•An empty classroom The Nigerian Academy of Education (NAE) has criticised the federal government’s recent cancellation of the National Language Policy, calling on the Minister of Education, Maruf Alausa, to reinstate the use of mother tongue as the language of instruction at the foundational levels of schooling. In a position paper submitted ...
•Rescue personnel search for survivors after a building collapsed at an Islamic boarding school Desperate parents today demanded Indonesian officials speed up efforts to find dozens of children missing in the collapse of an Islamic boarding school, with rescuers detecting signs of life under the rubble. An estimated 91 people are believed to b...
•Prof Oserheimen Osunbor Former Governor of Edo State, two-term senator, and newly appointed National Legal Adviser of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Professor Oserheimen Osunbor, today, raised the alarm that democracy is on the verge of collapse in Nigeria. The Professor of Law stated that poor governance has left Nigerians disillusio...
•Powerline The Senate has approved the electricity Act (Amendment) Bill, 2025 through second reading in a move to rescue the country’s ailing power sector from looming collapse. Sponsored by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (Abia South), the amendment seeks to overhaul the 2023 Electricity Act by addressing regulatory gaps as some lawmakers propose c...
A popular eatery in Ojodu area of Lagos State called Equal Rights collapsed this morning, Saturday, April 19, 2025. The restaurant which operated both as a beer palour and an eatery is located on Oremeta Street in Ojodu area of Lagos State. •Building before the collapse Equal Rights Restaurant is owned by a businesswoman, a […]
•Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barr. Nyesom Wike, has dismissed rumours that he collapsed and was flown abroad for medical treatment, describing the claims as baseless and politically motivated. Speaking in Abuja today while inspecting ongoing projects in the FCT, Wike s...
•Building collapse No fewer than 40 people were yesterday trapped in a building that collapsed in the Sabon -Lugbe area of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Sympathisers and emergency workers were on-site, working to rescue those caught beneath the debris, reports The Nation. They were seen calling for additional support to aid ongoi...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced that the national grid has successfully restored about 90 per cent of bulk power supply across its substations nationwide, following a system collapse that plunged the country into a blackout. TCN spokesperson Ndidi Mbah disclosed this information in a statement today. She explained that ...
•Peter Obi The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, has once again condemned the collapse of Nigeria’s national power grid, describing it as a clear indication of leadership failure and poor policy implementation. His remarks followed the latest grid failure, which left significant parts of the country without electricity. T...
•Electricity grid The Transmission Company of Nigeria, on Tuesday, said that power supply has been restored to areas affected by arcing on the Benin-Egbin 330 Kilo Volt (kV) isolator at about 6:10 pm yesterday. Arcing is an electrical discharge that occurs when electrons flow between two conductors, usually metal, in an environment with a gas ...
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