The apex Igbo socio-cultural orgnanisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Sunday, lauded the 700km Lagos-Calabar coastal road project estimated to cost N15trn. The organisation, in a statement by its Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, however, called on the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and other key players to focus on the positive economic impact…
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has ordered a painstaking investigation into the death of a hotel manager in Abia State, Achimugu Etubi. Some personnel of the Nigerian Army were said to have brutally tortured Etubi, which resulted in his death. This was after a Nigerian Air Force cadet, Emmanuel Onyemereche, reportedly…
The Kibaku Area Development Association has asked the Borno State Government to allow the Chibok schoolgirls so far rescued from Boko Haram to reunite with their families. The community made the demand at a press conference held at the Unity Fountain in Abuja on Sunday in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the abduction of…
Nigeria has witnessed its sixth power grid collapse of 2024, as electricity generation on the system collapsed from 2,583.77MW at 2am on Monday to 64.7MW around 3 am. Nigeria generates an average of 4,000MW of electricity for an estimated 200 million citizens across the country. But this is hardly sustainable, as the grid continues to…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted dry, sunny conditions in the north and thunderstorms in the south on Monday. According to a report by NiMET, as Monday morning dawns, the weather forecast indicates a continuation of dry and sunny conditions in the northern parts of Nigeria. However, patches of clouds are expected to blanket the…
The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has called on all northern appointees to either support President Bola Tinubu or step down from their positions. Matawalle’s call came after Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, who formerly served as the spokesperson for the Northern Elders Forum and currently holds the position of Special Adviser on Political Matters…
The Oyo State Government, on Monday, described Saturday’s invasion of the State Secretariat in Ibadan, the state capital, by self-acclaimed Yoruba Nation agitators as an act of terrorism. The state Commissioner for Information, Dotun Oyelade, who spoke with journalists in Ibadan on Monday, condemned the act, adding that there are better ways of agitation other…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria said it has fully restored the national electricity grid which collapsed in the early hours of Monday. This was announced by the TCN General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, in a statement Monday afternoon. Earlier, the grid collapsed from 2,583.77MW at 2 am on Monday to 64.7MW around 3 am. This makes…
The Bayelsa State Independent Electoral Commission, on Monday, presented certificates of return to the chairmen and vice chairmen-elect of the eight local government councils of the state. The ruling Peoples Democratic Party won all eight chairmanship seats and all the councillorship positions in the 105 wards in the LG election the commission conducted on April…
A US-based Nigerian bodybuilder, Michael Chidozie, 26, has died 18 days after he was shot multiple times by his wife, Keaiirra Shavoiyae, in the middle of an argument on March 21. Chidozie lingered on life support, but he suffered a devastating spinal injury and died of complications on April 8, Daily Mail reports. Chidozie was…
Troops of the Nigerian Army, in separate operations, have arrested a gunrunning syndicate and foiled a kidnap attempt in Taraba and Benue states respectively. The Director, Army Public Relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. The statement partly read, “In Taraba State, troops, in collaboration with vigilantes, acted on actionable…
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company Plc has notified South-East residents of a total system collapse which occurred at its transmission station at about 2:41 am on Monday. The EEDC said the situation has resulted in the loss of supply to all its interface TCN stations and consequently, it is unable to provide service to its…
