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OPPO Releases Reno11 F with Water Resistance Feature: Redefining Style and Performance
OPPO, being a leading global smart device brand, is proud to announce the launch of the OPPO Reno11 F in Nigeria. This new addition to the Reno series redefines style and performance, offering a range of innovative features and improvements…
Samsung Reiterates Commitment To Affordable 5G-enabled Technology
Samsung Nigeria, has reiterated its commitment to democratising 5G technology, making it accessible to a diverse range of consumers without compromising on performance, features, or design. This is even as the technology company has unveiled two new additions to its…
Fraudsters Clone Air Peace Website, Fleece Customers
Indigenous aviation company, Air Peace, on Tuesday, raised the alarm that some passengers intending to book United Kingdom (UK) flights on its portal were fleeced by fraudsters who cloned its official website. The alarm was coming a few days after…
CBN Clears Inherited $7 billion FX Backlog
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has cleared the $7 billion foreign exchange (FX) backlog inherited by Governor Yemi Cardoso. This move fulfils a key pledge on his appointment and signifies a significant step towards restoring confidence in the economy….
Poor Power Supply: Niger Assembly To Grill AEDC Regional Manager
Amid worsening electricity supply to power Nigeria’s ailing economy, the Niger State House of Assembly is set to grill the regional manager, Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC). The House in exercise of its oversight powers, summoned the senior member of…
Economy
Customs Suspends 25% Penalty on Improperly Imported Vehicles
Amid economic hardship occasioned by high cost of living in Nigeria and to encourage compliance, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) at the weekend announced that the federal government has approved the suspension of the 25 percent penalty previously imposed in…
TCN Expands Regional Capacity, Increases Capacity of Port Harcourt Main Substation with 100MVA Transformer
In a bid to boosts regional capacity, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has commissioned a 100MVA 132/33kV power transformer at its Port Harcourt Main Substation, enhancing the bulk transmission capability of the substation by 80MW. This initiative, which is…
Minister Urges Mineral-rich African Countries To Use Reserves As Equity To Avoid Impoverishing Debt Trap
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Oladele Alake has urged mineral- rich African countries to use the proven mineral reserves of their countries as equity in joint ventures instead of taking loans that worsen the plight of their people….
TCN Suffers Another System Sabotage, Shiroro-Katampe Transmission Line Vandalised
Less than two weeks after its Tower 70 along its 330kV Gwagwalade – Katampe Transmission line was vandalised, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has suffered yet another vandalism of its transmission line. This time, the company reported that one…
TCN Explains Outages in FCT Despite Capacity To Supply Adequate Power
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has stated that the current power supply situation in Abuja is not attributable to inadequate transmission capacity resulting from the Gwagwalada tower vandalism incident of 26th February, 2024. The transmission company in a statement…
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Enugu’s Land Grabbing Crisis: NGIJ Investigation Unveils Exploitative Woes As “Captain” Accused of Using Soldiers For Land Grabbing Linked To Lagbaja Family
By NGIJ Team In recent years, Nigeria has been grappling with a pressing issue known as land grabbing, where land rights are violated and increasingly stripped away from local communities and vulnerable individuals. This contentious practice, often fuelled by powerful…
President Tinubu Directs Mandatory Recitation Of National Pledge After National Anthem At Official Functions
To ensure absolute respect for the national symbols, strengthen allegiance and fidelity to country, and to preserve Nigeria’s ethos and defining character, President Bola Tinubu has directed the mandatory recitation of the National Pledge after the National Anthem at every…
Save Enugu Group Sends SOS To Tinubu, Mbah, Over Misuse Of Soldiers In Enugu
Worried by the harassment and intimidation of citizens in the state over land matters, a frontline pressure group and human rights advocate, the Save Enugu Group (SEG), has sent a Save-Our-Souls (SOS) alert to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the…
Ministers, Ambassadors Won’t Be Spared As Illegal Structures Will Go Down – Wike Fumes on Resumption Of Duties As FCT Minister
Newly-inaugurated Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Wike, has on assumption of office on Monday warned those distorting the master plan of the FCT to expect their properties to “go down”. The immediate past Rivers State Governor…
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Dan Agundi Power Transformers’ Fire Incident: TCN Restores Power Affected Areas in Kano
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has confirmed that on Sunday it restored power supply to some of the areas taking supply from the transformers affected by the Dan Agundi Substation fire incident in Kano, adding that full restoration for…
Declare State Of Emergency in Industrial Sector – Kallah Urges Tinubu
The Katsina State Coordinator of the Jagaban Vision Movement, Ibrahim Musa Kallah, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (PBAT) to declared a state of emergency in the nation’s industrial sector. Kallah, who spoke with our correspondent at the weekend,…
NDE Commissions Garri Processing Plant In Oyo
Determined to create employment and stimulate the local economy, the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has assured that it will continue pursue laudable schemes aimed at generating employment for teeming unemployed persons in the country. Speaking at the official commissioning…
VP Launches Assembled In Nigeria Electric Car
Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima has launched an assembled and designed in Nigeria, electric car. This is after the National Economic Council, NEC backed the move by the National Automotive Design and Development Council, NADDC, to begin mass production of…
Electric Car Sales Gain Pace Despite Hurdles
The electrification of the car industry is gathering pace, particularly in Europe, where the sale of new cars running on petrol and diesel will end in 2035. But challenges remain around their production, affordability and whether enough infrastructure can be…
Oil And Gas
Transfer of Crude Oil Proceeds To CBN Is the Way To Go – CNPP Tells Tinubu
Conference Of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has described the speculated directive by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, transferring revenue from crude oil sales to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as the way to go. Since on Monday, there has been…
Diligence, Result, Reward: A Diary of Kyari’s Midas Touch At NNPCL – Skymark Energy and Power Ltd
If the names of technocrats, pace setters, track record performers and people of integrity, diligence and transparency whose midas touch in the country’s social political and economic firmaments are to be written for record purpose, the name of the Group…
Kyari’s Reappointment: Skymark Energy and Power chairman Lauds Tinubu
…Urges NNPC GCEO To Keep Walking the Talk The Chairman of Skymark Energy and Power, Alhaji Muhammad Saleh Hassan, has hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his reappointment of the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigeria National Petroleum…
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TCN Restores National Grid After System Disturbance
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has successfully restored the national grid following a system disturbance that occurred at 4:28 p.m. on Thursday, 28th March 2024, with full recovery achieved by 10:00 p.m. that same day, the General Manager, Public…
PRNigeria’s Fact Check Proves Ajuri Ngelale Blundered in Saying Zubaida Umar is First Female DG of NEMA
A fact check by PRNigeria has proven that Presidential Spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, exhibited embarrassing gaffe when he claimed that the newly appointed Director-General (DG) of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mrs Zubaida Umar, was the first female DG…
Dan Agundi Power Transformers’ Fire Incident: TCN Restores Power Affected Areas in Kano
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has confirmed that on Sunday it restored power supply to some of the areas taking supply from the transformers affected by the Dan Agundi Substation fire incident in Kano, adding that full restoration for…
Tinubu Appoints New AMCON Management Team
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of a new management team for the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), pending their confirmation by the Nigerian Senate. The development was confirmed in a statement signed by a Presidential Spokesperson, 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟…
Politics
Count Me Out Of Assassination Attempt On Agbese – Benue Deputy Speaker
Deputy Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, Hon. Lami Danladi Ogenyi, has dissociated herself from an alleged assassination attempt on the deputy spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Hon. Philip Agbese. Ogenyi in a statement by her Press…
Eid-Fitri: ALGON National President Hon Maifata Calls for Lawful Mass Action, Collective Civic Responsibility Against Challenges
The newly elected National President of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Hon. Aminu Mu’azu Maifata, has on behalf of the national executive council, the Board of Trustees (BOT), management and staff of ALGON, conveyed a heartfelt message…
Benue LG Polls: BSIEC Fixes Date, Takes Steps For Credible Election
Hope for a democratically elected local government leadership is high in Benue State with a date fixed by the electoral body, the Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC), for elections into local government areas across the state. BSIEC fixed the…
Valedictory Speech By The National President Of The Association Of Local Governments Of Nigeria (ALGON) – Hon. Alabi Kolade David
Here is the full text of the Valedictory Speech by the immediate past National President of the Association Of Local Governments Of Nigeria (ALGON), Hon. Alabi Kolade David, marking the end of his tenure in office: Good evening Honourable Colleagues,…
Breaking News ALGON Elects Hon Aminu Mu’azu Maifata As Its New National President
Chairman of Lafia Local Government Council of Nasarawa State, Hon. Maifata Aminu Mu’azu has emerged as the National President of the Association of Local Governments Nigeria (ALGON). He is the chairman of ALGON, Nasarawa State Chapter. He takes over from…
Investment
EFCC Vows To No Longer Tolerate Obstruction of Our Operations
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned members of the public that it is a criminal offence to obstruct officers of the Commission from carrying out their lawful duties, declaring the former Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya…
Late Sokoto Prince, Shehu Malami: Family Members Fight Over Inheritance Will
Following disagreement over inheritance, the wife of late Nigerian Ambassador to South Africa, Alhaji Shehu Malami, alongside her children, has dragged the son and daughter of her late husband to court over inheritance Will. Hajiya Asmau Malami and her children…
Shocking As Power Generation Now Down By 32.3%
Amid controversy that greeted the recent increment of electricity tariff in Nigeria, power generation in the country has nosedived to 2,775 megawatts (MW) yesterday.The new figure represents a 32.3 per cent decline from 4,099.87MW recorded last week. This was contained…
TCN Clarifies BEDC Statement on Its Inability To Deliver Power To Its 33KV Customers
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN has clarified issues surrounding the inability of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) to supply 20 hours of power supply to its band A customers. The TCN reacted to a publication by BEDC on…