Nigeria to generate 6,000MW electricity in six months – Adelabu
Dare Olawin The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has assured Nigerians that the country would generate 6,000MW of electricity in the next six months. Adelabu stated this while featuring on Channel Television’s Politics Today on Thursday. According to him, the…
Rivers LG chairmen disrespecting me are digging their pit – Fubara
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has slammed local government chairmen and other political appointees in the state for disrespecting him, saying they were digging a pit they will eventually fall into. This is as the governor vowed to continue to…
Mali junta bans media coverage of political parties
Mali’s ruling military junta on Thursday banned media coverage of political parties a day after suspending their activities, marking the latest crackdown on dissent in the West African nation. Opposition voices have been largely stifled since the colonels seized power…
N15.6trn Lagos-Calabar project, a highway to fraud – Atiku
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has insisted that the award of the Lagos-Calabar Highway Project did not meet the minimum threshold of due process. After obtaining approval from the Federal Executive Council, the Minister…
Eid-el-Fitr: Sokoto declares Friday public holiday
Sokoto State Government has declared Friday, April 12, 2024, as a work-free day. This is contained in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Abubakar Bawa, and made available to newsmen in the state on Thursday….
Sanwo-Olu shuts Lagos market after fire incident
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has closed down Dosunmu Market in Lagos Island after a fire incident on Tuesday. PUNCH Online reports that no fewer than 14 buildings were gutted by the fire, and four structures collapsed as a result…
Delta bloodbath: Soldiers invade community, arrest suspects
Residents of Olota, another Urhobo Creek community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, have again raised the alarm over another military invasion of the community Olota community is said to be 50km away from the Okuama community…
Junior Pope: Seven rescued, three missing as Anambra police probe boat tragedy
The Anambra State Police Command has disclosed that seven people, comprising six actors and an actress, were rescued from the boat accident on the River Niger on Wednesday. It added that a search is ongoing for three missing persons. The…
Eid-el-Fitr: Gombe Emir calls for peaceful co-existence
The Emir of Gombe, Alhaji Abubakar Shehu, on Thursday, called for peaceful co-existence among Nigerians. Shehu spoke during Eid-el-Fitr homage to Governor Muhammadu Yahaya at the Gombe State Government House. He said, “We are here, like always, to pay Sallah…
He was an intellectual giant, Buhari mourns ex-minister, Onu
Former President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday mourned the first civilian governor of Abia State and former Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Ogbonnaya Onu. Onu died on Thursday at the age of 72. In a statement signed by his Senior…