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The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) has asked its customers in Oyo, Ogun Osun, Kwara and parts of Niger, Ekiti and Kogi to help avert a looming total darkness. In an SoS posted on its Twitter page on Friday, the distribution company informed that a prolonged power outage may be experienced from next month due […]
Poised to fight cultism to standstill in Ogun State, Governor Dapo Abiodun, has declared the social menace as an act of terrorism, vowing that his administration would henceforth deal suspected cultists as terrorists. The governor, who made the declaration at the Akarigbo’s Palace in Sagamu during a stakeholders security meeting, held on Friday, said his […]
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has upheld the conviction and eight-year sentence imposed on the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina for laundering about N2.1 billion. Delivering the ruling, a three-member panel unanimously affirmed the judgement read by Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, convicting and sentencing […]
A UK court has on Friday sentenced former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu to nine years and eight months in jail for plotting to harvest a man’s kidney for his sick daughter. Also, Ekweremadu’s wife Beatrice was handed four years, six months sentence, while Obinna Obeta, a medical doctor, got a 10 years’ sentence for […]
The Military High Command in Nigeria has revealed that some politicians are planning to disrupt the May 29 handover ceremony. The military has said that its officers are prepared to prevent any unwanted incidents in the country before, during, and after the transition. Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, Director of Defence Media Operation, issued the warning while […]
The ministry of foreign affairs has dismissed allegations of selective evacuation of Nigerian students from war-torn Sudan. Francisca Omayuli, the ministry’s spokesperson, made the announcement in a statement on Tuesday. On Monday, a video clip surfaced online in which one of the Nigerians stranded in Sudan alleged that some of them were left behind while […]
The All Progressive Congress (APC) has announced Godswill Akpabio, a former governor of Akwa Ibom state, as the party’s consensus candidate for the next senate president of Nigeria. The decision to zone the position to the south-south region of the country was made during a meeting of APC leaders. Outgoing governor of Kano state, Abdullahi […]
A new report has revealed that African immigrants in the United Kingdom are struggling to pay bills as they are most affected by the persistent rising cost of living crisis. According to Vanguard, this was disclosed report published on Wednesday by an African communications service community, many African residents in the UK suffer to afford […]
Leaders from different countries and international organisations have commended the Custodian of the two Holy Mosques, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud and his Crown Prince, Muhammad Bn Salman for Saudi Arabia’s swift action to not only evacuate its citizens but also foreign nationals from war-torn Sudan. As at Thursday, May 4, the Kingdom has evacuated […]
President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR has approved the appointment of Professor Umar Adam Katsayal, mni as the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Transportation, Daura, Katsina State. In a letter signed by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Dr Magdalene Ajani, she conveyed the President’s approval, for a five-year tenure, effective from whenever the […]
