Author: Halimah Olamide

The national grid has yet again collapsed, splurging millions of Nigerians into darkness. This was announced in an X post via the National Grid official handle, @NationalGridNG on Tuesday. ”BREAKING: National Grid suffers another setback. Restoration soon!“ This development is coming barely one month after it collapsed three times within one week. Similarly, just within 2024, the national grid has collapsed nine times.

Agency Report Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has signed into law the Supplementary Budget of N96 billion passed by the state House of Assembly. Aiyedatiwa, after signing the budget into law on Tuesday in Akure, said it would help the state government to meet its financial commitments. The governor said that the supplementary budget captures the payment of the new minimum wage of N73, 000 recently approved for workers and salaries of the newly recruited workers across various sectors. Aiyedatiwa said the supplementary budget reflected the determination of his administration to cater for the welfare of workers and the…

Agency Report Gov. Uba Sani of Kaduna State says President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is determined to wipe out poverty in Nigeria. Sani made this known at a town hall meeting and sensitization event for the N200 billion Presidential Intervention Fund and Loans Scheme for SSMEs, organised by the Federal Government in collaboration with the Bank of Industry in Kaduna on Tuesday. He was represented by his Special Adviser on Economic Matters, Mr Ibrahim Muhammad. He said, the fund, which includes the Presidential Conditional Grant Scheme and loan options for MSMEs, is designed to boost Nigeria’s economy by empowering local entrepreneurs. “This…

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a former governor of Delta, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, over alleged N1. 3 trillion fraud. A credible sources within the anti-graft agency confirmed that the vice presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections was arrested in Port Harcourt, when he reported at the Port Harcourt Directorate of the EFCC. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Okowa, was arrested for allegedly diverting N1.3 trillion being proceeds of 13 per cent derivation fund that accrued to the state during his tenure. He was alleged to have diverted the fund from…

The Senate Committee on Defence, says no investment in security and the Armed Forces of Nigeria will be too much for the country to bear. The committee’s Chairman, Sen. Ahmad Lawal, said this while speaking to newsmen after an oversight visit to the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC), Jaji, in Kaduna on Monday. Lawal said that contemporarily, everything revolves round security, promising to ensure that the nation’s security and armed forces continue to receive the attention that currently befits them. “When we are able to secure our environment, then we can provide other things easily and comfortably,”he said.…

The Miniter of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has assured that residents affected by the construction of Arterial Road N5, from Life Camp Junction to Ring Road III will be compensated. Wike made the promise after inspecting some ongoing projects at Life Camp, Katampe, and International Conference Centre in Abuja on Monday. The Minister had on Oct. 25, inaugurated the construction of the 4-kilometre six lane dual carriageway from Life Camp Junction to Ring Road III, somewhere in Ido-Gwari. The Life Camp Junction to Ring Road III road project is the continuation of Arterial Road N5, also…

President Bola Tinubu, has on Monday, nominated Saseyi Ibiyemi, as the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) representing Ondo State. If cleared by the Senate, Ibiyemi will replace Mr Niyi Ijalaye, who died in August while serving as the REC in Ogun. Ibiyemi, 58, who hails from Ilaje in Ondo State, is currently the Administrative Secretary of INEC in Lagos State, Mr Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, said in a statement. “She graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University in 1987 and was called to the bar in 1988. “She also went to Bingham University in Nasarawa state and…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a party of “political vampires” who thrive and relish in “sucking the blood” of citizens and foisting excruciating pain and hardship on Nigerians. This was contained by the Party’s National Public Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, on Monday. The PDP further described the APC as a haven of power-grabbers, treasury looters and manipulators who are only out to “grab, snatch and run” with our national patrimony at the expense of millions of our citizens. This is after the APC charged the Oyo state governor, Seyi Makinde, to stop accusing…

Agency Report The Cross River chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the local government elections conducted on Saturday in the state fell short of every standard to be called an election. The party subsequently rejected the results and said it will challenge the outcome in a competent court of law. This is contained in a statement issued by the PDP Chairman in the state, Mr Venatius Ikem in Calabar on Monday. Ikem described what transpired to be a well-orchestrated rigging plan which include the diversion of election materials, late arrival of insufficient ballot papers without standard serial numbers,…

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, issued an arrest warrant against the Managing Director (MD) of Dana Air, Mr Hathiramani Ranesh, over alleged refusal to appear in court to stand trial. Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a ruling, held that the arrest of Ranesh is necessary following his refusal to appear in court after he was served with the charge and several proceedings taken in the matter. Justuce Egwuatu held that in line with Section 184 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA), 2015, the court can issue an arrest warrant against any defendant who refused to appear…