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, SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC, ENACTUS REWARD WINNERS OF ENERGY INNOVATION COMPETITION Schneider Electric, a global leader in energy management and automation, in partnership with Enactus, an international Non-Profit Organisation, have rewarded the winners of the 2025 edition of the Enactus Nigeria National Competition. Newspaper subscription bundles The Energy Innovation Challenge, which was competed among tertiary institutions students brought together over 33 …

NIGERIANS IN DARKNESS AS POWER MINISTER, ADELABU, EXHIBITS HIS MANSION A viral video of a mansion recently opened by the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has sparked controversy on and off the Internet, raising various questions. Popularly known as Penkelemesi, Adelabu was seen in a joyous mood in the one-minute-23-second video flanked by loyalists, including famous Fuji musician, Wasiu Alabi …

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FG’S N200BN FUNDS, MINISTER TELLS SOUTHEAST ENTREPRENUERS The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has called on entrepreneurs in the Southeast to tap into the Federal Government’s ₦200 billion intervention funds to expand their businesses and promote locally made products. Idris made the appeal during a town hall meeting at the International Conference Centre in …

EBONYI GOVERNOR NWIFURU GAVE N3B CONTRACT TO BROTHER’S TWO COMPANIES REGISTERED WITHIN 10 DAYS SaharaReporters’ investigation has uncovered how Simeon Nwifuru, brother of Ebonyi State Governor Francis Nwifuru, registered two companies within 10 days in February 2024 and subsequently secured contracts worth a total of ₦3 billion from the Ebonyi State Government. forCorporate records show that one of the firms, …

IGP ORDERS REVIEW OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORT ON SOUTH-EAST KILLINGS The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered a review of a report by Amnesty International alleging extrajudicial killings and human rights violations in the South-East. The 128-page report, titled “A Decade of Impunity: Attacks and Unlawful Killings in South-East Nigeria,” accused the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies …

POLICE, DSS ARREST PDP AGENT WITH N25.9M FOR ALLEGED VOTE-BUYING An agent of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Shehu Aliyu Patangi has been arrested in Kaduna State over alleged vote-buying. Patangi was arrested at about 3.30 am on Saturday by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Services (DSS). It was gathered that the suspect was …

POLICE, DSS ARREST PDP AGENT WITH N25.9M FOR ALLEGED VOTE-BUYING An agent of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Shehu Aliyu Patangi has been arrested in Kaduna State over alleged vote-buying. Patangi was arrested at about 3.30 am on Saturday by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Services (DSS). It was gathered that the suspect was …

DON DUMPS ASUU, CITES ASSOCIATION’S LACK OF TANSPARENCY A senior lecturer at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Abia State, Dr Philips Nto, has resigned his membership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, citing lack of transparency and inclusiveness in the administration of the union. Nto, who is the Director, Agribusiness Incubation Centre, of the university expressed regret …

MOTHER OF SLAIN FISH MAGNET, NARRATES HOW HIS SON WAS KILLED Mrs Esther Chinyere Onyekesi, mother of slain businessman and CEO of Fish Magnate Group, Martins Ifesinachi Onyekesi, has for the first time spoken publicly about the killing of her son. She debunked allegations that Soludo was responsible for the death of the young entrepreneur. The pained mother, who is …

WE WILL IMMORTALIZE CHRISTIAN CHUKWU – GOVERNOR MBAH Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah has pledged to immortalise the late Nigerian football legend, Chairman Christian Chukwu, describing him as a national treasure whose life and career transcended sport and spoke directly to the soul of the nation. Speaking at the Night of Tributes in honour of the former Green …