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The Sh9.6 billion Nairobi Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project got a major boost on Wednesday after the European Union (EU) committed a Sh5 billion grant towards its implementation. The project, which was launched in 2015 by President Uhuru Kenyatta, has been on hold for lack of funds to buy high-capacity buses and support infrastructure. EU Ambassador to Kenya Stefano Dejak said the money will be used to develop and install BRT supporting infrastructure in three…

1. The United States has expressed readiness to give visa to former vice president Atiku Abubakar. This disclosure was made Wednesday night by Otunba Gbenga Daniel, DG, Atiku Presidential Campaign Organization (APCO). According to him, the US has asked Atiku to come forward for his visa. 2. The remains of the missing Senior Army officer, Major General Idris Alkali (rtd) has been found by a team of the Nigerian Army on Search and Rescue Operation….

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has stated that himself and President Buhari did not come into office to deceive Nigerians and then steal their common wealth. The Vice President said this when he appeared on a programme on Human Rights radio in Abuja. According to the Vice President, himself and Buhari are in office to better the lives of every Nigerian. “The focus of our government is on how things can be better for the common man….

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has debunked the report making the rounds online of an impending review of pump prices of petroleum products, especially, Premium Motor Spirit, PMS. A statement made on Tuesday in Abuja by the NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, affirmed that contrary to the misinformation in the social media, the federal government has no plan to review prices of petroleum products either downwards or upwards. The statement…

The organised labour union on Tuesday invaded the presidential villa, Abuja in protest of an immediate implementation of what it agreed with the government as the new minimum wage. The protest led by TUC president, Bobboi Kagama, was tagged ‘National day of mourning.’ Kaigama speaking insisted that the labour union will not leave the Villa until the governors and executive committee on New minimum wage led by the vice, president Yemi Osinbajo respond positively to…

Two Nigerian women have been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for human trafficking by an Accra Circuit Court. The convicts are Jennifer Chizoba Jeremiah, 22, and Angel Chizoba, 17. Chizoba Jeremiah was found guilty and sentenced by the court, presided over by Her Honour, Harriet Jane Akweley Quaye. Her sister, Angel Chizoba, who was also found guilty for abetment of crime, has been referred to the Juvenile Court for sentencing due to her age. Briefing…

Ghanaian footballer and captain of the Ghana Black Stars, Asamoah Gyan has allegedly filed for divorce from his wife, Gifty Gyan, at the Divorce and Matrimonial Division of the High Court, Accra. The footballer has also denied fathering their three children and is demanding a DNA test to be carried out on all three to ascertain if he is the father of the children. GhanaWeb.com is reliably informed that Gyan and his wife Gifty have…

1. Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, better known as Shi’ites, on Monday, defied warnings by a combined force of the Nigerian army and the police as they trooped into the FCT from all major routes to observe the Arbaeen mourning processions. The sect, whose members came out in their thousands for the procession, clashed again with security operatives when the army attempted to stop them from accessing the city-centre. The ensuing fracas…