By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri THE media’s role as a societal watchdog is vital to the success of Operation Lake Sanity II, according to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) Spokesman. Operation Lake Sanity II, initiated on April 23rd by MNJTF troops under the command of Major General Ibrahim Ali, has …
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ELDER statesman, Atedo Peterside has berated the federal government over the payment of N90 billion to subsidise the cost of the 2024 Hajj pilgrimage. The founder of Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc said the Bola Tinubu-led federal government has continued to repeat the mistakes of past administrations, thereby sending a conflicting …
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THE Federal Government has said electricity distribution in the country cannot improve because most of the Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) in Nigeria are technically insolvent. Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Engr. Sanusi Garba, said this on Thursday while speaking at the 8th Africa Energy Market Place 2024 …
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PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a plan to pay the power sector debts estimated at N3.3 trillion. The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, disclosed this on Thursday at the 8th Africa Energy Marketplace in Abuja. He noted that the government will liquidate the N1.3 trillion owed to power generation companies …
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THE Police Command in Ekiti has declared a 34-year-old woman, Mrs Tolulope Orimogunje of Salaqua Street, Adin Quarter, Ilawe-Ekiti, missing. This was contained in a statement on Thursday in Ado-Ekiti, by DSP Sunday Abutu, the command’s Public Relations Officer. “The woman left home to an unknown destination on April 30, …
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THE governor of Delta State, Sheriff Oborevwori, has appealed to the youths in the state to remain calm, adding that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is owned by all members of the party. The governor stated this while addressing Aniocha South youths who barricaded the Government House gate on Tuesday …
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THE Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has temporarily suspended new licence issuance to operators in three categories. Trojan News reports that the NCC made this known on Friday in a statement via its X handle, signed by the Director of the Public Affairs Department, Nigerian Communications Commission, Reuben Muoka. The categories suspended include …
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A former chairman of the Park Management System in Oyo State, Mukaila Lamidi, also known as Auxiliary, has been remanded at the Agodi Correctional Centre by an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan. Trojan News reports Chief Magistrate Olabisi Ogunkanmi ordered the remand of Lamidi on Thursday due to a lack of …
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THE Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government, on Thursday, announced the official date for the opening of the portal for student loan applications. A statement signed by the media lead of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Nasir Ayantogo, said the portal will be opened on May 24, 2024. Ayantogo said the opening …
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A Board of Trustee (BoT) member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Shuaib Oyedokun has dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a letter addressed to the PDP National Chairman, Umar Damagum, through Ward 13 Chairman and personally signed by him, Oyedokun said his resignation was because the …
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