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Nigerians have again been thrown into darkness following the collapse of the national electricity grid. A tweet via the official handle of Nigeria’s national grid confirmed that the grid collapsed at about 2:09 pm on Wednesday. “The major grid setback has occurred and the restoration is to commence,” the handler wrote. Since January 2024 till date, the grid has collapsed 11 times. Within one week in October, the grid collapsed three times with its attendant blackouts, sparking reactions from Nigerians.

Our Reporter The Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) has assured that this year’s Christmas season will be celebrated throughout the country without petroleum product shortages. The association which last week sealed a landmark purchase deal with Dangote Refinery, said it has confidence in the measures it has put in place to ensure adequate supplies of petroleum products during and after the festive season. PETROAN which is the umbrella association of all retail outlet owners in the country says its membership of over 6,500 have put their retail outlets operators in all the states in Nigeria on…

                              Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has dismissed a fundamental rights suit instituted against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, by Okuneye Idris  Olanrewaju (a.k.a Bobrisky) alleging breach of his rights by the Commission and seeking  N200million damages.  In a judgment delivered on Thursday,  November 28, 2024,  Justice Owoeye held that Bobrisky’s claims of encroachment of his rights lacked merit with no credible evidence to justify the reliefs he sought from the court.  One of the reliefs sought was an “ an order of perpetual injunction restraining the Respondents”…

Comrade Al Hasan Yahya has emerged the National president of Nigeria Union of Journalists NUJ. Yahya, the immediate past National Vice president secured a total of 437 votes to beat two other contestants, Mr Bamidele Atunbi, the immediate national treasurer, who polled 97 votes  and Muhammad Garba, zonal trustee of NUJ, who polled 39 valid votes in the just concluded 8th Triennial National delegates’ conference held in Owerri Imo state. Also, a Deputy Director with Radio Nigeria, Mrs. Abimbola Oyetunde emerged as the Deputy National President of the union unopposed while Mrs Ronke Afebioye Samo from Ekiti State Council was …

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Oyo State government and some stakeholders have advocated the speedy passage of National Digital Economy And E-Governance Bill to ensure accountability and transparency in governance. The stakeholders, who gathered in Ibadan, the state capital, on Tuesday, said the passage of the bill would smoothen government activities and boost government-citizen engagement. This were the submissions of speakers at a stakeholders’ engagement on the National Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill. Speaking during the event, Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Olatubosun Tijani, represented by Banke Ajagunna, noted that the importance of the bill could not be underestimated,…

By Kingsley Chukwuka Executive Director (ED), Lagos International Trade Fair Complex. Barrister Vera Ndanusa, has identified a panacea to gender-based violence (GBV) in the country. The scourge of GBV, especially against the female gender, has been on the rise in the country with different tiers of government expressing grave concern at the menace. Ndanusa advocated formal education for girls as a powerful tool for employment, which, according to her, would empower and enable them to make informed choices and break free from cycles of abuse. To her, if women are educated, they will hardly subject themselves to wrong relationships that…

By Kingsley Chukwuka, Jos Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State today presented a budget estimate of about N471.1 billion to the State House of Assembly for the 2025 fiscal year. It is tagged Budget of Consolidation and Sustainability. Presenting the budget to the lawmakers, the governor said the sum of N201.5 billion,or 43.46 per cent of the total budget, is for recurrent expenditure. The sum of N258.8 billion, representing 56.54 percent of the budget, goes for capital expenditure. Governor Mutfwang added: “It is with profound gratitude and a deep sense of honor that I stand before this hallowed chamber today…

Donald Trump’s decision to nominate under fire Republican congressman Matt Gaetz as attorney general has sent shockwaves through Washington, including the president-elect’s own party. Gaetz was nominated on Wednesday as the President-elect's choice to be the nation’s chief law enforcement officer in the justice department, a role that directs the government’s legal positions on critical issues, including abortion, civil rights, and first amendment cases. “I don’t think it’s a serious nomination for the attorney general,” Republican senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, told NBC News. “We need to have a serious attorney general. And I’m looking forward to the opportunity to consider somebody that is…