The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), has said the poor power supply currently experienced across the South-East is beyond its powers. The company attributed the situation to low energy generation, which has resulted in a drop in power supply availability generally. The Head, Corporate Communications, EEDC,...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, has sought support from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to help tackle the challenges of insecurity affecting tertiary institutions in the state. Radda was speaking when he led the Katsina state delegation on a working visit to...
By BARBARA KALU, Port Harcourt – Mayor of Housing, My ACE-China, believes that Dr Herbert Wigwe, who died in a tragic air crash in the United States of America at the weekend, can be made to live on. The investor and real estate success strategist also said the deaths...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on Monday, played nude videos of a female Diploma student of University of Calabar (UNICAL) in the open court in evidence against Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the institution’s suspended Dean of Faculty of Law. The development occured when the...
FCT Chapter, on Monday, protested against the new verification certification guidelines recently released by Nigeria and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that NMCN recently released a circular stating that nurses must have a minimum of two years post qualification experience from...
The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) says it is collaborating with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to intensify investigation on the helicopter that caused the death of Dr Herbert Wigwe and five others. Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Mrs Bimbo Oladeji, disclosed this in a statement...
An FCT High Court on Monday declined to hear the preliminary objection raised by Olu Agunloye, former Minister of Power and Steel, challenging the powers of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission to prosecute him on the alleged 6billion dollars Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Station fraud. The court said...
Mrs Precious Ifeanyi, who gave birth to sextuplets at the National Hospital, Abuja after 13 years of marriage, has appealed to the government and well-meaning Nigerians to come to the babies’ aid. She made the appeal on Monday in Abuja in an interview with the News Agency of...
he Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday opened its case in the trial of the suspended Central Bank Governor (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, on procurement fraud charge in an FCT High Court in Abuja. The anti-graft agency had charged Emefiele with amended 20 counts of criminal conspiracy, conferring...
A Benue High Court, presided over by the Chief Judge of the State, Maurice Ikpambese, has ordered the reinstatement of Mr Austin Agada, as Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ikpambese gave the order on Monday, while ruling on a motion seeking to set aside the...
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), says it has no plans to tax online content creators. According to a staff of the agency who spoke under the condition of anonymity, skit makers are individuals who do not fall within the purview of the FIRS. “FIRS does not tax...
A Nigerian, Mr Chianugo Peter, on Monday disagreed with Google LLC, an American multinational technology company, over allegation that his 150 million dollars suit is frivolous and unmeritorious. Peter, through his counsel, Emmanuel Ekpenyong Esq. of Fred-Young & Evans LP, told Justice Obiora Egwuatu of a Federal High...
The Sen. Seriake Dickson-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Appeal Panel into the ward congresses election in Edo has called for a political solution to the crisis in the party. The panel, however, shelved calls for the cancellation of the controversial election. This is contained in the report of...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Danladi Jatau, has sworn in two members of the House, who won their Feb. 3, 2024 re-run election in their constituencies. Those sworn in were Hon Mohammed Adamu Omadefu (APC-Keana) and Hon Musa Ibrahim...
Super Eagles Head coach, Jose Peseiro has credited the Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire for being the better team on Sunday night. This was after the hosts came from behind to seal a 2-1 victory in the finals of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Cote d’ivoire 2023 in...
Police Command in Anambra has announced the arrest of two suspected cultists operating around Ihiala area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer of Anambra Command, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, identified the suspects as one Chitana Oha, male, 25 years, alias “Kill and Bury”, and Emmanuel Ifeanyi...
Cashew farmers and buyers in Kogi, under the aegis of the Farmers Forum of Nigeria (FFN), have called on Gov. Usman Ododo to intervene over alleged multiple taxation and extortion. The forum in a statement by its spokesperson, Mr Ibrahim Adam, on Monday alleged that there was a...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has distributed palliatives to vulnerable households to cushion the effect of hike in food prices and inflation in the country The governor also disbursed N5000 cash to the vulnerable women in Bama. Speaking to newsmen after the food...
The Sporting Director, Enyimba International FC of Aba, Ifeanyi Ekwueme, says the club is ambitious to carry the 2023/2024 league trophy and ultimately pick a continental ticket. Ekwueme said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Aba on Monday, adding that the club...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Commissioner of Budget and Planning, Professor Mustapha Malumbe has charged all accounting and finance officers in the state to operate strictly within the bounds of the approved budget in order to achieve the set objectives of the 2024 budget Prof....