, NATIONAL GRID COLLAPSES AGAIN, 12th TIME IN 2024 A check on the website of the Independent System Operator (ISO), an arm of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), showed all the generation power plants on the grid did not produce electricity by 2pm, having all contributed an average of 3,087 megawatts of electricity by 1pm In a statement, the …
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ALLIED AIR CARGO AIRCRAFT CRASH LANDS IN ABUJA A cargo aircraft belonging to Allied Air has crash-landed at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja, on Wednesday. The incident was as a result of the failure of one of the aircraft’s landing gears. Zagazola Makama, a Lake Chad Basin counterterrorism and insurgency expert, who made this known in a post on …
Read More »SOUTHERN REPS WELCOME TAX REFORM BILLS, SAY THEY’RE GOOD FOR NIGERIA
SOUTHERN REPS WELCOME TAX REFORM BILLS, SAY THEY’RE GOOD FOR NIGERIA Members of the House of Representatives from the 17 southern states said they have welcomed the tax reform bills presented before the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu, describing them as good for the country. The four tax reforms bills namely, Nigeria Tax, Nigeria Tax Administration, Nigeria Revenue Service …
Read More »DOZENS OF GHANA PRESIDENT-ELECT’S SUPPORTERS ARRESTED IN POST-POLL CHAOS
DOZENS OF GHANA PRESIDENT-ELECT’S SUPPORTERS ARRESTED IN POST-POLL CHAOS Police in Ghana have arrested more than 100 people – mostly opposition supporters of President-elect John Mahama – over acts of lawlessness.Supporters of the newly elected president who want jobs have allegedly attacked some state institutions, looted properties, and engaged in disturbances that have left some police and military personnel injured.The …
Read More »AFE BABALOLA OBTAINS COURT ORDER TO BLOCK SALE OF FAROUNBI’S BOOK ON AMAZON, OTHERS
AFE BABALOLA OBTAINS COURT ORDER TO BLOCK SALE OF FAROUNBI’S BOOK ON AMAZON, OTHERS The Federal High Court in Abuja has issued an order to halt the distribution and production of the book “Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System” authored by embattled lawyer Dele Farotimi. The court ruling follows an application spearheaded by Afe Babalola through his chambers. The court, …
Read More »PROCESS OF RIGGING 2027 POLLS HAS STARTED – PROFESSOR JINADU
PROCESS OF RIGGING 2027 POLLS HAS STARTED — PROFESSOR JINADU The nation’s political elite has started the process of rigging the 2027 general elections, Prof Adele Jinadu has said. Delivering his keynote address at the Policy Dialogue on “State of Anti-Corruption Policy and Practice in Nigeria,” in Abuja, yesterday, the Professor of Political Science said known party members were being …
Read More »WORLD BANK CARPETS NIGERIA’S ANTI-CORRUPTION WAR, SAYS INSTITUTIONAL CORRUPTION PERSISTS
WORLD BANK CARPETS NIGERIA’S ANTI-CORRUPTION WAR, SAYS INSTITUTIONAL CORRUPTION PERSISTS The World Bank and other stakeholders have urged the government to fight institutional corruption as it is the only guarantee to sustainable growth and development. Speaking at a policy conversation on the State of Anti-corruption Policy and Practice in Nigeria jointly organised by Agora Policy and MacArthur, on Tuesday, stakeholders …
Read More »NIGERIA FLAGS-OFF N12B ROAD CONSTRUCTION AFTER 40 YEARS
FG FLAG-OFF ₦12B ROAD CONSTRUCTION AFTER 40 YEARS The Federal Government on Wednesday flagged-off a N12 billion road construction in Eti-Oni, Atakumosa East Local Government Area of Osun after 40 years. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the construction of the 56 Kilometer road, which was to be supervised by the Federal Ministry of Works, was greeted with …
Read More »EZEILO LAMENTS DETERIORATING HUMAN RIGHTS IN NIGERIA
EZEILO LAMENTS DETERIORATING HUMAN RIGHTS IN NIGERIA Professor Joy Ezeilo is a former United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Human Trafficking. She once served as the Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Nigeria, Enugu campus. Ezeilo, the Executive Director, Women Aid Collective, WACOL, in an exclusive interview with our DAILY POST reporter expresses concern about how difficult it has become …
Read More »ATIKU, OBI ALLIANCE CAN’T UNSEAT TINUBU, DECLARES APC
ATIKU, OBI ALLIANCE CAN’T UNSEAT TINUBU, DECLARES APC The ruling All Progressives Congress has warned that no alliance of the opposition leaders, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Anambra Governor Peter Obi, will be potent enough to stop President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. The warning was given by the National Publicity Director of APC, Bala Ibrahim, in …
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