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Chicago University Confirms That Tinubu Graduated In 1979
The Chicago State University (CSU) has confirmed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu attended the university and graduated in 1979 with a bachelor’s degree. The university said this on Thursday in a statement issued to CBS Broadcasting Incorporation. However, the university stated that the United States’ federal law, prevents it from providing any further information about Tinubu’s record, without consent or unless...
We Will Resist Attempts To Turn Nigeria Into One-Party State – PDP BoT
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) has stated that the party will resist any attempt to turn Nigeria into a one-party state. The BoT also adopted the National Working Committee (NWC) resolution, which rejected the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), which upheld President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s declaration as the winner of the February 25 election. The...
EEDC Announces Gradual Restoration Of Power Supply After System Collapse In South-East
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has announced the gradual restoration of electricity supply after the total system collapse within the South-East. This is contained in a statement issued by the EEDC’s Head of Corporate Communications, Mr Emeka Ezeh, on Thursday in Enugu. Ezeh said that the company’s Awada Transmission Station had been restored and our Awada, Osamala, 3-3, Army Barracks,...
DSS Says Victims Of Garki Market Shooting Deserve Financial Support, Empathy
The Department of State Services (DSS) on Thursday said victims injured in the September 7 shooting incident in Abuja deserve financial support and justice. DSS Public Relations Officer, Peter Afunanya, stated this in a statement a week after officials of the service allegedly shot at a man in a market in the Garki 2 area of the nation’s capital. He said...
Mohbad’s Body May Be Exhumed For Investigation – Police
SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Police Command, has said the body of late singer, Ilerioluwa Olademeji Aloba, aka Mohbad, would be exhumed to aid investigation if need be. Mohbad died on Tuesday under controversial circumstances and was buried the next day in the Ikorodu area of the State. In an interview with media personality,...
Anambra Students Protest As Flood Ravages Metallurgical Institute
Students of Metallurgical Training Institute, Onitsha, Anambra State, on Thursday, September 14, staged a peaceful demonstration over the ravaging flood disaster in the institution. The protesters lamented that both academic and non-academic activities had been paralyzed as a result of the deluge. Addressing reporters ahead of the protest, the president of the Student Union Government of the institution, Chigozie Onyenyili, said students...
Blackout In South East As National Grid Collapses
Nigeria is currently witnessing a black power as the national grid collapsed in the early hours of Thursday. ABN TV reports that the collapse is coming few weeks after the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) celebrated over one year of zero grid collapse, a feature that has characterised the Nigerian power sector. A statement by the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC),...
FRSC Clarifies Directive On Vehicle Impoundment
The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dauda Biu, has dismissed the circulation of a ”wrongly couched” memo regarding a directive issued to Commanding Officers. This is contained in a statement issued by the FRSC’s spokesman, Mr Bisi Kazeem, on Thursday in Abuja. Kazeem said the memo in question relates to a directive issued to Commanding Officers, which...
Outage In Southeast As National Power Grid Collapses Again
The country’s power grid has collapsed again leaving most parts of the country without electricity. It was gathered that the collapse occurred in the early hours of Thursday around 12:40 am. The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) confirmed the collapse in a message to its customers. The statement was signed by the Head, of Corporate Communications of EEDDC Emeka Ezeh. The Company said as a...
We’re Getting Overwhelmed By Bandits, Bauchi Gov. Cries Out
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has decried the activities of bandits in the state saying that they are beginning to be overwhelming. The governor said this in his speech when he received the Bauchi State Council of Emirs who paid him a courtesy visit at the Exco Chamber of the Government House on Wednesday. He said that because of the Federal...
