Electricity: Power Distribution Companies Exposed
The National Union of Electricity Employers (NUEE) has alleged that Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) are adding to the power outages nationwide by rejecting load from Generation Companies (GENCOs), thereby worsening power supply to customers. The Union, on Monday, declared that…
Enugu Governor, Minister Of Labour Advocate Coordinated Efforts In Diversifying Nigeria’s Economy
The Governor of Enugu State, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, and the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, yesterday advocated coordinated efforts at all levels of government aimed at diversifying the nation’s economy from its present mono-economy status. They…
BREAKING: Nigerians in Pain, Reshuffle Cabinet Now – CNPP Urges Buhari
The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has described the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration as insensitive to indescribable economic hardship its policy decisions inflict on the now impoverished Nigerians, advising Mr President to urgently reorder his cabinet to save the…
Alleged NIMASA Fraud: Tompolo Challenges Constitutionality of His Trial
The former Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo a.k.a Tompolo has instituted a suit before a Lagos Federal High Court, seeking an interpretation and nullification of certain sections of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, (ACJA) 2015, which he claimed…
Fayose Tackles Buhari Over Planned VAT Increment
The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Sunday criticised President Muhammadu Buhari, over the planned increase of the Value Added Tax, VAT, by five per cent. The governor, who was reacting to comments attributed to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in…
Dangote Builds $1Bn Cement Plant in Edo
The Dangote Group on Sunday started constructing a one billion dollars cement factory in Okpella, Edo State, to expand its cement production in Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the six million metric tonnes per annum (mmtpa) Okpella…
Fuel Scarcity: NSCDC to Monitor Petrol Stations
…Why We Need NSCDC Now – Minister In a move aimed at curtailing the activities of black market operators and others benefiting from people’s misery, the Commandant General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Alhaji Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu…
Fire Outbreak in Ikom Main Market, Goods Worth Millions of Naira Destroyed
Over forty shops worth millions of Naira, have been gutted by fire at the Ikom main market. The inferno which started at about two am on Tuesday and was attributed to power upsurge from the public power supply could not…
Petroleum Minister, Kachikwu, Apologises Over ‘Not-a-Magician’ Comment
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, has apologised to Nigerians for his comments last week that the current petrol scarcity will continue till May, and that only “magic” could bring a quicker end to the crisis that has…
Fulani Herdsmen: 76 Enugu Indigenes Abduction: IPOB Gives Buhari 72 Hours Ultimatum
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Tuesday issued a 72-hour ultimatum to President Muhammadu Buhari led federal government over the alleged abduction of 76 indigenes of Enugu State by suspected Fulani herdsmen. Although earlier reports had indicated that the…
EgyptAir Flight Hijack Suspect Arrested, Passengers Freed
A man claiming to be wearing an explosive vest hijacked an EgyptAir plane on Tuesday, forcing it to land in Larnaca, on the southern coast of Cyprus, before he was arrested, according to the Cypriot government. “It’s over,” the Cypriot…
