By Ediri Ejoh   Despite the sordid tales of Nigeria’s electricity sector, 2020 upstream power sector seems to have fared better in reducing systems collapse significantly. However, huge difficulties persists in stranded power incidences which has resulted in a steady rise in losses in the industry while ensuring the perennial issue of inadequate power supply […]

Enugu State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the state’s 2021 appropriation bill of N169.8 billion. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that passage of the 2021 budget followed the presentation and adoption of a report by the House Committee Chairman on Finance and Appropriation, Mr Ezenta Ezeani during plenary. Ezeani said that the […]

Gov.  Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Tuesday donated a storey building to the Zone 17 of the Nigeria Police Force. The building is to serve as the zone’s operational office and headquarters. Recall that Zone 17 was created on May 27, 2020, to serve Ondo and Ekiti States. While handing over the building to […]

By Ibrahim HassanWuyo The leader of the Islamic Movement, Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky on Tuesday in Faskari town of Katsina State. donated blankets, drugs and mosquito nets to the internally displaced persons, IDPs, to help them stay warm during the cool season. A representative of Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky in Funtua, Sheikh Rabi’u Abdullahi, on the occasion, […]

Bonny Light price hovers at $50 per barrel   By Udeme Akpan, Energy Editor   Despite the recent rise in oil prices, there are strong indications that Nigeria is not likely to be out of the woods in its petroleum revenue performance and budget funding, due, mainly to the significant drop in its oil output. The […]

By Peter Duru, Makurdi The Benue State Security Council has banned the use of motorbikes and all illegal revenue collection points in Katsina-Ala and Ukum Local Government Areas of the state. The decision followed the growing security concern in Katsina-Ala and other parts Sankera axis of the state where men on motorbikes have recently unleashed […]

By Dayo Johnson, Akure Ondo state government has threatened to jail any church leader who flouts its ban on crossover services across the state due to COVID-19 pandemic. The state government through the Ondo State Inter-ministerial Committee on COVID-19 had last week directed that the churches and mosques are not permitted to hold any service […]

As 3 refineries remain comatose Prince Okafor The Federal Government spent N2.17 trillion in the first nine months of 2020 on importation of petroleum products into the country. The petroleum products, according to the latest data obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, consists of mineral fuels like Natural gas, oil, Bituminous coal, amongst […]

…Says North at mercy of bandits, rapists, others By Victor Arjihromanus Following the alarming insecurity in northern Nigeria, the Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG,  has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to heed the counsel of genuine statesmen instead of relying on those it called  close-knit circle of family, friends and psychopaths. They lamented that the […]

By Peter Duru, Makurdi The Benue State Security Council has banned the issue of motorbikes and all illegal revenue collection points in Katsina-Ala and Ukum Local Government Areas of the state. The decision followed the growing security concern in Katsina-Ala and other parts Sankera axis of the state where men on motorbikes have recently unleashed […]

By Davies Iheamnachor, Egbema Indigenes of Aggah community in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State have called for speedy development of their community by oil companies operating in their domain. The natives who converged on the community town hall to thank God that none of their folks died or contracted the dreaded coronavirus during […]

…Says nepotism under Buhari, topnotch By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Rev. Yunusa Sabo Nmadu Jnr, the General Secretary of Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), has said on Tuesday that there was nothing new about what Bishop Kukah had said and warned against any attempt to harm him. According to Rev. Nmadu, “I have read so many reactions […]

…foil bandits’ attempt to move rustled cattle By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Troops in Kaduna state have killed 9 armed bandits following a firefight that began on Monday night all through the early hours of Tuesday. The Kaduna State Government was informed of the development by the military securing the Kaduna-Abuja Road general area. Samuel Aruwan, the […]

Alhaji Abdulkadir Abdulsalam, the National Chairman of the Labour Party, is dead. He reportedly died in Abuja on Tuesday morning. Confirming his death, former National Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council, Peter Ameh, said: “I’ve lost a friend of several decades. He was not sick; he even joined the early morning prayers this morning. “This […]

By Dirisu Yakubu The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Tuesday, slammed Alhaji Lai Mohammed over his response to the criticisms of President Muhammadu Buhari-led government’s handling of the security situation in the country, by Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, describing same as shameful. Bishop Kukah had in a recent essay on the state of affairs in the […]