There’s looming darkness in the country as the national electricity grid, centrally managed from Osogbo, Osun State, collapsed at approximately 4:30 pm on Thursday, March 28. Following the incident, various distribution companies spanning the nation’s 36 states disclosed that their feeders were rendered inactive, resulting in widespread blackouts across …
Read More »President Tinubu awards slain Okuama soldiers with national honours, approves scholarships for their children and houses for their families
President Bola Tinubu has conferred national posthumous awards on the 17 military personnel killed in the Okuama area of Delta State on March 14. Speaking at the funeral of the officers and soldiers at the Military Cemetery, Abuja, today March 27, the President also announced scholarships and house gifts …
Read More »Despite NLC?s opposition, Abure re-elected as Labour Party's National chairman
The embattled National Chairman of the Labour Party, LP, Julius Abure, has been re-elected for a second term by a unanimous affirmation of delegates. The Chairman of the National Convention and Deputy Governor of Abia State, Ikechukwu Emetu declared him the winner during the party’s national convention that held in …
Read More »Kwara police rescue abducted Chinese national
Operatives of the Kwara State Police Command have successfully rescued a Chinese national, Mr PengChao Zhang, who was kidnapped ten days ago in Ilorin. Spokesperson of the command, Toun Ejire-Adeyemi, who made this known in a statement on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, said that the rescue was affected in …
Read More »NLC members picket Labour Party LP secretariat, demand sack of party's national chairman, Julius Abure
Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC, this morning March 20, picketed the headquarters of the Labour party in the Utako area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The union members led by the acting Chairman of the Political Commission of the Congress, Theophilus Ndubuaku, demanded the immediate …
Read More »TikTok is national security threat but banning it would empower 'enemy of the people' Facebook – Trump
Former US President Donald Trump stated on Monday, March 11 that Chinese-owned social media app TikTok is a national security threat, but argued that banning it would further empower Facebook which he called an “enemy of the people.” “I do believe that,” Trump, 77, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” when …
Read More »Reps want to increase fine for abusers of national flag from ₦100 to ₦100k
The bill which was sponsored by Rep. Sada Soli (APC-Katsina ) sought to increase the fine for offenders from ₦100 to N100,000. Leading the debate, Soli said that both individual, public and corporate organisations violate the use of the national flag. The lawmaker said there was a need to curb …
Read More »Two dead as passenger planec collides with training aircraft mid-air above National Park in Kenya
Two people have been killed in a mid-air crash between a passenger plane and a training aircraft above Nairobi National Park in Kenya. The collision occurred at 10.05 local time (07.05 GMT) on Tuesday, March 5. The student and trainer on board the flying school aircraft were killed in the …
Read More »Stop politicizing hunger – Reno Omokri berates Peter Obi for saying Nigeria receiving food aid from Ukraine is a ?national disaster?
Reno Omokri has berated Peter Obi for describing reports of Nigeria receiving food aid from war-torn Ukraine as a National disaster. Obi in a post shared today said while it is commendable for Ukraine to give Nigerians food, the gesture shows how Nigeria has become less productive as it …
Read More »National disgrace – Peter Obi reacts to reports of Ukraine donating food to Nigeria
Politician, Peter Obi, says it is a ‘National disgrace’ for war-torn Ukraine to be donating food to Nigeria. Ukraine donated 25,000 tons of wheat to Nigeria, in a move it says will help tackle the emergency food crisis-affecting over 1.3 million people in northeast Nigeria. (Read here) In a statement …
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