The Federal Government has on Wednesday announced a total shutdown of Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos for two days from midnight on Friday to midnight on Sunday, as part of the on-going repair works on the 11.8km platform. The above announcement was contained in a statement by the Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Joshua Popoola. The statement explained that the contractor currently carrying out repairs on the bridge, Messrs Borini Prono & Co. (Nig.) Ltd, is getting close to completion of works on the closed section of Third Mainland Bridge and requires the total closure of both bounds of the bridge between Adeniji Adele and Adekunle to complete the work.

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the disbursement of N10 billion for the next phase of the Enumeration Area Demarcation (EAD) exercise in the remaining 546 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the country. The acting Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Eyitayo Oyetunji made this public during a press conference on Monday in Abuja. The chairman said “I am however pleased to announce that His Excellency, Mr President has reaffirmed his commitment towards the successful completion of the EAD and indeed towards the conduct of the next census by approving the release of the total sum of N10 billion for the continuation of the EAD in the remaining 546 local governments in the country.”

The Nigerian government has approved the increase of passengers seats on flights of international airlines to 200 passengers per aircraft. Director-General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Musa Nuhu, make the above information public on Saturday October, 3. The Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, are currently designated for international operations. The new directive came into effect October 2. In a statement yesterday, however, the Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Musa Nuhu disclosed the approval.

Ex-Nigerian Minister of Aviation Femi Fani-Kayode has reacted to the video shared by SaharaReporters on Saturday depicting him abusing his estranged wife, Precious Chikwendu. The video showed both estranged lovers exchanging words. In his defense Mr Fani-Kayode, who maintained that he has never in his life assaulted his estranged wife wrote on Twitter, "SaharaReporters posted a video which supposedly depicts me ABUSING my estranged wife. This is nothing but a propaganda video. There was No physical abuse. I simply took the phone from her to stop her from recording me after catching her in bed with a married man days earlier.. "I repeat there was NO physical abuse whatsoever and she had been insulting and subjecting everybody, including family members, staff and children, to PHYSICAL and VERBAL abuse the whole day. As usual it was a nightmare!

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has mentioned on Thursday that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved for Nigeria to take loans. According to the former Governor of Rivers State, the loans are targeting infrastructural development in many parts of the country. The minister explained that when crude oil was sold at $120 per barrel, the total amount needed to develop the railway across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) was between $35billion to $40billion.

INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OF NIGERIA’S SIXTIETH (60th) INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY, THURSDAY 1ST OCTOBER 2020.