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The Nigerian government is to pay the sum of N1.6 trillion as subsidies for electricity consumers in 2024, as the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) reviews existing tariffs to avert adverse impact of additional charges on consumers. The Chairman of NERC, Sanusi Garba, who disclosed this at a Press briefing in Abuja the nation’s capital, … [Read more…]

Nigeria’s Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has implored African leaders to work towards ramping up the continent’s $3.1 trillion Gross Domestic Product (GDP), amounting to a paltry three per cent of the overall global GDP. Senator Shettima who gave the charge during the African Economy of Scale Plenary on the sidelines of the ongoing World … [Read more…]

Chetanne Chinelo, Enugu Determined to put an end to open defecation within the local government area, lawmakers of Udenu LGA of Enugu State have held a public hearing to pass the bye-law prohibiting open defecation and other related offences. The public hearing which was held on Thursday, January 18, 2024, at the local government Council … [Read more…]

The Nigerian Army has attributed the death of a soldier deployed for standby duty at the Headquarters 81 Division Nigerian Army (NA) cantonment in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, to an accidental discharge due to negligence. This contradicts reports alleging that a soldier of the 35 Artillery Brigade took his own life due to non-payment … [Read more…]

An operative of the Nigerian Army, attached to 35 Artillery Brigade, Alamala, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Boyi ThankGod, has allegedly shot himself in the head and died immediately. A source in the Army, who pleaded for anonymity, said the soldier killed himself while on standby duty on Monday, the day Nigeria marked Armed Forces Remembrance Day. … [Read more…]

Two people have been confirmed dead and 77 others injured in the explosion that occurred in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Tuesday evening. The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, who visited the scene of the explosion, confirmed the casualties. He also said the explosion occurred at Adeyi Avenue, Bodija, although it was heard and felt in … [Read more…]

…directs 24-hour work Following the directive of Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State insisting that all ongoing urban road projects must be completed immediately, the state Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Gerald Otiji, has read the riot act to all the construction firms, warning that failure to meet the deadline given to them would … [Read more…]

President Bola Tinubu has performed the wreath-laying ceremony with other dignitaries to mark the 2024 Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration in Abuja. All services chiefs led by the Chief of Defence Staff Gen Christopher Musa, and heads of other security agencies among others also took part in the ceremony. The programme, which is organised yearly … [Read more…]

…Urges Nigerians to eschew expressions of hate and acts of violence The Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has lauded the Nigerian Armed Forces for their sacrifices, including the supreme sacrifice paid by members of the armed forces, saying that the Enugu State Government would continue to support them in their efforts to make … [Read more…]

Governor Umo Eno, today, joined others across the nation to mark the Nigerian Armed Forces/Remembrance Day, at the Cenotaph, off Udo Udoma Avenue, Uyo. Sounding emotional , he spoke of the moment he lost lhis father, an Officer of the Nigerian Police in the line of duty to the nation and how his mother was … [Read more…]

The Supreme Court has fixed Monday, January 15, 2024 to hear the case filed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ion Rivers State, Tonye Cole, against Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the outcome of the state’s gubernatorial poll. Cole had approached … [Read more…]