The Kaduna Electric Distribution Company KEDCO has reacted to the ongoing industrial action that has thrown states within its franchise into darkness. The company’s chapter of National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) had on Monday embarked on an industrial action following alleged sacking of 900 workers. The management of the company in a statement on…
A special adviser to governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba state, Mr. Sale Ahmadu, has resigned his appointment. Ahmadu who resigned his appointment on Thursday in a letter addressed to the governor through the Office of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr. Anthony Jellason, alleged that the Ishaku’s administration in Taraba state “is moving in…
Six people were reportedly killed when gunmen on Friday evening attacked the convoy of the General Overseer of the Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Johnson Suleman in Auchi, Edo state. The vehicle conveying the cleric was said to have been riddled with bullets. The spokesman of the Edo state police command, Chidi Nwabuzor, who confirmed…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned that it may not recognise the outcome of violent party congresses. In a statement on Monday in Abuja, spokesman of the commission, Mr. Festus Okoye, threatened that any political party that cannot conduct peaceful congresses would be blacklisted. Okoye lamented that the level of violence in the…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that the economic and structural reforms initiated since his inauguration are now yielding tangible benefits for citizens. The president stated this in a broadcast on Wednesday, marking Nigeria’s 65th Independence Anniversary. He said his administration inherited “a near‑collapsed economy” marred by “decades of fiscal policy distortions and misalignment that…
The Secretary General of the Rev. Yakubu Pam faction of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 Northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Elder Sunday Oibe, has said that the purported election of Rev. Joseph Hayab, as the chairman of the association, is illegal, null and void. Oibe stated this at…
