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• Power generation at less than 50% of 2019 target• Stakeholders push decision on Siemens to Tinubu  Less than two weeks to the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, the failure of the much-hyped Nigeria-Germany electricity deal, expected to be implemented by Siemens, re-echoed yesterday, even as the national grid collapsed again, throwing the nation into darkness. Yesterday’s failure marked the …

Guinness World Records has released an official statement following the recent feat achieved by Nigerian chef Hilda Baci. Hilda Baci Baci, a Nigerian and an Akwa Ibom State native, surpassed the record for the longest cooking time by an individual, with a 100-hour record time. Baci beat Indian chef, Lata Tondon, who had completed the task in 87 hours, 45 …

No fewer than 20 persons have been killed in two communities of Fungzai and neighbouring Kubat in the newly created district of Bwai in the Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State in North Central Nigeria. According to sources in the communities, the invaders attacked Kubat on Tuesday morning setting houses on fire. The marauders also attacked fleeing members with …

The Presidential Election Petition Court began its sitting in Abuja last Monday. It marked the unveiling of five members of the court panel to the public. The panel comprises five judges drawn from various divisions of the Court of Appeal. They are: *Haruna Tsammani, presiding justice of Abuja Division (63) *Stephen Adah, presiding justice, Asaba Division (65) *Misitura Bolaji-Yusuf, Asaba Division …

Washington (AP) — A special prosecutor found that the FBI rushed into its investigation of ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and relied too much on raw and unconfirmed intelligence as he concluded a four-year probe that fell far short of the former president’s prediction that the “crime of the century” would be uncovered. The report Monday from …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has reiterated the need for Nigerians to shun bitterness and other societal divisions and work together, irrespective of their differences, to create and promote an enabling environment for growth and societal advancement. The governor gave the charge in commemoration of the 2023 International Day of Living Together in Peace, with the theme, “United in …

By Alltimepost.com United States Department of States, today released the 2022 International Religious Freedom Report, which provides a fact-based, comprehensive view of the state of religious freedom in nearly 200 countries and territories around the world.  It would be recalled that President Clinton signed the International Religious Freedom Act into law twenty-five years ago, giving the nation a range of …

Nigeria’s annual inflation rate rose to 22.22 per cent in April from 22.04 per cent in the previous month, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday. The statistics office said the April 2023 inflation rate increased by 0.18 per cent compared to the March 2023 headline inflation rate. The NBS said on a year-on-year basis; the headline inflation rate was 5.40 …

….Seeks recovery of N1.07 trillion debt The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, on Monday, disclosed that fuel subsidy payouts from 2005-2021, representing a 16-year window, have cost the federal government a whopping N13 trillion on a conservative estimate. Mustapha, who quoted the policy advisory of the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), noted that …

The outgoing governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to grant ‘study leave’ to the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, a few days before the inauguration of a new administration. Mr Matawalle, in a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES, alleged that the reason Mr Emefiele allegedly sought such study leave was “apparently …