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Presidency Initiates Measures To Resolve N2tn Power Sector Debt
The presidency has initiated internal approval processes aimed at resolving the N2 trillion legacy debt owed to electricity generation companies (GenCos), with a target to finalize the plan before the end of the next quarter. This move forms part of broader efforts to stabilize Nigeria’s struggling power sector. A representative of the Special Adviser to the President on Energy, Eriye...
Okorocha Dismisses Rumors Of Defection From APC
Former Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha has dismissed rumors suggesting he plans to leave the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), calling such claims baseless and politically motivated. Reacting to a viral report that quoted him as describing the APC as “desperate to hijack power,” Okorocha denied ever making such a statement. In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on...
2027: APC Refutes Claims Of Automatic Tickets For National Assembly Members
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed as false the circulating reports claiming that National Assembly members will be granted automatic tickets for the 2027 general elections. In a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Felix Morka, categorically denied the claim. “The attention of the APC has been drawn to a purported breaking news report...
Orji Kalu Urges Tinubu To Dismiss Underperforming Security Chiefs, Ministers
As President Bola Tinubu marks his second year in office, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on South East Development Commission (SEDC), Senator Orji Uzor Kalu (APC, Abia North), has called on the President to urgently remove underperforming ministers and security chiefs to address growing insecurity and economic dissatisfaction in the country. In an interview on Politics Today with Channels...
SSCE: Stakeholders Express Concerns Over WAEC, NECO’s Adoption Of CBT
The announcement by the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, that from next year, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examinations Council (NECO) will begin conducting Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (SSCE) using Computer-Based Testing (CBT), has sparked widespread debate. While WAEC and NECO assert their readiness, many stakeholders argue that the country lacks the necessary infrastructure...
IPOB Lawyer Urges Tinubu To Halt Wike’s Monthly Media Chats
A human rights lawyer and counsel for the Indigenous People of Biafra, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, urges President Tinubu to stop the monthly media chat of FCT Minister , Nyesom Wike, describing it as wasteful and extravagant. In a press statement released on Tuesday, Ejimofor said the media chat serves no purpose except to waste public funds and give the minister the...
South Korea Begins Voting To Elect New President
South Koreans began voting Tuesday in a snap presidential election, concluding months of political upheaval following former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s controversial imposition of martial law and subsequent impeachment. Polling stations opened at 6:00 a.m. local time in districts across the country, including Seoul’s Munrae-dong area, where a small group of elderly voters queued early to cast their ballots. “We were...
IATA Criticises Africa’s High Airline Operating Costs
The International Air Transport Association has expressed concern over the high operating costs of airlines in Africa. IATA Regional Vice President Kamil Al-Awadhi revealed this through a document presented at the ongoing 81st IATA Annual General Meeting in New Delhi, India. The document which was obtained by our correspondent revealed that African airlines spent an additional 17 per cent on fueling,...
”Political Elites Support Boko Haram To Destabilise Tinubu” – Kalu
Former Abia State Governor and senator representing Abia North, Orji Uzor Kalu, has alleged that elements within Nigeria’s political elite are backing Boko Haram in a bid to destabilise President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, Kalu claimed that the resurgence of the terrorist group was politically motivated and orchestrated by power-hungry individuals within the...
60,000 Nigerians Nurses Abroad Join NiDCOM Portal
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission launched the Diaspora Data Mapping Portal, which currently has about 60,000 registered Nigerians living overseas. The initiative aimed at gathering detailed demographic and socio-economic data on citizens outside the country. The portal, launched on June 29, 2021, is a central component of NiDCOM’s strategy to engage the diaspora in national planning and development. Diasporas from over 30...
