ngige said the meeting was fruitful as an agreement had been reached between the Federal
After more than eight days of hide-and-seek game between him and the police, who had surrounded his palatial Maitama residence, Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye, finally showed up, and presented himself to the police in Abuja. Dino, who had earlier vowed never to report to the police, willingly came out of his hiding, received the
The developers at WhatsApp company have undoubtedly had a busy year as the company has launched a number of new features for the platform. These features have ranged from small useful additions to the apps to larger new feature add-ons to improve the experience for users. The company also introduced some features to combat the
Shehu Shagari, the first executive president of Nigeria, is dead. A family source disclosed this to TheNigerialawyer, saying he died at the National Hospital, Abuja, on Friday. He was president in the second republic, from 1979 to 1983, before he was overthrown in a coup by Muhammadu Buhari. Gov.Aminu W. Tambuwal and His grandson confirmed