THE Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company has downgraded some Band A feeders to Band E, including the Farm Feeder serving former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Trojan News reports IBEDC, in a list released on Saturday, disclosed that about 28 feeders under the Ibadan…
ONE of my memorable early experiences in BPE was a political baptism of fire – an encounter that opportunity to cash in on that misfortune. They did something similar in India in the 1990s and it went really wrong but…
A former prominent figure of the Association for Better Nigeria (ABN) and a well-known golfer, Abimbola Davis, has died in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State. Davis’s death was confirmed to Punch, by his elder brother, Mr. Azeez Olalekan, also known as…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has appealed for global peace and stability in Africa and other trouble spots around the world, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Tinubu stated this while addressing members of the Diplomatic Corps and Heads of International…
THE National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), has said that no fewer than 50,000 Nigerian intending pilgrims will perform the 2024 hajj in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Executive Chairman of NAHCON, Malam Jalal Arabi, disclosed this at a…
Mr Charles Odii, Director-General, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), has expressed the Federal Government’s readiness to remove obstacles hindering the growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Odii, in a statement, said the mandate is in…
FEDERAL Capital Territory FCT Minister, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike has said the Abuja Rail Mass Transit (ART) project is now 97 percent completed and would be ready for commissioning by May 29. The minister disclosed this today after an inspection tour…
THE Senate has postponed its resumption scheduled for Tuesday April 16, 2024 till April 23. The postponement was contained in a terse message to senators by the Clerk to the Senate, Chinedu Akubueze. Senators and House of Representatives members are…
ACCORDING to the report from the Sun, the former Minister of Police Affairs, Chief Jelili Oyewale Adesiyan suggests that, despite the tensions and conflict that arose during the 2015 election, President Jonathan’s concession to President Buhari helped to avert violence…
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed fresh charges, including alleged fraudulent foreign exchange allocation of $2 billion, against former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele, accusing him of abusing his authority while in office. According…
