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Agency Report Some electricity consumers have decried the continuous drop in electricity supply to households and businesses within Lagos metropolis. A number of the stakeholders who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) in separate interviews on Tuesday in Lagos lamented that the development was having a negative impact on their socio-economic activities. According to them, many small-scale businesses have shut down as a fallout of the eratic power failure without tangible explanation by the providers. Findings by NAN correspondent revealed that power supply has dropped drastically in the Lagos as low as three-to-five hours daily in…

By Halimah Olamide Senator Abdul Ahmed Ningi, has resigned from his position as the Chairman of the Northern Senators Forum. His letter of resignation addressed to the secretary of the forum came less than an hour after he was suspended on the floor of the senate on Tuesday. He was suspended after his failure to defend his allegation that the 2024 budget had been padded to the tune of N3trn. The motion for his suspension had been put to voice vote by the senate president, Godswill Akpabio, after members debated the matter amidst a rowdy session on Tuesday. While some…

Agency report Turkish security forces detained 18 suspects across seven provinces over alleged links to a network accused of orchestrating a coup attempt in 2016, the state-run TRT broadcaster reported today. The suspects were allegedly linked to the Gulen movement, which the Turkish government accuses of attempting a coup that killed at least 250 people on July 15, 2016. Likewise today, an arrest warrant was issued for 23 suspects in line with the investigations. The investigations by the prosecutor’s office of the western province of Izmir into the “covered structure of the group (the Gulen movement) within the Turkish…

By Yetunde Yekini-Oropo A member of the senate from Cross River, Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, on Tuesday made another startling allegation saying that some members got a sum of N500m allegedly from the N3trn padding of the original budget signed by the senate. Jarigbe, whose allegation shook the upper chamber as the lawmakers debated the Abdul Ningi allegation of budget padding, said he did not get anything just as he said that all of the members were culpable. Jarigbe stated that the issue had been clarified that there missing N3.7tn, as alleged by Senator Abdul Ningi (PDP, Bauchi Central), had been…

By Halimah Olamide The senate on Tuesday suspended Senator Abdul Ningi over his allegation of N3trn padding of the 2024 budget. The senate arrived at the decision after many members’ contributions to the debate where some said Ningi should be suspended while some demanded for mere apology. After putting the subject to voice vote, it was resolved that Ningi should be suspended for an initial period of three months for his allegations. Details later…

By Femi Alabi Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele on Tuesday accused a member of the senate, Abdul Ningi, of seeking to launch a civilian coup using the platform of the Northern Senators’ Forum. Bamidele, who however said at the beginning of his contribution he was speaking as member representing Ekiti Central District and not as the Senate Leader, also added that he was also speaking as a Southerner since Ningi had chosen to approach a national issue with a sectional sentiment. “What Senator Ningi, whom I respect so much, sought to do was a civilian coup using the platform of the…

By Femi Alabi A Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Ridwan Yusuf, has chided the candidate of the Labour Party LP in the last Presidential Election, Peter Obi for sending greetings to Muslims on the commencement of Ramadan. Yusuf simply known on X as “AJE”, took to his X handle saying Obi is not morally upright to send greetings to a segment of the country he had blackmailed during his failed campaign to be president. Yussuf was apparently referring to the leaked phone conversation between Obi and Bishop David Oyedepo of the Winners…

Urges “Kobobless” Negotiations Femi Alabi Human Rights Activists, Senator Shehu Sanni has said that it is good for the Federal Government to negotiate with the bandits that Kidnapped the Kaduna school children, in as much as ransom payment is not involved. Sanni on his official X handle described the reported demand of N40 trillion by the bandits as sheer madness. He said that he is optimistic that the pupils will soon regain thier liberty, going by the efforts that the Federal Government is putting into securing the release of the Kidnapped pupils. He wrote, “Negotiations with the Bandits…

By Femi Alabi The Nigerian Army has destroyed a major firearms and drone manufacturing factory operated by Armed fighters of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its militia arm, the Eastern Security Network (ESN) at Onicha Ulona in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State. The Director, Army Public Relations, Onyema Nwachukwu on the official X handle of the Military noted that it was with diligent investigations and intelligence that the Army deployed before it could discover the arms factory. He said the Army were able to overpower the Biafran fighters in a fierce battle and recovered…

By Femi Alabi The Federal Government has issued a marching order, asking the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, to withdraw licenses of non-performing electricity distribution companies, DISCOs. The government accused the DisCos of not doing enough to improve supply despite the availability of power on the national grid. The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu who stated this during a meeting with the head of the agencies in Abuja said the distribution segment remains the weakest link in the electricity supply value chain. Adelabu stressed that NERC must look for creative ways of getting the DISCOs to improve supply including the…