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The State governments, under the aegis of Forum of Commissioners for Power and Energy (FOCPEN), have dismissed claims that they were backpedalling from their commitment to ensure a decentralised and reliable power supply in the country. The forum said no state has retreated from the reform, adding that instead, more states were passing laws, constituting […]

‎President Bola Tinubu has tasked South-East political leaders to emulate the ideologies and legacies of the late premier of the defunct Eastern Region, Micheal Okpara. The minister of Works, David Umahi, said Tinubu told him this when he inaugurated the retrofitted Michael Okpara Auditorium in Umuahia, the state capital on his behalf on Friday. ‎Umahi, […]

Oyo State House of Assembly has appealed to Governor Seyi Makinde to fulfill his promise of releasing the sum of N500 million to the Abiola Ajimobi Technical University, Ibadan, as earlier pledged in 2024. The lawmakers also called on the governor to commence monthly subvention payments to the university from January 2026 to sustain its […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Friday, disclosed that he expected that the Boko Haram insurgency would end under the administration of late former President Muhammadu Buhari. Jonathan hinged the expectation on the terrorist group’s nomination of the late president to represent them in negotiations with the Federal Government as president. He stated this while speaking […]

Adamawa State Police Command has announced the arrest of 72 suspects and recovery of firearms as well as rustled cattle across the state. Police listed the recovered 15 illicit firearms to include AK-47 rifles, locally made pistols and111 round of assorted live ammunition. Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Morris Dankwambo, who gave the […]

Cassona Global Imaging Limited, a United States-based healthcare company with operations in West Africa, has called for stronger partnerships to expand access to affordable diagnostic imaging services in the region. At a dinner event to mark its third anniversary in Lagos, the chairman and CEO of Cassona, Dr. John Chigbu, said unlike traditional suppliers, the […]

Concerned tanker drivers from various parts of the country have raised the alarm over public statements attributed to a faceless group operating under the platform of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) Elders Forum. They accused the group, which they claimed was not recognised by the PTD bylaws or the NUPENG Constitution, of disseminating falsehoods to […]

Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have smashed a gang of suspected cultists and arrested two ring leaders with A-K 47 rifle and other offensive weapons. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Akwa Ibom Command, DSP Timfon John, who disclosed this on Friday in Uyo, explained that the arrest was a sting operation carried […]

The Delta State Police Command said it was investigating the death of a 60-year-old American woman, Jacqueline Bolling Elton, who died mysteriously while on a visit to his Nigerian boyfriend in Warri. Elton was said to have given up in the house of her 39-year-old lover, Alawode Olaide. The deceased was said to have arrived […]