Collapsed grid successfully restored- TCN

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…

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BYSIEC issues certificates of return to LG chairmen-elect

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…

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Soldiers foil kidnap attempt, arrest gunrunners in Taraba

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…

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