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Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, has sympathized with President Muhammadu Buhari over rising cases of floods across the country. Kishida’s message was contained in a letter to President Buhari, in a statement signed by the President’s spokesman, Femi Adesina. The message expressed heartfelt condolences to those who lost their lives and their bereaved families. Recall that severe floods have claimed many lives and affected millions in the country especially in […]

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, has arrested three suspected trans-border human traffickers in Osun State. NAPTIP Zonal Commander, Effeh Ekrika, disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday in Osogbo, the state capital. Ekrika said the suspects were members of a syndicate that specialized in recruiting young girls for prostitution. The Commander, however, advised Nigerians wanting to travel outside the country to do so legally, so […]

Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has urged the Federal Government to build new dams and dredge major rivers in Nigeria to check flooding. Okowa, who made the call after visiting flood victims at three Internally Displaced Persons, IDP camps, commiserated with families that lost relatives and property to the flood. He implored the Federal Government to de-silt Rivers Niger and Benue to deepen their depths to be able to retain […]

Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said that the construction of the 2nd Niger Bridge is now completed and will soon be released to the public for use. Fashola made the disclosure at an ongoing press briefing to present President Muhammadu Buhari’s scorecard in Abuja. According to him, the only factor delaying the commissioning of the road is the construction of the link road which the recent surge […]