Year 2024

BREAKING: National Grid Collapses a second time in 24 hours

The national electricity grid has collapsed for the second time in 24 hours, leading to a nationwide blackout. Electricity distribution companies (DisCos) announced the grid collapse in separate statements on Tuesday, October 15, 2024. The companies disclosed that the grid…

BREAKING: CAF Delists Libya vs Nigeria AFCON Qualifier

THE Confederation of African Football, CAF, has delisted the Group D second-leg fixture of the 2025 African Cup of Nations qualifier between Nigeria and Libya. The Super Eagles of Nigeria were scheduled to take on Libya in the Second Leg…

Why I See No Hope For Nigerians Under Tinubu – Momodu

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dele Momodu has expressed doubts over the capacity of the Bola Tinubu administration to turn things around for the good of the suffering masses. The former presidential candidate and veteran journalist said…

Nowinta Replies First Lady Of Nigeria, Oluremi Tinubu

…Insists “Bola Tinubu Is Responsible For Nigeria’s Economic Challenges” …Laments that “Tinubu’s Presidency Has Savagely Turned Nigeria Into A Battle Field Of Severe Hunger And Poverty” PROMINENT Nigerian social critic, human rights and pro- democracy activist, Comrade Igbotako Nowinta, has…

ECOWAS Court Gets New Leadership

THE ECOWAS Court of Justice (CCJ) has elected Cape Verde’s Justice Ricardo Gonçalves as its new President. It also elected Sierra Leone’s Justice Sengu Koroma as new Vice President, both for non-renewable four-year tenure. They were elected by the court’s…

Customs Extends Verification Exercise for Private Aircraft

THE Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has extended its verification exercise for the recovery of import duties on illegally imported private aircraft by one month, effective from 14 October to 14 November. Abdullahi Maiwada, spokesperson for the NCS, announced this extension…

Tinubu Urges Collaborative Action to Drive Economic Growth

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has called for increased cooperation among government agencies, the private sector and international partners to boost economic growth, enhance competitiveness and maintain stability in the country. The President said this during the 30th Nigerian Economic Summit organised…