•Sierra Leone President, Julius Maada Bio Sierra Leone’s minister of energy resigned yesterday, according to the president’s office, against a backdrop of recent interruptions to the country’s electricity supply. The reasons for Alhadji Kanja Sesay’s resignation were not officially explained, and the energy ministry did not respond to a reques...
•Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo Minister of Interior Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo today test ran the electronic gates (e-gates) mounted at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, asserting the job is 99 percent done. The e-gates, he said, would be deployed for operations by next week, reports The Nation. Tunji-Ojo was accompanied by the Permanent Secret...
•Nigeria’s Super Eagles The Minister of Sports, Senator John Enoh, has assured Nigerian football fans that the senior men’s national team, the Super Eagles, would have a new coach in the next one or two weeks. The Super Eagles have been without a substantive coach following the expiration of the contract of Jose Peseiro after […]
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has apologised to Nigerians for saying that they keep freezers on for days due to low electricity tariff. “Anything we have said that are considered offensive, we are sorry about that,” Adelabu said with slight remorse on Channels Television last night. The minister had come under fire by many […]...
•Maj Gen Olarenwaju (rtd) The Ijaw Youths Network yesterday faulted a former Minister of Defence, Maj Gen Tajudeen Olarenwaju, on the grisly murder of 16 personnel of the Nigerian Army by Okuama youths on March 14, 2024 over alleged land dispute. In reacting to the killings which shocked the entire country, according to the IYN, […]
•Ahmed Idris A detective with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mahmud Tukur, denied promising the former Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, leniency in exchange for indicting the former Minister of Finance and others. The former Accountant General of the Federation had told the Federal Capital Territory High Court ...
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, says the federal government cannot continue to subsidise power, arguing that citizens of other African countries, including Guinea, Togo, Mali, and others, pay more for electricity than Nigerians do. Adelabu, during his visit to the corporate headquarters of Ikeja Electric in Lagos State yesterday, added...
Minister of Power Adebayo Adelabu and Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) gave divergent reasons for continuous power outages in homes and offices. While the minister said it is due to negligence, DisCos blame it all on low generation, reports The Nation. Adelabu urged the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and DisCos to improve pow...
•Nigerian doctors The federal government yesterday disclosed that 55,000 licensed doctors are in the country to attend to the growing population of patients following the exodus of health professionals to hospitals and health facilities abroad. It said in the last five years, the country lost about 15,000 to 16,000 doctors to the Japa syndrome...
•Lokpobiri and Diri The Minister for State Petroleum Resources (Oil) Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, has promised to look into the issues surrounding the ownership of Atala Oil Field said to belong to Bayelsa State government. The Minister of State made the commitment today when Governor Diri Douye of Bayelsa State paid him a courtesy visit, reports ...