4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (336+ words) Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, disclosed this on Monday while addressing State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council meeting. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu also directed the reconstruction of the failed Lagos-Badagry Expressway section using reinforced…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago  (1279+ words) Tribune Online VULNERABLE. Sometimes subconsciously ignored. Dependent. Negative terms such as these tend to describe elderly people in Nigeria. Nigeria is currently home to at least 9. 7 million elderly citizens aged 60 and older, representing approximately 3 to 4 percent of the total population....

9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (263+ words) Nigerian national Ehis Lawrence Akhimie has been sentenced to 97 months in prison for participating in an international inheritance scam that swindled more than 400 elderly Americans of $6 million. The U. S. Department of Justice announced the sentence on Monday. Akhimie, 41, was extradited from…...