Electricity transmission records 2,000 outages – Benin Disco
THE BEDC Electricity Plc’s (BEDC’s), otherwise known as Benin Disco, has said that the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) national grid has recorded over 2,000 outages and interruptions in its network coverage area of Delta, Edo, Ekiti and Ondo, causing affected customers dissatisfactions between January and July, this year.
Olujimi replaces Akpabio as Senate Minority Leader
ABUJA—SENATE Caucus of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has finally nominated Deputy Minority Whip, Senator Biodun Olujimi (Ekiti South), as the new Senate Minority Leader.
IGP condoles with families of policemen killed by Kaduna bandits
ABUJA—THE Inspector General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris, has commiserated with the families of the four policemen, who were killed in an ambush on Saturday, in a forest in Kaduna State.
Youths in politics: Uduaghan wants parties to reduce fees for election forms
IMMEDIATE past Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has charged political parties to reduce the fees for expression of interest form for the 2019 general election so as to encourage youths’ participation.
150 trained ex-militants benefit from Amnesty entrepreneur starter packs in Bayelsa
ORUBIRI- THE serene Orubiri community of Opokuma clan in Kolokuma-Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa State came alive weekend following the official flag-off of Empowerment/Business Set-up – Starter pack distribution for Presidential Amnesty delegates in the state.
Delta community threatens NDDC road project over compensation
BOMADI—ESANMA community in Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State, has threatened to stop construction on the Bomadi-Gbaregolor-Esanma-Akugbene-Ezebiri Road project being undertaken by the Niger- Delta Development Commission, NDDC, following alleged nonpayment of compensation.
NSE commends Ugwuanyi’s intervention on Milliken Hill road
THE Nigerian Society of Engineers, NSE, Enugu State chapter has commended Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for reconstructing and modernizing the historic Milliken Hill federal road in Ngwo, Enugu North Local Government Area, after so many years of neglect.
Tottenham delay move to new ground over ‘safety issues’
Tottenham have delayed next month’s planned opening of their new stadium due to “issues with the critical safety systems”, the Premier League club said on Monday.
Samuel Eto’o signs for Qatar league side
Veteran Cameroon star Samuel Eto’o has signed for Qatar league side, Qatar Sports Club, it was announced Monday, just days after he ended a brief stay at Turkish side Konyaspor.
57 prison inmates to write WASSCE, 2 pursue PhD
The Lagos Prisons Command says education behind bars is getting more interesting with two of its inmates already pursuing their PhD at the Kirikiri Maximum Prisons.
Famous five: Sporting superstars who can light up the Asian Games
The Asian Games, the world’s second largest multi-sports event, begin this week. Here are five global stars who can shine at the continental showpiece in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia.
Another man shot dead in Ado-Ekiti
Ado-Ekiti—Barely four days after the killing of Bunmi Ojo, Personal Assistant to ex-governor Segun Oni by unknown assailants, another man was shot dead in broad daylight in Ado-Ekiti, yesterday.
Impeachment : How Imo assembly violated court order — Madumere’s counsel
AN Imo State High Court presided over by Justice Benjamin C. Iheka was yesterday, told how the State House of Assembly defied an Order of Court and pronounced the impeachment of the Deputy Governor, Prince Eze Madumere.
Bayelsa Anglican cleric slumps, dies while officiating wedding
YENAGOA—THERE was pandemonium at Our Saviour Anglican Church, Romania, Yenagoa, the Bayelsa capital, weekend, when a cleric slumped and died on the pulpit, while conducting a wedding.
6 missing, 21 houses razed over felled guava tree in Delta community
OLEH—Not less than 21 houses have been set ablaze, with six persons missing at Inyi community, Ndokwa East Local Government Area, Delta State, following an intra-communal crisis that broke out when an indigene fell a guava tree in a disputed area.
MASSOB condemns proposed traditional title for Ganduje
ABAKALIKI—MOVEMENT for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, yesterday condemned the proposed traditional chieftaincy title to be given to Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State by HRH, Eze Eberechi Dick in Aba, Abia State.
