Residents of the Pipeline area of Kubwa, a satellite town in Bwari Area Council of the FCT, have raised alarm over the activities of drug hawkers. Checks revealed that the most notorious spots include 33 Junction, Mango Tree and Near Transformer. The dealers, mostly teenagers, were seen boldly marketing all sorts of hard drugs. Patrick…

President Bola Tinubu has approved the reconstitution of the governing board of the FGN Power Company tasked with implementing the accelerated performance agreement with Siemens Energy. This comes four months after the governments of Nigeria and Germany signed the Presidential Power Initiative agreement designed to ultimately inject 12,000 MegaWatts of electricity into the national grid….

Reacting to the recent abduction of students and teachers in Kaduna state, Statement by UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Cristian Munduate, said, “I am deeply saddened and concerned by the reports of yet another abduction of students in Kaduna State. The alarming frequency of such incidents across the country signals a crisis that requires immediate and…

President Bola Tinubu has approved the reconstitution of the board of the Nigeria Electricity Liability Management Company. He also modified the NELMCO Board structure, which empowers the Office of the Minister of Power to take over the Board Chairmanship from the Office of the Minister of Finance, given NELMCO’s central role in the operation of…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in a statement titled: Reports Upsurge In Dollar Inflow as Remittances Quadruple, Foreign Investors’ Return said the nation’s economy was strengthened in the month of February with foreign exchange inflows. The apex bank in the statement Thursday night reported a significant increase in foreign exchange inflow into the economy…

Two pilots of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) suffered a mishap while returning from a routine training flight, on Thursday, spokesman of the Nigerian Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet has confirmed. According to Gabkwet, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, the accident occurred at about 3.5 nautical miles from Kaduna Military Airfield….

Engr. Umar Abdullahi Umar, Executive Director, Technical Services of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), is the son of ex-Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). President Bola Tinubu had appointed Umar into the new REA management team following the indefinite suspension slammed on the agency’s team led by Ahmad Salihijo….

At least 24 states of the federation will not be able to pay workers salaries this year without having to wait for federal allocations from the central government, findings have revealed. The 24 states are Bayelsa, Ondo, Yobe, Sokoto, Taraba, Plateau, Oyo, Niger, Nasarawa, Kogi, Kebbi, Katsina, Jigawa, Gombe, Ekiti, Ebonyi, Borno, Benue, Bauchi, Adamawa,…

Ogbodo Ozioma Favour After the looting in Gwagwa, the Federal Government (FG) has set a committee that includes the Chairman of Area Councils, FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Traditional Rulers, the Director of State Service (DSS), Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Faith Base Organizations, National Union of Local Government…

Gom Mirian, Juliet Jacob Some parts of Abuja, the nation’s capital witnessed its first rainfall of the year, on Wednesday evening.  In areas like Lugbe and its environs, along the International Airport Expressway (Umaru Yar ‘Adua Road), the rain started at about 7 PM. It began with thunderstorms, dusty winds and dark clouds. Suddenly, thick…