Electricity consumers in Ondo and Ekiti States are to experience power outage for two months following the maintenance work to be carried out on infrastructure on the Osogbo/Akure – Ado – Ekiti 132kV line by the Transmission Commission of Nigeria. A public notice posted on the social media handles of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company disclosed that the maintenance work will take effect from July 1 to August 31. According to the notice, “Please be informed that the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN is scheduled to carry out critical maintenance work on the 132kV Akure Osogbo transmission line. The planned…
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Segun Babatunde, Bauchi Federal Government, in collaboration with UNICEF and partners has emphasized the critical need for strengthened social protection system to address the pressing issues of poverty. This was disclosed at the 3rd Edition of the Social Protection Cross Learning Summit weekend. Issuing a press release, UNICEF stated that the aim is to create a comprehensive support network that addresses the multifaceted needs of children and families, ultimately leading to improved outcomes in health, education, and overall well-being. Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, faces significant challenges in human capital development, and deprivations in health, education, nutrition, water,…
. Established two universities . Ran free education from primary to secondary schools By Samuel Igbetua, Lokoja Kogi State, in North Central Nigeria under the immediate past governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, arguably was neither the bride nor did she profit from the goodwill of many Nigerians on account of largely unpalatable reports. The incessant unpalatable reports of violence, killings, kidnappings and of late, corruption did not assuage the situation. The reports of these vices arguably diminished and indeed paled to insignificance socio-economic and political developments in the state. All indices point to the fact that Kogi State is crisis-ridden, coupled…
. APC should tell us their plans for Edo State – Govt Ben Ogbemudia, Abuja All Progressives Congress has accused the present administration of Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki is conniving with Mr. Asue Ighodalo and Mr. Osarodion Ogie, both governorship and running mate candidates for the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) to siphon the resources of the state. Addressing a Press Conference in Benin, Emperor Jarret Tenebe, the Chairman of APC in Edo State, said, “We have patiently listened to accusations of corruption that have been levelled against members of this government, and we have waited for individuals and groups,…
Ben Ogbemudia, Abuja Following the closing of his evidence in a case involving Comrade Philip Shaibu, the immediate past deputy governor of Edo State and Dr. Asue Ighodalo over the alleged forgery of Independent National Electoral Commission’s voter’s cards, Justice Kalowola James Omotosho of the Federal High Court 8, Abuja has asked the defence counsel to Ighodalo to appear for his defence on Wednesday 3rd of July, 2024. Shaibu, through the former chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Edo State and a governorship aspirant in Edo State People’s Democratic party primary in February, 2024, Hon. Anselm Ojezua, Friday tendered…
As the moves to purchase two additional aircraft for the Presidential Air Fleet (PAF) continue to generate divergent reactions, findings have shown that the Federal Government may have spent a staggering N214 billion on the fleet from 1999 to date. This sum represents cumulative budgetary allocations and expenditures on the fleet since the inception of the Fourth Republic, according to documents reviewed by Sunday Vanguard. The expenditures were incurred under the administrations of President Olusegun Obasanjo (1999 – 2007), President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua (2007 – 2009), President Goodluck Jonathan (2009 – 2015), President Muhammadu Buhari (2015 – 2023) and current…
…as man kills self in Anambra after hotel demolition . Woman jumps to her death from bridge in Delta Many people including a soldier and some wedding guests have been killed, and several others injured on Saturday, when four suicide bombers launched attacks at different spots in Gwoza and Pulka towns, all in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State. Gwoza is located 128 kilometres, in the southern part of Maiduguri, the state capital. The suicide attacks were launched on the same day when a man committed suicide in Anambra State, while a woman climbed the rail of a bridge,…
Agency Report No fewer than six people have been killed with 15 others injured in a suicide attack in Gwoza, Borno. Tragedy struck when the suicide bomber detonated an Improvised Explosive Device, IEDs, in Gwoza town. The attack occurred at a busy motor park known as Marrarraban Gwoza. Borno State Commissioner of Police, CP, Yusuf Lawal, confirmed the attack saying that the attack was carried out by a female suicide bomber. Lawal said that he was informed by the Divisional Police Officer in Gwoza that at least six people were killed with 15 others evacuated to the hospital. An eye…
Presidency on Saturday denied claims that the Federal Government will run four budgets in the 2024 fiscal year. This came as the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Temitope Ajayi, reacted to a thread of tweets by former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, who alleged that the President Bola Tinubu-led government was running four budgets concurrently. Ajayi wrote “Yesterday, @BudgITng raised a false alarm on the basis of rumours that FG is planning a 2024 supplementary budget. “It is important to state that the FG is not planning to run 4 budgets within a fiscal year as…
Agency Report A Panamanian court has acquitted 28 people charged with money laundering in connection with the now-defunct law firm Mossack Fonseca, the epicenter of the “Panama Papers” international tax evasion scandal. Among those acquitted on Friday were the firm’s founders, Jurgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca, the latter of whom died in May in a Panamanian hospital. During the trial, which was held in the Central American country’s capital in April, the prosecution asked for 12 years in prison for the duo, the maximum sentence for money laundering. However Judge Baloisa Marquinez acquitted the pair and 26 others after finding…