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NUEE Again, Threatens To Shut Down The National Grid
The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), has again threatened to shut down the national grid. According to the electricity employees, the two-week given to the Federal Government to resolve the crisis had elapsed. Comrade Dukat Ayuba, the zonal organizing secretary, North West of NUEE, while briefing newsmen in Kaduna on Thursday, explained that while negotiation was still on-going, the shutdown...
Electricity Consumers Pay Over N210bn In Three Months
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, on Thursday, said power consumers paid a total of N210.17bn to distribution companies in the fourth quarter of last year. It disclosed this in its Quarterly Report for Fourth Quarter 2021 released on Thursday, noting that the N210.17bn represented 9.34 per cent of the total electricity bill given to consumers by electricity distribution companies during...
Rep. Onuigbo Calls For Reorganisation Of The United Nations
The member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency in Abia State, Rep. Sam. Onuigbo, says it is time for the reorganization of the United Nations in order to prevent the current situation where certain countries become uncontrollably powerful. He stated this during an appearance on NTA International’s morning show on Thursday, September 22, 2022. Onuigbo was echoing President Muhammadu Buhari’s...
Police Arrest Abuja Professor For Assaulting Female Orderly After She Refused Doing House Chores
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba has condemned the assault on a female police officer, Inspector Teju Moses, by a legal practitioner and human rights activist, Prof. Zainab Duke, her domestic staff, Rebecca Enechido, as well as a male suspect on the run. Force spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made this known on Thursday. He noted that Duke grievously assaulted her orderly in...
Police Begin Documentation Of Successful Candidates For Recruitment Exercise
The Niger State Police Command has urged successful candidates in the ongoing ninth regular course intake to the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil Kano, to prepare for screenings. The command said in a statement issued in Minna on Thursday that physical and credential screening would begin from September 26 to October 1 at Police Secondary School, Minna by 8 a.m daily. The...
Over 500 Abians Benefit From Rep Onuigbo Entrepreneurship Development Program As First Batch Graduates (Photos, Video)
No fewer than 500 persons have benefitted from the federal government's empowerment scheme attracted by the member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal Constituency, Rep. Sam Onuigbo. This comes as he urged the benefitting constituents to make effective use of the empowerment opportunity to enhance the lives of their family members and their communities. Speaking at the graduation ceremony at the end of a...
How 20 Surrendered Boko Haram Members Died Of Cholera In Borno
No fewer than 25 persons including 20 surrendered Boko Haram fighters have died due to a cholera outbreak in the Hajj camp where about 12,000 surrenders are currently kept in Maiduguri, Borno State. It was learnt that at least seven persons died on Tuesday. Our correspondent gathered that 14 other causalities were recorded in the Hajj camp on Wednesday. According to a...
Islamic Group Hails Soludo Over Ban On Mini-Skirts By School Girls
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has hailed Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State over a ban on the use of mini-skirts by school girls in public and private schools. ABN TV reports that as schools resumed last Tuesday, the Anambra State government said it has banned the wearing of short skirts by female students in schools. The State commissioner for education, Prof. Ngozi...
Amidst Prayers, FCT Minister’s Mum Laid To Rest In Abuja
The remains of the late Hajiya Zainab Ali, mother of the FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, were interred on Wednesday at Gudu Cemetery, Abuja, amid tears and prayers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the late Hajiya Ali succumbed on Tuesday evening while suffering from an undisclosed ailment. Speaking shortly after the burial prayer, Gov. Yahaya Bello...
INEC Denies Disenfranchising About Seven Million Nigerians
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied playing any adverse roles in the failure of about seven million potential voters to complete their registration to vote in next year’s election. Its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, refuted the claim in Abuja on Monday. Okoye said that INEC’s attention was drawn to media reports...
