The Chairman, ALTON, Gbenga Adebayo, disclosed this to our correspondent in an interview. According to him, the telecoms industry is one of the major consumers of diesel in the country. The sector, he said, had already been impacted by the current hike in diesel prices and scarcity of the product. He said, “It is already impacting us and very significantly …
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday said it has not concluded deliberations on the court judgement that sacked David Umahi of Ebonyi State, his deputy, Kelechi Igwe, and 16 members of the state House of Assembly. In a rather shocking verdict, Messrs Umahi, Igwe and the 16 lawmakers were removed by the Federal High Court in Abuja over their defection from the …
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Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has landed in Okpoko, Ogbaru Local Government Area of the state. Okpoko is a suburb in Anambra state. Soludo, who arrived at about 10 am on Friday went round various areas inspecting the level of work to be carried out as part of his first assignments as governor. The governor, who has sounded it …
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By Okhide Em’ya David Edo Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) Chairperson, Mrs. Helen Atekha Odemwingie has been suspended indefinitely with immediate effect on the order of the Police Force Headquarters. A Statement by the Acting Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters Abuja, Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Olumuyiwa Adejobi says the Force strongly condemns the illegal use of police uniforms, …
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• Recover 23 Rifles, 2,200 Live Ammunition, 3 stolen cars, cash sum of 1.8 million naira By Bob Magiri-Oghene Etemiku Thirty suspects in connection with the crimes of kidnapping, armed robbery, arms smuggling, unlawful possession of prohibited firearms, car theft, rape, receiving stolen goods, amongst others have been arrested by the Nigeria Police. The arrest was effected by the Force …
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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a bill seeking the repeal of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) Act. Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, briefed State House correspondents after a hybrid meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Mr Malami said that the …
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The National Chairman, Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee CECPC of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Gov. Mai Mala Buni has refuted an earlier statement which discarded the National Convention Sub-committees as recomposed in his absence by the acting CECPC Chairman, Gov. Abubakar Sani Bello. It was not immediately clear if the endorsement included the decision to sack the CECPC …
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*Threatens street protests, blockade of access roads if demands not met The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has given the federal government and the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, two weeks deadlines to resolve their differences and return students to classrooms. This came as the umbrella body of Nigerian students flayed the extension of a four-week strike …
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The Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, on Wednesday spoke to journalists on the current power outage and why the country has yet to make real progress in raising power generation and supply. Mr Aliyu blamed the outage and the collapse of the national grid on maintenance problems and gas shortages. Read his remarks below: The issue we’re currently facing now, just …
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Anambra State will today, enter a new phase as the democratically elected governor, prof. Charles Soludo takes over the governorship mantle from Willie Obiano who has successfully ruled the state for 8 years under the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Chukwuma Soludo of APGA the winner of the November 6 governorship election in the …
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