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PMB: Call Him Master Finisher By Femi Adesina
The country has been agog this week with fallout from the signing of the long-awaited Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) into law. That legislation has now become Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). President Muhammadu Buhari has done what Napoleon couldn’t do. Again and again. The Bill had defied Olusegun... read more »
NCL Issues December Deadline For Implementation Of Electricity Tariff Reduc...
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NCL, has demanded that the Federal Government should implement the electricity tariffs reduction agreement by December. The congress in its notice to the government to reduce electricity tariffs by N15 per kilowatt-hour cautioned that it would not accept the serial... read more »
Power Generation Dips Below 4,000MW Amid Gas, Transmission Issues
As Muslims celebrate Eid-el-Kabir, power generation in Nigeria dipped below the 4,000 megawatts mark on Tuesday. The total generation in the country stood at 3,958.7MW as of 6am on Tuesday, down from 4,270.7MW on Monday, according to data obtained from the Nigerian Electricity System Operator. On... read more »
Why Fire Razed INEC Office in Udenu LGA, Enugu – Police
The Nigeria Police Force, Enugu State Command has said the fire incident at the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, office in the Udenu local government area of the state was caused by a power surge. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Force Police Public Relations Officer,... read more »
Ugandan Opposition Leader and Musician, Bobi Wine, arrested
Security operatives in Uganda have arrested the country’s main opposition figure, Robert Ssentamu popularly known as Bobi Wine. Bobi Wine had last week called on Ugandans to “rise up peacefully and unarmed” in protest against President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled the East African country... read more »
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Atiku Supports Privatisation of Refineries, Other Govt Assets
Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President of Nigeria has lent his voice to the Federal Government’s plan to privatise some of its assets. Among the assets to be privatised are the country’s... read more »
FG Expends N50bn Monthly for Electricity Subsidy – Power Minister
The Federal Government has been expending N50bn monthly for the subsidy of electricity supply across the country, the Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, has said. Mamman said the subsidy was... read more »
Makinde’s Alleged Move to Dump PDP Untrue – Aide
The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, has described the viral news report that the governor is set to dump the Peoples Democratic Party as... read more »
Nigerians will Vote out APC in 2023 – WIke
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has said the inability of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to tackle insurgency, banditry, and corruption will compel Nigerians to vote out the party in... read more »
Scores Injured as Gas Explosion Hits Rivers Community
Many people sustained varying degrees of injury while some residents fled as a gas plant exploded in Rumuodomaya community, Obio/Akpo Local Government Area of Rivers State on Saturday night, African... read more »
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