…say only PDP guber candidate has plan for security, prosperity By Kingsley Ohens In a carnival-like atmosphere on Sunday, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) welcomed over three hundred defectors from the All Progressives Congress APC, Labour Party and other fringe…
THE Kano State Students’ Council has cautioned against the planned nationwide protest over the rising cost of living. The Chairman of the council, Yahaya Kabo, at a news conference on Sunday in Kano, urged the organisers of the protest to…
A former governor of Taraba State, Jolly Iyame has claimed that the planned nationwide protest on August 1 is a plot to remove the democratically elected government through the back door. Iyame made the claim on Sunday while addressing a gathering of…
SEVEN people lost their lives in a stampede at the Stade de Martyrs stadium in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, during a concert by Congolese gospel singer Mike Kalambayi, local authorities reported. The tragic incident occurred…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress [APC] from Imo State, Senator Ifeanyi Araraume, has expressed shock at the sudden death of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, who represented Anambra South in the Senate until his paasing, describing it as diminishing.…
Ex-Deputy Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly and former lecturer at Tai Solarin College of Education, now Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Tokunbo Oshin, has died at age 66. Trojan News reports that the Ogun State Commissioner for Community…
Nigeria’s National grid responsible for electricity supply in the country recorded two system collapses in the first quarter of 2024. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission disclosed this in its latest Q1,2024 report. The commission said the country’s national grid had…
THE National Assembly has delayed the transmission of the minimum wage bill, which may now be sent to President Bola Tinubu by Monday. The bill, which underwent second and third readings in both legislative chambers within minutes of being transmitted by…
THE Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has disclosed why it has not reverted to the old electricity tariff as directed by the House of Representatives. Trojan News reports that the House of Representatives on Tuesday directed NERC and the electricity distribution companies…
THE Council of Traditional Rulers in the South East has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to consider the request for creation of additional two states in the zone. Speaking at the Forum of News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja,…
