The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced that efforts to fully recover the national grid are almost complete following a partial disturbance on Monday. The disturbance occurred at approximately 6:48 p.m., prompting immediate recovery efforts. Mrs Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s General Manager of Public Affairs, in a statement on...
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The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDP-GF) on Tuesday said that the internal crisis rocking the party had been resolved. The forum’s Chairman, Gov. Bala Mohammed, stated this in an interview with newsmen at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, after the forum’s meeting. Mohammed said that stakeholders within...
The crisis seems to be brewing between Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State and his political godfather, Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, with the former allegedly refusing to sack two top government functionaries as directed by the latter. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered in Kano on Tuesday that the...
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT), High Court on Tuesday issued an interim order restraining the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), from arresting former defence minister Lawal Batagarawa over a land dispute. Justice Yusuf Halilu, who issued the order, also barred the EFCC from inviting, harassing, intimidating or threatening...
An Ikeja High Court has ordered an online activist, Vincent Otse (alias Very Dark Man) to remove defamatory posts against a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana and his son, Folarin, also called Falz. Justice Matthias Dawodu also ordered VDM to bring down the alleged defamatory video which he...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says Nigeria’s headline inflation rate increased to 32.70 per cent in September 2024. The Statistician-General of the Federation, Adeyemi Adeniran, revealed this in a statement issued on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation Report for September 2024 in Abuja on Tuesday. According...
The National Vice Chairman Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South-West Zone, Chief Kamorudeen Ajisafe, has said the crisis rocking the national leadership of the party will not stop its victory in the November governorship election in Ondo. Ajisafe, who made the statement in an interview with the News Agency of...
The House of Representatives has condemned the alleged inhumane treatment of the Super Eagles and the delegation by the Libyan Football Federation/Libyan Government. This was sequel to the adoption of a motion by Rep. Kabiru Amodu (PDP-Zamfara) at plenary on Tuesday in Abuja. Moving the motion earlier, Amodu said...
Ondo State Government has requested the raise of its 2024 budget by N92 billion to cushion the effects of economic hardship and implement the new minimum wage for its workers. The State Governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, who wrote to the state House of Assembly, asked for amendment and increase...
National Industrial Court in Ibadan on Tuesday awarded a N10 million compensation against Nestle Nigeria PLC for negligence, leading to an injury sustained by an employee of the company, Ilesanmi Temokun. Temokun had, through his counsel, Mr Tope Temokun, instituted a negligence suit against the company and Mary Bolajoko...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has implored the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a free, fair and credible governorship election in Ondo State. Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, who is also the Leader of the party in the South-West Zone, made the appeal on Tuesday in...
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has raised concerns over Nigeria’s low handwashing rates, with only 17 percent of the population practicing proper handwashing at critical times. Dr Jane Bevan, UNICEF Chief of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH), communicated this during the 2024 Global Handwashing Day event in Abuja, themed...
MTN Nigeria and other multinational business owners have appealed to the Federal Government to create a level playing field to enable businesses to sustain their investments in the country. They made the appeal during a panel session at the 30th Nigerian Economic Summit (NES) in Abuja on Tuesday. The...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – All is now set for Lobi Stars to host El Kanemi in Lafia on October 16 for a thrilling NPFL match. The Lobi Stars fondly called “Alia Boys” aim to build on recent form and assert their dominance at home as they face...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The General Manager, Benue State Environmental Sanitation Agency (BENSESA), Jennifer Nashima Daniel, has declared that tough times awaits the serial defaulters of the state sanitation laws. The GM of the agency, who disclosed this in her office in Makurdi, said it was part...
The Ijaw National Congress (INC) worldwide has called onPresident Bola Tinubu to call the FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, to order over lingering crises in Rivers. President, INC, Prof. Benjamin Okaba, made the call at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja. Wike and Gov. Siminialayi Fubara are at loggerheads...
Many electricity consumers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have decried the incessant grid collapses, describing it as an embarrassment to the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the nation was thrown into darkness on Monday following the collapse of the national grid. NAN reports that...
The power outages experienced by Nigerians in the evening of Monday have been restored in some parts of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) franchise areas. A check by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) revealed that places like Deidei, Suleja, Lugbe, Kuje and other areas have their light restored...
The ECOWAS Court of Justice (CCJ) has elected Cape Verde’s Justice Ricardo Gonçalves as its new President. It also elected Sierra Leone’s Justice Sengu Koroma as new Vice President, both for non-renewable four-year tenure. They were elected by the court’s college of five judges, and subsequently inaugurated by Guinea-Bissau’s...
by EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja– The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, has said she is not responsible for the limited vacancies in the agency. It would be recalled that workers of the agency had began an indefinite strike on...