Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said he did not discuss the issue of releasing Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) during his discussion with the South-East Governors, on Tuesday. The media reports that Governors under the umbrella of the South-East Governors’ Forum met in Enugu, on Tuesday, and resolved to…
Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company Plc ( IBEDC) has announced an upward review of the electricity tariff for Band A customers with immediate effect. The new tariff, Effective immediately, will be adjusted from N206.80/kWh to N209.50/kWh, according to IBEDC. The company in a notice on Wednesday, disclosed that the review has been duly approved by the…
Senators from the South-East have pleaded with President Bola Tinubu to order the release of the detained leader of the indigenous people of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Led by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, the lawmakers claimed that unless Kanu is released, the social and economic activities in the South-East region will continue to be stagnant. The senators…
Some miscreants have been arrested by officials of the Lagos State Government for allegedly charging residents N100 to access a makeshift bridge along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway. It was gathered that the incident occurred at the Tradefair under bridge following the flood which submerged a major part of Lagos. A 54-second clip showed how some hoodlums…
The NCDC, agency with the mandate to control diseases nationwide, alongwith state governments rolled guides and measures to reduce casualty rate of the scourge of Cholera, as the spread of the disease reaches public crisis level. In Lagos state in particular, the government announced measures following the resumption of school in the state. But two…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Monday, opposed the application of the former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye to travel abroad for medical check-up. Agunloye is facing prosecution by the EFCC before Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja on seven-count charges, bordering on fraudulent Mambilla Power…
Following the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) May 2024 price report which shows the average price at N762.62, with Jigawa State recording the highest price at N937.50 per liter This is according to the Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) Price Watch (May 2024), the NBS report on State by State profile analysis that Jigawa, had the…
The sixth prosecution witness, PW6, Idi Musa, in the trial of Ismaila Mustapha, (a.k.a Mompha) an investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, July 1, 2024, told Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Lagos how the sum of N35bn was found in two bank accounts linked to…
The Nigerian military authorities have broken their silence on the coordinated suicide bombings in Borno state, North East axis of Nigeria. The Director of Defence Media Operation (DMO), Major General Edward Buba in a press statement on Tuesday confirmed the attacks. He said, “Over the weekend, troops of Joint Task Force OP HADIN KAI in…
