Author: NPO Admin II
By Kamil Opeyemi Nigerians have been thrown into total darkness after the collapse of the national grid in the early hours of Thursday. Findings by the NPO Reports show that the grid suffered a collapse at about 12:30am on Thursday. It was gathered that the grid in Osogbo the Osun state capital, went down in the early hours after loosing supplies from the power stations feeding it. As of 4:00 a.m. on Thursday, five generating plants were on the grid. Afam VI had 0.70MW, Dadinkowa was generating 0.00MW, Ibom Power had 32.90MW, Jebba had 240MW and Olorunsogo was on the…
By Halimah Olamide A popular DJ Ayorinde Kehinde Okiki, popularly called Kay Wise who posted on his Instagram page on Wednesday he was going to “end it all” has explained what he meant by his short post. Most social media users had concluded that Kay Wise’s post was a sign of suicide calling on many to move to close to him to avert anything untoward. His post attracted attention as it happened in the midst of the tragedy of the death of popular rapper, Oladimeji Ilerioluwa Aloba, Mohbad. Mohbad was being buried in Ikorodu at the time Kaywise made his…
A 25-year-old Nigerian filmmaker, Idorenyen Uko, has achieved academic excellence by graduating with the highest distinction from the New York Film Academy, Los Angeles (NYFA’s). The News. Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Uko, who hails from Akwa ibom boasted a perfect cumulative grade point average of 4.00. During her academic journey at the academy, Uko, directed and produced outstanding films like “Sincerely Me” and “Error Connection”. ” Each of the films showcased her unique storytelling style and cinematic flair. In a telephone interview with NAN on Wednesday, Uko said that her ambitious and vision extended beyond the bright lights…
The mayor of the eastern Libya port city of Derna estimates between 18,000 and 20,000 people have died in flooding Abdulmenam Al-Ghaithi told al-Arabiya TV his estimate was based on the number of districts completely destroyed when two dams burst More than 5,000 people are known to have died, and at least 10,000 are missing Streets were swept away in the torrents and bodies are being recovered from the sea The two rival governments in Libya are co-ordinating relief efforts for flood victims Rescue teams have arrived from countries including Egypt, Tunisia, Italy, Spain and Turkey. The Prime Minister of…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Rivers State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, reserved judgment in the petition filed by Mr Tonye Cole, the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s candidate in the March 18 governorship poll in Rivers. Cole is challenging the victory of Gov. Siminalayi Fubara of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The three-member tribunal, headed by Justice Cletus Emifonye, adjourned the matter for judgment after parties adopted their final written addresses and presented their arguments for and against the petition. While Fubara scored 302,614 votes to win the election, the APC candidate had 95,274 votes while Beatrice Itubo…
By Kamil Opeyemi Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State has ordered the immediate suspension of the Managing Director, Kano Agricultural Supply Company (KASCO), Dr Tukur Minjibir, from office over alleged misconduct. This is contained in a statement issued by his Press Secretary, Malam Bature Dawakin-Tofa, in Kano on Wednesday. Yusuf directed the issuance of suspension in a letter dated Sept. 12, conveyed by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Baffa Bichi. The managing director was suspended for alleged involvement in an inappropriate sale of grains belonging to the state government. Minjibir was directed to handover the affairs of the…
By Kamil Opeyemi The House of Representatives has dismissed a statement credited to the National Assistant General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Christopher Onyeka that each member collected N100 million as palliative. Rep. Akin Rotimi, Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Onyeka had claimed that the executive arm gave N100m to National Assembly (NASS) members as palliatives. Reacting, Rotimi said the claimed was baseless and devoid of any factual accuracy, adding that transparency and truth in public discourse were necessary for a functioning democracy. He expressed…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has sworn in 37 new Commissioners and Special Advisers to form new cabinet that will run the affairs of the state for the next four years. Speaking at the event that took place at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, Alausa Ikeja, Governor Sanwo-Olu asked the new commissioners to take their roles seriously and serve in the interest of the people. Governor Sanwo-Olu commended the state of House Assembly for the job well done during the nominees screening exercise which lasted for about four weeks. He also asked the new cabinet members to…
By Kamil Opeyemi Vice president Kashim Shettima will on Wednesday departs Nigeria to represent President Bola Tinubu at the G77+China Leaders’ Summit in Havana, Cuba, holding from Sept. 15 to 17. The Director of Information, Office of the Vice President, Mr Olusola Abiola, in a statement, said Shettima would join other world leaders, including the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Gutteres, at the Summit. He said the summit would deliberate on development issues facing members, mostly from the global south. “The summit will equally explore proactive ways of addressing challenges facing the development of the member-states leveraging science, technology and innovation to…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) says one person believed to be “motor boy” has been confirmed dead in the accident involving a wheat-laden truck on the Otedola bridge in Lagos on Tuesday. In a statement issued after the accident, the agency said the victim, “ fell off and died immediately as the truck overturned under heavy rain. “Zebra’ (Zone 2) disclosed that the fatal accident caused severe congestion for road users travelling along the 7Up-Berger section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. “Preliminary investigation revealed that the truck driver could no longer control the truck after noticing…