Gas supply, others deny Nigeria’s power sector N40.55bn revenue in one month
DESPITE over 192 trillion standard cubic feet of gas reserves yet to be tapped, power plants in the country still lack adequate gas to run turbines, giving rise to N40.548 billion revenue losses by the sector in one month.
It’s sign of inferiority complex for Africans to bear European names – Reno
The number one bestselling author and former aide to Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Pastor Reno Omokri, has urged Africans, especially Nigerians, to stop bearing European names but should, instead, bear and be proud of their African names.
CBN injects $210m as Naira appreciates to N360.03/$
The Naira started the week with a 24 kobo appreciation to N360.03 per dollar in the Investors’ and Exporters’ (I&E) window, even as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) injected $210 million into the foreign exchange market.
Pushing opposition politics beyond acceptable limits
The Biblical King Solomon is famed for his wisdom. He displayed this gift in one instance when two women who were fighting over a child were brought before him.
Strike paralyses activities at Enugu federal psychiatric hospital
ON-GOING industrial action by workers of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu has crippled activities at the hospital, leaving patients stranded.
Group kicks against renaming of federal road
By Dotun Ibiwoye FEDERAL Government has been urged to revert to the old name of a federal road that cuts across Umueri, Anam, Nzam in Anambra State and Ibaji in Kogi state, because other communities that had such experience retained their names on the road. Greater Umueri Liberation Forum, GULF, a group of professionals […]
Lagos PDP kicks against enforcement of Yoruba language
THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State has kicked against the enforcement of the Yoruba language preservation and promotion law 2018, calling on Governor Akinwumi Ambode to suspend the law.
Amended 2019 election timetable, job well done – Udeogaranya
A chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC, and a presidential aspirant of the party, Chief Charles Udo Udeogaranya has commended the 8th National Assembly for amending the 2019 election timetable.
Ugwuanyi procures 10,000 set top boxes for low income rural dwellers
ENUGU—FOLLOWING the federal government’s launch of the Digital Switch-over, DSO, from analogue to digital television broadcasting in Enugu, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s administration in keeping with its rural development agenda, has procured 10,000 set top boxes for distribution, free of charge, to identified low income households across the 475 autonomous communities of the state. Speaking at […]
10 women freed by Boko Haram not police personnel – Police
Mr Damian Chukwu, the Police Commissioner in Borno, says the 10 women rescued from Boko Haram were neither police women nor wives of police personnel.
EFCC arraigns banker for allegedly stealing N124m
The Ibadan Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a banker in court over alleged stealing.
