•Says no more subsidy for power sector BY MARTINS DURU Against the backdrop of restructuring of the management and operations of power Distribution Companies (DISCOs), the Federal Government is set to draw down on a $500 million World Bank loan, to overhaul the country’s power sector. In July 2022, theContinue Reading
BY JAMES AKINOLA Spokesman of the Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation, Mr. Charles Aniagwu, who addressed a press conference in Asaba, described the outing by Tinubu and his handlers at Chatham House as ignoble and show of shame, saying by his action, the APC candidate denigrated the office of the presidentContinue Reading
BY EFE MODESTUS The Federal Government has refuted an international news agency report that the military carried out 10,000 abortions for victims of Boko Haram in the North East. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who said this at the ongoing PMB administration scorecard series in Abuja, yesterday,Continue Reading
BY GODDY OBINWA Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has condemned the incessant attacks on offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state, describing them as “politically contrived”. The governor made the comment at the Imo Police Command Headquarters in Owerri on Monday in the aftermath ofContinue Reading
BY GODDY OBINWA Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) has opened up on the lingering fuel scarcity, saying Nigerian institutions have diminished capacity to deal with energy crisis. This was even as it warned that new and refurbished refineries may not survive with refining margins at current pump prices.Continue Reading
• Obasanjo, Adebanjo, Obi congratulate Nwodo at 70 BY GODDY OBINWA President of the Middle Belt Forum (MBF), Bitrus Pogu, has said North Central zone had no better option than presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, in next year’s general election. He stated that his people remainContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said its operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos have intercepted parcels of cocaine concealed in different parts of a travel bag brought into Nigeria by Nwadinobi Charles Uchemadu, a returnee from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Doha, onContinue Reading
BY GODDY OBINWA Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has told those who said Nigeria is not ripe for Muslim-Muslim ticket not to also justify and embrace efforts by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to retain the presidency in the North. He spoke, yesterday, at the special dedication service forContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Kanwan Katsina District Head of Ketare Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara has called on Polytechnics students to pay more attention to their studies with a view to realizing their ambition as credible leaders of tomorrow. Alhaji Usman Bello was speaking when the newly elected officials of NationalContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Managing Director of NIWA Chief Dr. George Moghalu bags Honorary Doctorate Degree Award in Public Administration from Gregory University, Uturu, Abia state. Conferring the award at the 7th Convocation ceremony of the University on Saturday 10th December 2022, the Vice Chancellor of the University Prof. UwakweContinue Reading