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High-profile attacks expose the Nigerian government’s inability to contain the expansion and potency of violent extremists and bandits. On July 5, the Boko Haram breakaway faction Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) led a successful attack on a well-secured prison in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja. The group shot its way into the Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre after overpowering security guards in a …

• ‘Power supply won’t progress without takeover of DisCos, poor GenCos’• Tsavsar: Blame government for power sector woes Nigerians are gradually inching towards the moment of anagnorisis as bank-backed reforms in the nation’s electricity distribution companies (DisCos) are revealing the true state and regulatory gaps among the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE), Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and handlers of …

Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s inability to curtail rising cases of kidnapping, killing and terrorists’ attacks have exposed his ineffective leadership. The group in a statement, yesterday, by its Secretary General, Murtala Aliyu, expressed regret over the level of insecurity, particularly in the Northern region, saying supporters of President Buhari must tell him the truth about ugly …

Nigerians have been reacting to the nomination of Nollywood actress Funke Akindele as running mate for the Lagos State Governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olajide Adediran. Recall that Adediran, popularly called Jandor, officially unveiled Akindele as running mate for the coming 2023 election on Tuesday. The unveiling of the actress’s nomination has sparked mixed reactions on social media, …

NCS also admitted on PT Spaces on Monday that it received intelligence on possible attack on its facilities but it was not narrowed down to the Kuje Custodial Centre. The Controller General of Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS), Haliru Nababa, said the country’s prisons are not fortified enough to withstand the kind of attacks they have been subjected to in recent times. …

Nollywood actor and filmmaker, Patrick Doyle has showered praises on colleague in the film industry, Joke Silva over her kind treatment of her ailing husband, veteran actor, Olu Jacobs. Ms Silva has been receiving encomium and admiration since last week for standing by her husband suffering from dementia on his 80th birthday. Jacobs’ wife had flooded social media with their …

Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele, has been named the Peoples Democratic Party deputy governorship candidate of Lagos State. The actress confirmed her deputy governorship candidacy in a video on her verified Instagram page on Tuesday. With this position, she had become the running mate of the PDP Lagos State governorship candidate, Olajide Adediran, popularly called Jandor. In the video she posted …

It is quite unfortunate that the Nigerian Correctional Service is in the news not for the invaluable efforts and sacrifices of the officers and men of the service but for unconstructive condemnation, particularly by those with poor knowledge of the plight, operations, and activities of the service. The most disturbing of these criticisms is the audacity of those who are …

Directors of 10 banks collected N6.96bn sitting allowance and compensation in 2021, according to an analysis of the lenders’ financial results. The amount represents an increase of 3.32 per cent from N6.74bn the directors received in 2020. The 10 banks are: United Bank for Africa Plc, Zenith Bank Plc, FBN Holdings and Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc. Others are: Union …

An intense battle between the Discos and the Federal Government of Nigeria has begun, following planned takeover of three power distribution companies by Fidelity Bank and the restructuring of two others by the government The planned takeover of the three Discos by Fidelity Bank is being backed by the Federal Government through the Bureau for Public Enterprise. This came as …