Metro
FG to commence $750m World Bank rural electrification project November
The Rural Electrification Agency, REA, has announced plans to launch a major rural electrification project in November, funded by a $750 million World ...
International News
Hospital fire leaves 9 dead in Taiwan as Typhoon Krathon hits south
Nine individuals lost their lives on Thursday, October 3, due to a fire that swept through a hospital in southern Taiwan, the nation’s ...
Metro
Ekiti court sentences 71-year-old man to life imprisonment for defiling minor
A 71-year-old man identified as Sule Adeola, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by an Ekiti State High Court, for raping a 10-year-old ...
International News
Russia/Ukraine war: Bomb from Moscow hits building in Kharkiv, leaves 10 injured
A Russian guided bomb hit a five-story apartment building in Kharkiv, the second-largest city in Ukraine, on Wednesday, October 2 at night, igniting ...
Metro
Police arraign estate agent for defrauding client of N13m in Lagos
The Nigeria Police on Wednesday, October 2, arraigned a 64-year-old estate agent, Sunday Asibe, before the Ebute-Metta Chief Magistrate Court, in Lagos State, ...
International News
OpenAI joins league of world’s most valuable private firms following $6.6bn investment from Microsoft, Nvidia
OpenAI, the organization behind ChatGPT, has secured $6.6 billion from investors, potentially valuing the company at $157 billion and solidifying its status as ...
International News
Israel/Palestine war: 6 dead, 7 injured in Jerusalem’s attack on Lebanon
Lebanon’s Health Ministry on Thursday, October 3 announced that at least six individuals were killed and seven others injured in an Israeli airstrike ...
Metro
Tinubu okays e-vehicles to lower transport costs in North-East
President Bola Tinubu has given the green light for the adoption of electric vehicles (e-vehicles) in the North-East region as part of efforts ...
Economy
FG halts VAT on diesel, cooking gas
The Federal Government has introduced new tax incentives aimed at boosting investment in deep offshore oil and gas production. In addition, it announced ...
Metro
Oyo State to employ 791 workers, upgrades 1,500 employees in five years
The government of Oyo has concluded plans to recruit 791 officers into the state’s civil service. The Chairman of the Oyo State Civil ...