Distribution Companies, TCN summoned Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) are to be held accountable henceforth for poor power supply in the country, the federal government said yesterday. Tough sanctions, including licence revocation, await them, Power Minister Adebayo Adelabu threatened, reports The Nation. “Moving forward, I’m commit...
•Akpabio and Emefiele The immediate-past Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has vowed to sue the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, for alleged defamation. The Senate president had at Senator Barinada Mpigi’s thanksgiving service in Koroma, Tai Local Government Area, Rivers State on February 18, stated that President Bola Tinu...
The federal government has threatened the possibility of opening the borders to cement importation if Nigerian cement manufacturers refuse to play ball on cement reduction in the country. It also said that although it is aware of the macroeconomic challenges facing the country some of the key components of producing building materials, especia...
•Anugbum Onuoha The Resident Electoral Commissioner for Edo State, Dr. Anugbum Onuoha, has expressed his anger against all the governorship aspirants in Edo State for engaging in open campaigns while the Commission was yet to lift ban on campaigns for the September 21 gubernatorial election. The REC who called on the aspirants to remove all [&...
The Defence Headquarters has said it would not hesitate to take legal action against Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) if it continued to mislead the people over the crisis in Plateau State. It lamented that the organisation had continued to spread falsehoods in order to create tension in the country, reports The Nation. [&h...
•Barca coach, Xavi Under-pressure Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez said today he would resign if his squad no longer believed in him following last weekend’s heavy Spanish Super Cup final loss to Real Madrid. Barca were hammered 4-1 by Madrid on Sunday and sit eight points off leaders Girona in the La Liga table, report AFP. […]
Against the backdrop of the promise made by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in his New Year address that his administration will implement “national living wage” this year, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has raised a team to negotiate with government. The subsisting minimum wage, negotiated in 2018, expires in April 2024. Each agreed minimum wa...
There are strong indications that Nigerians might not be able to fill the 95,000 seats allocated to the country for the 2024 hajj. The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) had fixed December 31 as the deadline for the remittance of hajj deposits paid to Pilgrims Welfare Boards in states by intending pilgrims, reports Daily […]
•France’s President Emmanuel Macron A 12-year-old schoolgirl threatened a teacher with a knife at a school in northern France on Wednesday, the latest in a growing number of incidents that have raised tensions in the French education system. No-one was injured in the incident in the northwestern city of Rennes but prosecutors said that they [&...
Tanita Security Services, a federal government privately contracted crude oil pipeline surveillance company has threatened to release a video recording of an alleged shady oil deal concerning personnel of the Nigerian Navy in the creeks of the Niger Delta region. This was contained in a statement signed by Capt. Warredi Enisuoh, Executive Dire...
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