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Electricity Distributors Spit Fire As Soldiers Beat Up AEDC Staff In Abuja
The Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED) has condemned the alleged beating up of staff of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) by soldiers, saying it portends danger for the power sector. ANED in a statement on Friday, was reacting to a report in which four staff of the DisCo narrated how they were detained and handed over to soldiers...
She Took Me To A Hotel, Gave Me Drink, I Didn’t Know What I Was Doing, Port Harcourt Pepper Soup Seller Narrates As Female Fraudster Dupes Him
A middle-aged man, Innocent Udeme, has lamented the loss of three phones and money to a lady who he claimed hypnotised him at his shop in GRA, near a nightclub in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. He said the suspect, whose identity had yet to be ascertained, bought pepper soup from him, adding that she, however, did not eat...
2023: We Need N305bn To Conduct Election — INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it requires N305 billion to conduct the 2023 elections. According to the commission, the fund would be used majorly to meet the commission’s technological needs to better serve the country. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Wednesday, INEC’s National Commission, Festus Okoye, disclosed that part of the money will be used...
Christmas: FG Declares Monday 27, Tuesday 28 Dec And Jan 3 Public Holidays
The Federal Government has declared Monday 27th, Tuesday 28th December 2021, and Monday, 3rd January 2022 as public holidays to mark Christmas, Boxing Day, and New Year’s Day celebrations respectively. The declaration was contained in a statement issued Wednesday in Abuja and signed by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore. “Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola,...
After Imo Killings, IPOB Says It Does Not Engage In Cannibalism
Following the “genocide in Imo”, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Tuesday exonerated itself saying that its security outfit, Eastern Security Network (ESN) is not involved in “these dastardly acts and barbarity”. Reacting, the IPOB spokesperson, Emma Powerful, in a statement on Tuesday, noted that “the general public should understand that those behind the orgy of kidnapping and barbaric...
Nigeria Got Nothing In Second Quarter 2021 For Giving Togo, Benin Republic, Niger Power — NERC
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said that three neighbouring countries did not make any payment for the second quarter of 2021. In its recently released Second Quarter Report 2021, the NERC revealed that the countries (Togo, Benin Republic, and Niger) and some other special customers were issued a total bill of N770m by the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading...
We Won’t Stop Supporting Buhari To Deliver Mandate, Says Ahmad Lawan
We Won't Stop Supporting Buhari To Deliver Mandate, Says Ahmad Lawan The National Assembly will continue to support President Muhammadu Buhari to enable him continue working towards the development of the country and keep his promises to Nigerians. Senate President Ahmad Lawan said this Sunday in Gombe while inaugurating the Empowerment Programme of Senator Sa’idu Ahmed Alkali, the senator representing Gombe...
Farmers, Herders Clash In Anambra Community, Two Injured
Two persons were reportedly injured at Ugbene, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, during a clash between farmers and cattle breeders in the area. But the state Police command told The Nation yesterday that there was no clash between the farmers and herders in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, Ikenga Tochukwu, said the clash was simply...
Auditor General Uncovers Multi Billion Naira Fraud In National Assembly
The office of the Auditor- General for the Federation (AuGF) in its 2019 Annual Audit Report has indicted the management of the National Assembly over how it spent funds running into billions of naira. The AGF, Aghughu Adolphus, in the audit queries uncovered how over N8.5 billion from the funds released to the National Assembly were expended within the period...
Probe Tinubu, Bisi Akande Now, Ayo Adebanjo Urges EFCC
Leader of pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, on Thursday, lambasted former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, for saying he (Adebanjo) pestered APC chieftain, Bola Tinubu, to build him a house in Lekki, where he now resides. The 93-year-old Afenifere leader, who explained how he gathered funds to build his Lekki residence, also asked...
