The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has calmed the frayed nerves of its customers in Abuja and neighboring franchise areas, assuring them of adequate power supply within the next 11 days. Speaking on its X handle, the company revealed that efforts are in top gear to ensure that the underground transmission line, damaged by vandals […]
The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has approved a one-year moratorium on new applications for polytechnics and monotechnics. He, however, exempted health institutions due to low enrollment challenges. This was contained in a statement by the Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education, Prof. Idris Bugaje, on Thursday in Kaduna. Bugaje said […]
The Nigeria Police has debunked claims that over 3,000 arms were missing from its inventory. The police hinted that the report, done in 2019 by the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation, stated that the arms were “unaccounted for” and not “missing” as speculated by the media. Though the auditing was not done during […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) abruptly closed its defence at the Edo State Election Petition Tribunal on Thursday, despite earlier pledges to present 24 additional witnesses. This unexpected decision followed damaging admissions from APC’s own witnesses under cross-examination, who confessed to over-voting and widespread non-compliance with the Electoral Act by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in […]
The federal government and the Kwara State government have signed a technological Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalize the growth and expansion of the existing Technology Incubation Centres (TIC) in Ilorin/Offa Extension. The Director General (DG) of the National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI), Dr. Kazeem Kolawole Raji, at the State Business, Innovation, and Technology […]
