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  The Minister of Power, Bayo Adelabu has threatened to impose sanctions on non-performing electricity distribution companies. According to him one of the sanctions for wilful non-performance could be a revocation of licence. Adelabu said this in a tweet after meeting with the Chief Executives of some DisCos and the …

L-R: Chairman, African Newspapers of Nigeria (ANN), Amb. (Dr) Olatokunbo Awolowo Dosunmu; President, Republic of Tanzania, Samia Sulubu Hassan; wife of the President, Africa Development Bank Group (AfDB), Mrs. Grace Adesina; her husband, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina; Vice President Kasim Shettima; Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; former Head of …

UniJos Witnesses in the trial of Kassam Kopte and Yakubu Zwalnan, former Chairman and Secretary, University of Jos Non Academic Staff Union (NASU) of Education and Associated Institution, narrated how the duo allegedly lured union members into fraudulent land deals and defrauded them of their life savings in the process. …

Wale Edun, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Co-ordinating Minister of the Economy says the federal government is targeting over N113 trillion from the non-oil sector this year. The minister gave the assurance during his appearance before the House of Representatives committee on Finance. The oil and gas sector is Nigeria’s …

Adeyanju who described Adelabu as clueless made this known in a post on X platform on Tuesday. Human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, has called on the President Bola Tinubu-led administration to sack Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu. Adeyanju who described Adelabu as clueless made this known in a post …

Works Minister, Senator Umahi Briefing the Press after the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja, on Monday, 26th February, 2024, the Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, announced that Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a N1.06 trillion contract for …

The new employees were about 860, a document from the National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission read. The Public Complaints Commission (PCC) is struggling to ensure payment of salaries after the secret recruitment of new employees without recourse to extant guidelines. The new employees were about 860, a document from …

Ola Olukoyede EFCC chairman The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ola Olukoyede has raised the alarm that an estimated 70 per cent of financial crimes in Nigeria is traceable to the banking sector. Olukoyede spoke on Monday at the 2024 Annual retreat of the Association …

In commemoration of the March 8, 2024, International Women’s Day (IWD), the Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr Gambo Aliyu, has decried the high population of women living with HIV in the country. According to him, six out of ten persons living with HIV …

Nollywood Legend Mr. Ibu is reportedly dead. Veteran actor John Okafor, better known as Mr Ibu, died after a protracted struggle with blood clots on his leg. On Saturday, March 2, the actor died in a hospital in Lagos state. For years, the actor struggled with blood clotting on his leg due …