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The state Chairman of Licenced Electrical Contractors Association of Nigeria (LECAN), Bada Olalekan, has accused Electricity Distribution Companies (Discos) in Nigeria of deviating from their responsibility of providing free meters to Nigeria as agreed with the federal government. Olalekan made this statement while speaking with THISDAY at the 60th anniversary celebration of the association at the weekend in Lagos. According …

• Passengers stranded as British Airways cancels flights in, out of Nigeria• UK detects 80 new Omicron cases, ban to affect over 8,000 Nigerian travellers• Citizens UK coming from Nigeria to pay £2,285 for 10-day quarantine• Canada no longer accepting COVID-19 test results from Nigeria, nine African countries• Global clinic data confirms new variant is less lethal• Holiday travels hobble …

The Federal Government has begun moves to prevent an industrial action in the country’s public universities as the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ three-week deadline ended on Sunday. ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke and the Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba The  Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, in an interview with The PUNCH on Sunday, said  the …

Ijaw Women Connect (IWC), a socio-cultural group, on Monday in Yenagoa bemoaned the gruesome killing of 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lagos, Sylvester Oromoni (Jnr). Sylvester Oromoni (Jnr) “We condemn in totality and in strong terms the gruesome killing of Oromoni (Jnr), IWC said in a statement signed by its President, Mrs Rosemary John-Oduone, and spokesperson, Mrs Izuogere Iwolo. It …

Nigeria’s anti-corruption agencies have recovered roughly N900 billion (about $2.2 billion) in stolen assets over the last two decades, a new report by pro-democracy group, the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), has said. In the report titled, ’20 years of Anti-Corruption efforts in Nigeria,’ the group chronicles significant achievements of the federal government’s leading agencies established to mitigate the endemic corruption …

Incumbent president of The Gambia, Adama Barrow, has won the country’s presidential election held on Saturday December 4. Mr Barrow, who contested the election under the flagship of the National People’s Party (NPP), polled 457, 519 votes to defeat his closest rival, Ousainou Darboe, of the United Democratic Party (UDP). Mr Darboe garnered 238, 253 votes. “Having received 457, 519 …

Nigeria’s poor security situation is being made worse by incessant jailbreaks, which have resulted in more criminals returning illegally to society, experts have told PREMIUM TIMES. Security experts and analysts blame the recurring prison breaks on an infrastructural deficit, overcrowding of cells, the prolonged trial of suspects, understaffing, poor remuneration and equipping of staff, inadequate technology, bribery and corruption, and …

Demand sack of NSA Northern youths have called for the review of security architecture and the immediate sack of the National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (Rtd) over the massive killings and raiding of communities in the North by bandits, Boko Haram insurgents, ISWAP and other terrorist groups rampaging the region. The group, a coalition of Northern Youth Groups …

A 17-year-old, kidnapped by bandits in a rice farm on the outskirts of Kaduna, has been rescued by operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command. ”Our operatives stormed a kidnappers’ den on Saturday and rescued a 17-year-old victim,” ASP Muhammed Jalige, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), has said. He said in a statement, published by the Vanguard on Sunday …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has urged international donors to support the government in executing sustainable agricultural programmes to check food security. The governor made the call during a courtesy visit by the Joint Mission of the Federal Government of Nigeria, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) led by the IFAD Country Programme …