National power grid The Federal Government has commenced “a full-scale investigation” to establish the cause of the national electricity grid collapse which occurred on Wednesday and caused blackouts nationwide. Although engineers from the Federal Government’s Transmission Company of Nigeria started grid restoration after the incident, industry figures seen on Thursday showed that power generation on […]
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By Femi Adesina Let me start with some clarifications. I’m from Osun State, and my homestead is Ipetumodu, in Ife North Local Government Area. And I am not Osun in Diaspora. I was born in Osogbo, capital of the State, when my father was Principal of St Charles Grammar School in the 1960s. When he […]
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Former Vice President and Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said that he is driven by passion to serve Nigeria. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Arise TV which was aired Friday morning, he said: “I am driven by passion and desire to give back to this country, I’m driven by […]
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Chijioke Okezuonu Nnanna, whose brothers were allegedly killed by operatives of the Ebubeagu Security outfit in Imo State, has cried out for justice. Nnanna said his relatives were shot dead in Awo Omama town in Imo State, while they were returning from his wedding. He added that his in-law’s house was razed as well as […]
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No fewer than 30 persons were feared killed in an auto crash along the Zaria-Kano Expressway, Hawan Mai Mashi in Makarfi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The accident was said to have happened around 5:30 pm on Thursday. According to Abdurahman Yakasai, Assistant Corps Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps in charge of […]
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An elder statesman and Second Republic Minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazulike Amechi, has said cabals in Aso Rock are preventing President Muhammadu Buhari from making rightful decisions in the management of the country’s affairs. Amechi said a series of letters he had written to Buhari on the state of affairs in the country, including that […]
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Latest Google trends released yesterday have revealed that the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, emerged as one of the top three most-searched people in Nigeria in the last six months. Other top trending people in Nigeria within the first half of the year are Bianca Ojukwu and the […]
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At 80, Nigerian folklore legend, Jimi Adeboye Solanke, no doubt, has led a very useful life devoted to the arts. The iconic artist, who made a name for himself as a versatile dramatist, musician and folklorist in a career spanning the 50s to the present, has remained faithful to his art. Recognised by many over […]
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A former Commissioner for Commerce, Industry, Cooperatives and Tourism in the administration of the late Chief Adebayo Adefarati and ex-Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in Ondo State, Chief Korede Duyile, has been elected Chairman of the apex Yoruba sociopolitical organisation, Afenifere in Ondo State. He will chair a new state executive committee of […]
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Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Prof Bolaji Owasanoye. Photo/facebook/inecnigeria Some 3,657 civil servants are before the Independent and Corrupt Practices and Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for allegedly failing to be verified on the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS). Head of Service of the Federation (HoS), Folashade Yemi-Esan, made the disclosure […]
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