The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Abbas Tajudeen, has urged Nigerians not to lose hope in the country as Nigeria was on the right path to recovery and development. Tajudeen gave the assurance, on Friday, in an interview with newsmen on the sidelines of a special prayer service
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) said on Friday that Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) collected ₦205.53 billion out of N250.79 billion billed customers. The commission disclosed this in its latest Commercial Performance Factsheet released on its X handle in Abuja. The report showed that DisCos received N333.94 billion worth
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says 44 ships carrying petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected at the Apapa, Lekki Deep Sea and Tin Can Island ports in Lagos on Friday. The NPA, which on Friday disclosed this on its Daily Shipping Position, said the vessel were
Some residents of Surulere, Lagos State, want faster refuse evacuation as the monthly environmental sanitation holds across the state on Saturday. They made the call in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos, ahead of the September sanitation exercise. NAN reports that the exercise,
.As Agency presses 22-count charges over UK-bound drug haul The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday arraigned Afolabi Kazeem Michael, popularly known as KC Luxury, and two other accomplices, Boniface Freeman Ochoche Sule and Ikechukwu Ekugo Patriarch, before Hon. Justice Ayokunle Olayinka Faji of the Federal High Court,
The Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Dr. Abiy Ahmed, and the President of the Republic of Djibouti, H.E. Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, have hailed the Dangote Group’s $660 million Damarjog-Dewele Oil Terminal and Pipeline Project as a transformative investment that will strengthen regional integration, improve energy security, create jobs, and accelerate economic
Vice President Kashim Shettima, Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu, and Gov. Umar Namadi of Jigawa have called on the media to uphold responsible and professional reporting. They said that responsible reportage would help to protect the integrity of the 2027 general elections and strengthen Nigeria’s democracy. They made the call
President Bola Tinubu has ordered an emergency intervention on the 125-kilometre Benin-Asaba Road following worsening deterioration, severe gridlock and prolonged delays experienced by motorists and communities along the corridor. Represented by Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo, the President said the intervention was aimed at responding to the hardship suffered by
.To create over 50,000 direct jobs The Ogun State Government and DP World MEA FZE have signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) for the development of the Gateway Deep Sea Port and the Ogun State Blue Marine Special Economic Zone, with the projects expected to attract more than $7 billion in
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has raised an alarm over smear campaigns among political parties and threatened to sanction erring parties. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Oyo State, Prof. Adeniran Tella, raised the alarm at a stakeholders’ meeting held in Ibadan on Thursday. Tella said the commission had