The Nigeria Electricity System Operator, NESO, a semi autonomous unit of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN has revealed in a recent data that the country’s electricity generating capacity is 2,775 megawatts, MW, as of Thursday. This represents a 32.3 percent decline from 4,099.87MW recorded last week. Also, it reflects the situation of unstable and…
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control has banned the sale of Turkey-made Dex Luxury Bar Soap. In the same vein, the agency said it is tracking fake Indian Injection powder. NAFDAC called on Nigerians to watch out for the counterfeit of Tandak injection powder made in India. NAFDAC, on its website,…
Sokoto State Government has declared Friday, April 12, 2024, as a work-free day. This is contained in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Abubakar Bawa, and made available to newsmen in the state on Thursday. The statement said the public holiday was to enable civil servants to continue to celebrate…
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, says the Federal Government is still paying subsidy on electricity despite the recent hike in tariff paid by Band A customers said to be about 1.5 million of the total 12 million consumers in the sector. The minister, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on…
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has recalled the popular cough syrup, Benylin Pediatrics, manufactured by Johnson & Johnson following recent toxicity findings in the laboratory on the product. This was disclosed in a statement the Agency published on its website on Wednesday, in which it said laboratory analysis conducted…
The family of the late former Chairman of the Nigerian Exchange Group, Abimbola Ogunbanjo, who was killed in a Southern California helicopter crash in February filed a lawsuit on Wednesday, against the US helicopter company. The former Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, Dr Herbert Wigwe, his wife and son were also onboard the…
The Federal Government has announced that non-academic staff members of universities will receive half of their withheld salaries, pending President Bola Tinubu’s approval of the payment of their salary arrears. Education Minister, Tahir Mamman made this statement on Wednesday during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today program. Mamman explained that the Senior Staff Association…
The Nigerian Navy said it has detained two of its personnel, a civilian as it continues investigation into the untimely death of Mr. Ifeanyi Richard Onumaegbu, a civilian staff member at the Nigerian Navy Reference Hospital in Navy Town, Lagos. Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, Naval spokesperson, disclosed in a statement made available to Africa Health…
Chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have expressed their condolences to the family and friends of the first civilian governor of Abia State, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu. Onu, an ex-minister of Science and Technology in the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari, reportedly died in a health facility in Abuja on Thursday following a…
Members of staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have disclosed they are living in constant fear over the ongoing sacking since the appointment of Dr Olayemi Cardoso as the Governor. The CBN workers who spoke with Daily Trust said no department can be spared in the continued sacking ravaging the apex bank. The…
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