Outrage has erupted in Abia State after residents of the World Bank Housing Estate in Umuahia accused the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) of imposing excessive charges, with bills reportedly soaring from ₦9,000 to ₦47,000 per home in July. At a protest outside the EEDC office in Umuahia, residents brandished placards denouncing “astronomical” tariffs and…
Nigeria’s largest trade union body has warned that a fair climate transition will be impossible unless the rights and welfare of workers are placed at its centre. At an event in Abuja co-hosted with the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) unveiled two major documents: a new policy paper on Nigeria’s updated…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has urged the public to disregard an old viral video circulating on social media showing a tricycle rider, unclad, violently confronting its operatives in Benin, Edo State. Olusegun Ogungbemide, the Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM), Corps Public Education Officer, (CPEO), said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Ogungbemide…
Chief Bisi Akande, former Governor of Osun and pioneer National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has described the late former President Muhammadu Buhari as a patriotic leader whose legacy will live on. Akande made the remark on Wednesday in Kaduna during a condolence visit to the family of the late president. He led…
The Yoruba Council Worldwide (YCW) has urged peace between the Alaafin of Oyo and the Ooni of Ife, warning that division between the two revered monarchs could undermine the dignity of the Yoruba race. In a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Charles Adeyemi, YCW described both rulers as “eternal symbols of Yoruba civilisation” and said…
Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia has endorsed the state assembly’s resolution seeking an investigation into the Universal Basic Education Board by suspending its chair, Dr Grace Adagba. Adagba will step aside for one month, though lawmakers had voted to suspend her for six months. The House said the measure was necessary to examine her stewardship…
Rainoil Ltd. has strengthened its distribution network with the arrival of MT Princess Oge, a 45,000-metric-tonne oil products tanker, in Nigerian waters for the first time. The vessel, built in Japan, successfully delivered 20,000MT of petrol at the company’s Ijegun depot in Lagos on Wednesday. With a deadweight tonnage of nearly 46,000MT, it is expected…
A Nigerian businessman has accused oil and gas company Oilserv Ltd of breaching a contractual agreement and misusing security agencies to silence him, in a dispute tied to the country’s multi-billion-dollar Ajaokuta–Kaduna–Kano (AKK) gas pipeline project. Jim Okolo Chimezie, CEO of Jimez Petroleum Resources Ltd, claimed that Oilserv, chaired by Sir Emeka Okwuosa, initially made…
Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has directed project managers and engineers handling the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway to maintain meticulous records of all construction processes before the end of September. Speaking during an inspection of the project and some bridges in Lagos, Umahi stressed that every stage of work—from soil removal to refilling and pavement—must be…
Gov Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has condoled with his Kogi State counterpart, Gov. Ahmed Ododo, over the death of his father, Alhaji Sani Ododo, who passed away on Aug. 18 at the age of 83. Sanwo-Olu, in a statement issued on Tuesday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Gboyega Akosile, described…
