Minister of Power has pledged to address N4tn electricity debt owed by GenCos, which saw the electricity distribution companies threatening a shutdown on Monday. Weighing in on the development, the special adviser to the Power Minister, Bolaji Tunji, said the government is aware of the development and is making concrete steps to resolve the lingering […]
The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, has urged education stakeholders to redesign the curriculum of secondary schools, stressing the need to prepare future leaders for the journey ahead. Hamzat made this call while speaking at the 80th Anniversary of Olivet Baptist High School in Oyo State. He said, “To prepare leaders who […]
The Lagos State Government has revealed plans to complete the 68-kilometre Green Line rail project in a single phase, marking a departure from the phased implementation approach adopted in earlier metro rail developments. Stretching from Marina to the Lekki Free Zone, the Green Line is designed to boost public transportation, reduce dependence on private vehicles, […]
Hundreds of women in Rivers State marched on Monday in Port Harcourt in support of the state’s declaration of a state of emergency. The women, all dressed in white, gathered at the Garrison Bus Stop in the city centre at 8 a.m. to begin the rally. As of the time this report was filed, the […]
The Presidency on Sunday dismissed any notion of fresh revelations emerging from a United States court order directing the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration to release files on President Bola Tinubu’s past investigation. It insisted that the records, which date back to a drug trafficking investigation in Chicago from the early […]
Ogun State Government has reiterated its unwavering commitment to the provision of potable water across the state as a way of prioritising the welfare of the citizens. Special Adviser to the Governor on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Water Resources, Damilola Otubanjo, who gave the hint during a facility tour of water schemes in the […]
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, yesterday, directed the state’s Commissioner of Police (CP) to stop the imposition of illegal taxes on market operators and alleged forgery of council documents by the reinstated chairmen of local councils on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He said that the development was capable of jeopardising the […]
The Presidency has raised the alarm over the increasing proliferation of billboards across several Nigerian cities promoting the 2027 presidential campaign for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima. These unauthorized billboards, which feature images of the President and his wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, have particularly been spotted in Abuja and Kano. In […]
Despite the implementation of the national minimum wage across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), stakeholders and labour unions have raised concerns about the cost of living in the country, insisting that many workers will be unable to feed their families. This comes as states set the average floor wage at N73,471.43, […]
As exclusively predicted by The PUNCH, the Dangote refinery has informed marketers and its customers of a downward review of its ex-gantry loading cost to N865 per litre. The new price is a reduction of N15 from N880 per litre sold by the facility on Wednesday. Our correspondent gathered that the refinery informed its customers […]
