The Federal Executive Council, which met in Abuja on Wednesday, approved $8.5 million (N3.5 billion) to facilitate the immediate evacuation of 5,000 Nigerians from Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia. Shortly after the meeting presided over by Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Zubairu Dada told …

Calm has been restored in Magodo Phase 2, a highbrow estate in Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos State, which was invaded by security agents and alleged land grabbers on Wednesday.The Police team, said to have been led by a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Kotangora, stormed the estate to execute a Supreme Court judgment delivered in 2012. The apex …