The Senate on Wednesday, passed the Electricity Bill 2022. The bill’s passage was sequel to the consideration of a report by the Senate Committee on Power. Chairman of the committee, Sen. Gabriel Suswam in his presentation, said the bill sought to among others, provide an Ideal legal and institutional...
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Access Bank will be rewarding customers this summer with millions of naira, smartphones and other amazing prizes in the AccessMore mega rewards. Mr Rob Giles, Senior Retail Advisor, Access Bank, said in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos. The AccessMore campaign unveiled in June 2022 will run till the...
Suspended DCP Abba Kyari, on Wednesday, prayed a Federal High Court in Abuja to grant him bail following the attack on Kuje Correctional Centre by Boko Haram who freed scores of their members. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports On 5 July, the Boko Haram breakaway faction Islamic...
President Muhammadu Buhari has met behind closed doors with the All Progressives Congress Vice Presidential candidate, former Gov. Kashim Shettima, at the State House, Abuja, on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the APC vice presidential candidate was accompanied to the State House by Gov. Babagana...
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has called on Nigerians to shun religious and ethnic division ahead of general elections in 2023. Amid the outrage triggered by the emergence of former Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima – a Muslim – as the party’s vice-presidential...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – No fewer than 99 percent of the documented 230, 535 Almajiris in Sokoto State are away from their parents and under the care of their respective Mallams, while 85 percent of the vulnerable girls are under the care of their parents, yet out of...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A heavy downpour has destroyed over 100 houses in Okubuchi community in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State. The windstorm that accompanied the rainfall also displaced over 500 households from their ancestral homes, who are now seeking refuge in nearby communities. A...
By KEMI BUSOLA, Lagos – The biggest Nigerian musical conference, designed to bring together music enthusiasts, artistes and stakeholders tagged, Kennis Music Bites, has been scheduled to take place on Wednesday at the Lagos Marriott Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos State. According to the Founder/Chairman of Kennis 104 FM, Kenny ‘Keke’...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The new Sweden’s project funding of N26 million (US$ 2.7 million) is to be implemented by UNICEF and partners to help improve access to safe water, sanitation systems and hygiene for 86,000 conflict-affected women and children in north-east Nigeria. The UNICEF Communication Officer, Ms...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN – De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited and Ethiopian Airlines Group announced today that Ethiopian has signed a proposal for the purchase of two Dash 8-400 Freighter – Large Cargo Door (F-LCD) conversion kits. The proposal provides an option for an additional two F-LCD conversion kits....
President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that the United States will bring together leaders from across the African continent for a major summit in December in Washington to discuss pressing challenges from food security to climate change. “The summit will demonstrate the United States’ enduring commitment to Africa, and...
The House of Representatives has resolved to invite the management of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to explain alleged irregularities in employment process in the agency. The resolution was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Rep. Preye Oseke (PDP-Bayelsa) at the plenary on Wednesday. Oseke...
The House of Representatives has called for the deployment of more troops to Ussa Local Government Area of Taraba in a bid to dislodge terrorists and restore normalcy in the area. This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance by Rep. Rimamnde Kwewum (PDP-Taraba) at the...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has unveiled former Borno State Governor, Senator Kashim Shettima as its vice presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections. The event, which is ongoing at the Shehu Yar’adua center in Abuja, has in attendance the party’s presidential candidate and ex-Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu,...
Mr Festus Osifo has been elected as the new President General of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria TUC. Osifo was elected as the preferred candidate at the 12th Triennial National Delegates’ Conference of the Congress on Wednesday in Abuja. The theme of the 2022 Conference: “The Working Class...
Zimbabwe is choking under mounting international debt as it begins to pay the price for borrowing heavily from China for infrastructure projects at the tail end of Robert Mugabe’s rule. Beijing funded the expansion of Victoria Falls International Airport and that of the southern African country’s main source of...
FC Barcelona have confirmed the final agreement to sign Robert Lewandowski from Bayern Munich for €50 million ($51 million, about N30.6 billion), including add-ons, on a four-year contract. The Poland international travelled to Miami to meet his new team-mates on Sunday, the day after Barca confirmed they had struck...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday presented the certificate of return to the Governor-elect of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, His presentation comes almost 72 hours after defeating the incumbent governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress, with 403, 371 votes compared to Oyetola’s 375,027 votes on...
A wire fraud suspect, Fatade Olamilekan, has been extradited to the United States for allegedly stealing over $3.5 million worth of equipment in various cities across the country. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, five days after the suspect was extradited...