Nigeria is experiencing improved supply of electricity Nigerians have been experiencing improved power supply in recent weeks as buttressed by data from the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). The daily tracker of Electricity generation in Nigeria shows supply peaked at a record high of 5,043 megawatts (MW) on Thursday, 1st September 2022, an 8.1% increase when compared…
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has said unless drastic measures were deployed by governments to stem the tide of brain drain, the already bad national health indices may eventually spiral out of control thereby leaving Nigeria at the bottom rung among the comity of nations. The association has also directed its Abia state chapter to serve…
The federal government yesterday took a major step towards finally resolving its faceoff with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) by setting up a tactical committee to review the no-work no-pay policy which the striking lecturers have kicked against.The lecturers’ union insists that its members have to be paid for the period they were…
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has denied the claim by a coalition of civil society organisations that it violated some aspects of the 2022 Electoral Act by not publishing a comprehensive list of registered voters.He, however, said the commission was working towards publishing a comprehensive list of registered voters in Nigeria, ahead…
Contrary to the pronouncement by the minister of communications and digital economy, Isa Ali Pantami, that the five percent telecom levy had been suspended, the director-general of the Budget Office, Ben Akabueze, has maintained that the tax remains in effect as the Budget Office of the Federation and the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and…
NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a document made available to one of our correspondents on Tuesday, said the assets consisted of 249 exotic cars and 37 mansions. The agency’s seizures came against the backdrop of the categorisation of Nigeria by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime as the transit point for…
Many fillings stations were shut on Tuesday leading to lengthy queues by motorists for Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, at the few outlets that dispensed the commodity in Abuja and neighbouring states.Petrol scarcity resumed again in the Federal Capital Territory and environs on Tuesday after about a month break, as motorists and other PMS users…
Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Services (DSS), has begun an investigation into the video of Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, threatening people to shoot anyone saying bad things about his administration. A source at the agency told SaharaReporters on Tuesday night that the video had been brought to the attention of the secret…
Professor Florence Obi, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar has claimed that her vacation to the United States was for the purpose of concluding collaboration discussions with the DePaul University. This claim was made public by an article on DetailingCrossRiver.org The article went further to claim that the collaboration talks with various US base varsities started…
Over the years, Nigerians have had lots of complains and worries since the hurried implementation of the National Identification number and it’s commission, but little or nothing have been done to curtail or see to these complains. 1. The commission is seen as a revenue generating commission. Irrespective of the fact that the commission is…