An explosion has occurred at theZungeru Hydro Electricity Plant in Niger State, leaving many workers seriously injured. The explosion at the N1.3 billion worth power plant reportedly occurred in the early hours of Monday. It was learnt that a Chinese engineer, security personnel, and several workers were injured while some installations were destroyed. The Chinese engineer was said to be conducting a routine check when the explosion occurred. Those injured, it was gathered, were taken to the Minna General Hospital. The engineer was said to have been first admitted in the emergency ward of the hospital where he’s being treated…
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… mocks Shettima, Ribadu, Akume, others, says ‘you’re all like Tinubu’s protocol officers’ A former National Vice Chairman, North-West of the All Progressives Congress, Salihu Lukman, has lambasted Northern politicians serving in the President Bola Tinubu-led administration. Lukman, who recently resigned from the ruling APC, said Northern politicians in government have been reduced to members of a “choir group poorly singing ‘on your mandate we stand,’ irrespective of the shaky and staggering reality being demonstrated by the mandate holder.” The former APC chieftain said the opportunity for Northern political leaders to redeem themselves and return the North to rational order…
Ben Ogbemudia, Abuja A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), against the Federal Government and Department of State Services (DSS). In a judgment delivered on Monday, Justice James Omotosho, the presiding judge, held that Kanu failed to provide credible evidence to back the allegation of violation of his fundamental rights by the defendants. Omotosho said claims that operatives of the DSS denied Kanu access to his lawyers, and that the officials eavesdropped on his conversations with his lawyers, could not be established.
Ben Ogbemudia, Abuja The former deputy governor of Edo stayte, Dr. Prius Egberanmwen Odubu, was on Monday described as a man of integrity whose character has been his remarkable attribute, which even his traducers have failed to fault. This remark was contained in a goodwill message on his 67th birthday by Dr. Samson Osagie, former minority whip in the House of Representatives and Dr. Washington Osifo, former commissioner for education under Comrade Adams Oshiomole. Dr. Samson Osagie, an Abuja based lawyer And Vice President African Bar Association(West Africa Region writes, “On this momentous occasion of his birthday, we congratulate him…
Shady transactions: I quit Globus Bank to protect my integrity – Olayiwola, former IT personnel …says ‘I will expose truth with concrete evidence’ A former Information Technology (IT) officer at Globus Bank, Idris Babatunde Olayiwola, has dismissed as “baseless” and “untrue”, fraud allegations levelled against him by the bank. Olayiwola in a statement he personally signed and which was released on his X handle on Monday, said contrary to allegations by the bank, he did not hack customers’ accounts or steal their funds during his brief stay at the bank and after his resignation. According to him, while working with…
Nigerian Air Force has said one of its Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) crashed in Kaduna on Monday, and not a helicopter. NAF also investigations have commenced to ascertain what might have caused the mishap, adding there was no any human casualty since it was unmanned equipment. A helicopter belonging to NAF was said to have crashed in the early hours of Monday in Tami village, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Eyewitnesses who pleaded anonymity had said that the incident occurred at about 5:00 am, causing significant pandemonium among locals. But spokesman of the Nigerian Air Force, Air Vice…
A Nigerian Air Force helicopter has crashed in Kaduna in Tami village, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State in the early hours Monday. Villagers said the crash occurred at about 5:00 am, resulting in pandemonium among residents of the community. It was learnt that the helicopter which was on a routine operational flight, experienced technical difficulties resulting in the crash. But the pilot was said to have managed to execute emergency protocols effectively to escape from the ill-fated helicopter. Villagers confirmed that the pilot successfully exited the crashing helicopter and emerged from the wreckage without much harm or injury.…
. 25 reporters faced prosecution since 2015 . Nigeria one of W/Africa’s most dangerous places to practice . Police, FG, presidency mum At least 10 journalists have been arrested in the past one year in what seems like a targeted clampdown on free speech with the use of the controversial Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention etc) Act, 2015, Daily Trust reports. Journalists from the International Centre of Investigative Reporting (ICIR), the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), The Whistler Newspaper, and FirstNews Online, among others, have been arrested, detained and intimidated in the last few months. Since its enactment in 2015, at least…
By Yusuf Olukokun Bolanle Austin-Peters has devotedly shown what it means to be divergent in Nollywood. The story of Olufunmilayo Ransom Kuti is more profound and filled with ecstasy that comes in linear arrangement of what commitment to national values, human rights or coagulation of historical events truly encapsulates. Olufunmilayo Ransom Kuti is a name every traditional Nigerian women would love to bear. The show of passion toward her gender, the development of her society, the core principles and values she largely inserted to education were what made her name different in history. This biopic from Bolanle Austin-Peters intermittently expressed…
Ekiti State Government has opposed the proposed plan by the Transmission Company of Nigeria and Benin Electricity Distribution Company to put the state in blackout for nine hours daily for the two months effective from July 1. The government said that the planned power outage amounts to unacceptable economic, financial and social price to be paid by the citizens of the state. The TCN and BEDC had in notices, announced that TCN’s schedule to carry out critical maintenance work on the 132kV Akure Osogbo transmission line which would involve the installation of Optical Ground Wire and other activities requiring outage…