The Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO), says the new tariff regime approved by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) will not affect lower electricity consumers in its franchise. KEDCO’s franchise include Kano, Katsina and Jigawa States. Mr Ibrahim Shawai, Head of Corporate Communications of the company, gave the clarification in a statement issued on Wednesday …

As part of her effort towards boosting more solution-providing businesses run by innovative females in Nigeria, billionaire businesswoman, Folorunso Alakija, through her Flourish Africa outfit, is set to hold a virtual conference. Tagged ‘Outsmart 2020’, the conference aims to guide participants on how to reach heights they have imagined, especially in a peculiar year that has …

President Buhari on Wednesday presided over Federal Executive Council Meeting and Unveiled Nigeria at 60 Anniversary Logo in State House on 16th Sep 2020 Nigeria at 60 Anniversary Logo All photos by Bayo Omoboriowo, Personal Photographer to President of Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari The post PHOTOS: Buhari presides over FEC meeting, unveils Nigeria at 60 anniversary logo appeared first on …

A truck collided with the big signpost at Berger, inward Lagos along Lagos Ibadan expressway now. LASEMA officials on ground to clear the rubbles Photos by Lamidi Bamidele Truck collides with the big signpost at Berger along Lagos-Ibadan expressway The post PHOTOS: Truck collides with big signpost at Berger along Lagos-Ibadan expressway appeared first on Vanguard News.

Makinde By Dirisu Yakubu A lawmaker representing Obokun/Oriade federal constituency of Osun state in the House of Representatives, Hon. Busayo Wole Oke has described Governor Seyi Makinde as ‘the best person” to the lead the Peoples Democratic Party to victory in the South West. The lawmaker premised his position on the face that Makinde is the …

File photo dated 01-09-2007 of Liverpool’s Fernando Torres. Former Liverpool star Fernando Torres has revealed that he left Anfield in 2011 because the Reds couldn’t match his ambitions to win trophies at the time, whereas Chelsea, the club he joined for what was then a British record £50m transfer fee, could. Torres had arrived from Atletico …

The Youth Party has sympathised with the Nigerian people on the temporary hardship brought about by the hike in the prices of petrol and electricity. In a statement signed by the Director of Communications, Mr Mayowa Idowu, the Party stated that “the decision by the government to allow the market to determine the prices of …

***Insist Enang morally deficient to speak on 13 percent By Harris Emanuel A Clarion call has once again gone out to the federal government to review upward the derivation funds to the states to 50 percent. Akwa Ibom elders and leaders made the call, against the backdrop of the fact that the current 13 percent …

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has promised to deploy the use of modern technology to manage transportation and waste management systems for effective and efficient service delivery in the state. Sanwo-Olu made the remarks on Tuesday at separate inaugurations of the pilot scheme of Live Report Motorcycles, LRM and Lagos Waste …

The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) hailed the U.S. for imposing visa restrictions on alleged election offenders in Nigeria. CISLAC’s reaction is contained in a statement by its Executive Director, Mr Auwal Musa. Musa said the action was a big boost to efforts to “restore fairness, credibility and transparency to Nigeria’s electoral process’’. He …

ByteDance founder and CEO Yiming Zhang ByteDance founder and CEO Yiming Zhang’s decision to drop his pursuit of a sale of TikTok’s US operations to Microsoft in favour of a partnership with Oracle was the culmination of weeks of pressure from China’s government and the Beijing-based firm’s investors, according to people familiar with the deliberations. ALSO READ: Ouattara, …

An empty church The Catholic Bishop of Makurdi Diocese, Most Rev. Wilfred Anagbe, has suspended all pastoral activities at St. Peter’s Parish, Low-Level, in Makurdi, following desecration of the Holy Eucharist and the looting of sacred vessels in the Church. Rev. Fr. James Utav, the Diocesan Deputy Director of Communication, confirmed the development on Tuesday, in …

The Katsina State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), on Tuesday confirmed that eight persons had died, while 25,961 buildings were affected by floods in parts of the state. The SEMA Executive Secretary, Alhaji Babangida Nasamu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview in Katsina that 7,019 hectares of farmlands were also destroyed. Nasamu, …

An indigenous scientist, Chief Apollos Keniyinbo, on Tuesday solicited the support of stakeholders to showcase a solution, he claimed to have found for the novel coronavirus. Keniyinbo, who heads the Centre for Creative Scientists in Niger Delta, spoke with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yenagoa. He said that there was a need for Nigeria …

By Chimaobi Nwaiwu, Nnewi UMUNZE—INDIGENES of Orumba North and South living in Lagos have distributed over 10,000 face masks to the rural dwellers in their native communities to guard them against the dreaded coronavirus pandemic. The donation was made under the umbrella of Orumba Forum. According to the group, the gesture was part of an …

The Senior Pastor of Entime Heavenly Revival Ministries, Pastor Femi Adebayo who has used his spiritual gifts and anointing to help a lot of people is accused of sending thugs on the resident of Ayobo community in Lagos. However, Pastor Femi Adebayo has come out openly to deny the allegations. Speaking with journalists on Monday 14th …

Youth Ambassador to the Economic Financial Crime Commission, EFCC Chukwuebuka Obidike has appealed to Nigerian leaders; the National Assembly members, Ministers and Governors to shun corrupt practices and give selfless services to the country. Speaking at a press conference held in Abuja, Obidike decried the sordid state of the nation, accusing some National Assembly members, some …

By Prince Okafor Fresh indications have emerged that only 11 per cent of the nation’s population has a national identification given by Nigeria Identity Management Commission, NIMC. This was revealed by the Chief Executive of Officer, CEO, VerifyMe, Mr. Esigie Agele, during the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) and the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and …

The Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Transportation has expressed worry over the spate of trailer-related accidents in the metropolis. Chairman of the Committee, Mr Temitope Adewale, expressed the worry in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos. Adewale, representing Ifako-Ijaiye Constituency I in the Lagos Assembly, said …

Professor Wole Soyinka …Says Nigeria more divided now than ever before …Backs call for ‘National Survival Conference’ By Olasunkanmi Akoni Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, yesterday, expressed support for former president Olusegun Obasanjo, who said, last week, that President Muhammadu Buhari’s government was drifting the nation towards a failed state. The Presidency, however, in its reaction, …