The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has commenced work on the faulty Ugwuaji – Apir 330kV Double Circuit transmission line. According to the TCN, it discovered the fault around 5 pm in the Igumale area of Benue State. The TCN said “the fault area of the transmission line, which measures about one span, was found…
THE Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, yesterday, raised the alarm that just like New York City in the United States of America, USA, Lagos State is gradually sinking due to climate change. Speaking yesterday at a Strategic Management Meeting with MDAs and Stakeholders organized by the Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Hamzat…
The senate has decided to convene a national summit to address the growing out-of-school children challenge in the country. The upper legislative chamber took the decision on Tuesday after Lawal Usman, chair of the committee on education (basic and secondary), presented a report. In a 2022 report, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says a bank verification number (BVN) platform will be launched by December for Nigerians in the diaspora. Cardoso spoke on Wednesday during a parley with members of the Nigerian community on the sidelines of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) meeting in Washington D.C, United States He said…
President Bola Tinubu has approved a reshuffle of his ministerial cabinet and merged two ministries into one. The decision was made during the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday, according to a statement by Bayo Onanuga, the president’s spokesperson. Onanuga confirmed that the president has scrapped the Niger Delta Ministry and the Ministry of…
On Tuesday the Supreme Court reserved judgment in the suit filed by 19 states challenging the constitutionality of the laws establishing the EFCC and two others to a date to be communicated to the parties. The plaintiffs, in the suit marked: SC/CV/178/2023 had argued that the Supreme Court, in Dr. Joseph Nwobike Vs Federal Republic…
The governor of Oyo State Seyi Makinde of Oyo has inaugurated 480 Amotekun Forest Rangers, promising that his government will continue to give priority attention to the security of residents of the state. Plans by the government are however underway to establish airstrips in Igbeti and Otu towns respectively as well as provide aircraft security…
A former member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan, has been released from prison after serving his five-year sentence for soliciting and accepting a $500,000 bribe from Nigerian businessman, Femi Otedola. Lawan, who once chaired the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating fuel subsidy fraud, was initially convicted in 2021. The bribe was allegedly…
The minister spoke on Monday at the official Flag-Off Ceremony of the Design and Construction of 40 Judges’ Quarters at the nation’s capital. Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has recalled how he revoked the certificate of occupancy (C of O) of some plots of land allocated to German construction giant, Julius…
Controversial cross dresser crossdresser, Idris Okuneye popularly known as Bobrisky, has been arrested by the Benin Republic Immigration Service at the popular Seme border during passport checks. Popular social media influencer, Martins Ortse, also known as VeryDarkMan, via an Instagram post on Monday, broke news on the arrest of Bobrisky. Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) spokesman,…
