Electricity Generation Companies (GenCos) on Sunday said although they have increased their generation capacity to 8,145 megawatts (MW), they only produce 3,987MW for Nigeria. Owing to constraints in the national grid capacity, 4,159MW has been left stranded, the said. With one voice, the GenCos, under the aegis of Association of Power Generation Companies (APGC), suggested […]

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar will contest the 2023 presidency unfailingly, his son, Adamu has confirmed. Adamu spoke while presenting the scorecard as Commissioner for Works and Energy in Adamawa State to mark the first anniversary of Adamawa Governor Ahmadu Finitiri. He said: “Personally, I don’t see anything wrong with my father contesting for the […]

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has said the need to follow bureaucratic processes has been delaying the decision to drag key leaders in the administration of former governor Abiola Ajimobi before the state anti-corruption agency. He spoke at the weekend through his Chief Press Secretary, Taiwo Adisa, while featuring on Southwest Political Circuit, a political […]

Despite testing positive for coronavirus, Abia Governor Okezie Ikpeazu is stable and in high spirit, his Chief Press Secretary Onyebuchi Ememanka has stated. Ememanka said that his boss who had earlier tested negative to COVID-19 decided to go for a second test as a measure of removing every doubt surrounding his COVID-19 status. He disclosed […]

Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Lasaka Habila has been electrocuted while trimming a tree in Garki area of Abuja. A cutlass was seen at the scene believed to have been used by the victim to cut down branches. The officer, who was seen stuck on the tree, was eventually brought down by the Search and […]

..Buhari may push for NEC meeting over mode of primary ..Direct primary ‘will guarantee social distancing’ The mode of picking the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the September 19 governorship election remained contentious on Sunday night. There is yet no final decision on whether the shadow poll billed for June 22 will be conducted […]

Many commercial and merchant banks have not complied with Federal Government’s directive to resume full operations. The order was part of the second phase of the lockdown announced on last week. Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said the directive is part of the measures approved by President Muhammadu Buhari. […]

Attempt by the National Assembly to unravel grotesque details of alleged N40 billion financial malfeasance in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) may suffer some snags following the abrupt demise of the agency’s Acting Executive Director, Finance and Administration, Ibanga Bassey Etang. Etang, who would have been pivotal in proving clues for diagnostic financial scrutiny […]

Troops of the joint military operation, Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), have repelled an attack launched by suspected Fulani herdsmen on three villages in Guma Council of Benue State. The Guardian gathered from locals that the attackers had invaded three villages, including Tse-Torkula, Kponko and Kaseyo all in Mbadwem of Guma Council at the weekend. The […]

sanwo As civil servants from grade level 13 resume work today after over two months of lockdown, the Lagos State Commissioner for Establishments, Training and Pensions, Mrs. Ajibola Ponnle, has stated that the state government is committed to building a 21st workforce that will deliver the dividends of democracy to Lagosians across every area of […]

A suit has been filed by the Lagos State government against the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), and the National Assembly to contest the constitutionality of virtual court hearings. In the suit filed at the Supreme Court through the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), Lagos […]

The activities of traders at the auto spare-parts market, popularly known as Ladipo Market at Toyota bus-stop along the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, presently undergoing reconstruction, have continued to inflict pain on commuters. In spite of the gradual ease of the lockdown as announced by the state government, which mandated markets to alternate days of the opening […]