Major Setback As Vandals Bring Down More TCN’s Towers, 4 Others Collapse During Cable Stringing
….Tower Members Removed Along Makurdi-Jos 330kV Transmission Line There was a major setback in the efforts of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to meet its target for the restoration of power along the Jos – Gombe 330kV transmission line…
Inside Story Of How Man Was Nabbed With Explosive In Jos Bank
A young man, whose identity is yet be unveiled, sneaked into a bank in Dadinkowa, Jos South local government area of Plateau State, with Improvised Explosive Device (IED), demanding N100m to avoid detonating it. An official of the bank who…
Ikpokpo Appointed ALGON Director General
The National President Of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Hon Aminu Mu’azu Maifata, has on Behalf of the Executive Council (NEC) of the Association announced the appointment of Sir Itiako Ikpokpo (KSM) as the NEW ALGON Director…
NDE Harps On High Mass Employment Potential Of B-NOAS Scheme
Determined to bring succour to the teeming unemployed youths in the country, the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has commenced an intensive three months Basic National Open Apprenticeship Scheme (B-NOAS), training for Twenty (20) unemployed persons in Oyo State. Speaking…
FCTA Disburses N6.3bn in One Month To Six Area Councils in FCT
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has disbursed a total of N6,316,621,045.37 billion to the six area councils and other stakeholders as statutory allocation for the month of March 2024. This amount represents a significant increase of approximately 40 percent…
May Day: ALGON National President Hon Aminu Mu’azu Maifata Sends Sincere Message To Workers
The National President of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Hon Aminu Mu’azu Maifata, has sent in his goodwill message to the local government workers. The ALGON leader said, “On behalf of the National Executive Council of the…
EFCC Vs Yahaya Bello: Northern Group Urges Tinubu To Call Ex-Kogi Governor To Order
…Wants NJC’s Intervention to Save Judiciary Amid the ensuing drama between the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Adoza Bello and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), a group, the Northern Initiative for the Defence of Democracy…
Abuja American School Returns Yahaya Bello’s $760,000 to EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed the receipt of the refund of $760,000 paid as advanced school fees by a former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello for his kids at the American International School, Abuja. The…
AASU Writes Malian Leader, Expresses Interest in Detained Siriman Niaré’s Case
The All-Africa Stucents Unian (AASU), a continental Students’ movement and the umbrella body for all national students’ unions in Africa, has expressed interest in a case involving a student activist, Comrade Siriman Niaré, in a letter to the Interim President…
Misappropriation, Others: Court Jails Three for N17.6m Fraud
The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, April 22, 2024, secured the conviction and sentencing of three fraudsters before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri. The convicts are Mohammed…
