$10bn Requires Annually to Revive Power Sector – Minister

NewsNigeriaPolitics$10bn Requires Annually to Revive Power Sector – Minister

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 30, 2024

The Federal Government of Nigeria requires 10 billion dollars in annual investment to revive the power sector for the next 10 years. Minister of Power, Mr. Adebayo Adelabu disclosed this at a one-day investigative hearing on halting the electricity tariff increase by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, in Abuja on Monday organised by the Senate Committee on Power. The minister said the major challenge in the sector was the absence of liquidity, stressing that...

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LG Elections: PDP Sweeps In Oyo, APC Won In Gombe

NewsNigeriaPoliticsLG Elections: PDP Sweeps In Oyo, APC Won In Gombe

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 29, 2024

The Chairman of the Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC), Isiaka Olagunju has declared candidates of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) winning all 33 chairmanship seats and councillorship positions. Mr Olagunju said a total of 19 political parties fielded candidates for various positions across the 33 local government areas. Saturday’s election was said to have been characterized by low turnout, late arrival of electoral officials, and absence of electoral officials at some polling units....

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Perpetrators Of Female Circumcision Risk Four-Year Jail Term-NAPTIP

NewsNigeriaPerpetrators Of Female Circumcision Risk Four-Year Jail Term-NAPTIP

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 29, 2024

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) shared on its official X handle @naptipnigeria on Sunday that female circumcision was a crime, which attracted a four-year jail term. The agency made this known in a post it shared on its official X handle (Formerly Twitter) @naptipnigeria on Sunday. According to NAPTIP, Female Circumcision (FC) is a crime under the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act, (VAPP) 2015 and various states’ VAPP Laws. It says anyone who incites,...

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Illegal Mining: NSCDC Arrest Four Chinese Nationals

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaIllegal Mining: NSCDC Arrest Four Chinese Nationals

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 27, 2024

The Mining Marshals of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC Nasarawa State Command has arrested four Chinese nationals at an illegal mining site where lithium is sold at Karu Local Government Area of the State. The Federal Government had vowed to stamp out illegal mining activities across the country and end the menace of mineral theft plaguing the solid minerals sector of the nation’s economy. Babawale Afolabi, Spokesman of the NSCDC, disclosed this...

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Organizations Protest Inclusion Of Sugar In Baby Formula

HealthNewsNigeriaOrganizations Protest Inclusion Of Sugar In Baby Formula

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 27, 2024

The Project PinkBlue and Diabetes Association of Nigeria (DAN), on Friday protested at the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) headquarters in Abuja over the inclusion of sugar in baby formula in the country. The protesters carried placards calling for clear nutrition labels on the products and stronger regulation by concerned authorities. Ms Omei Bongos-Ikwue, spokesperson for the National Action on Sugar Reduction (NASR) said the protest came in response to...

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Netherlands To Activate $250 Million New Investments In Nigeria

EconomyNewsNigeriaNetherlands To Activate $250 Million New Investments In Nigeria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 26, 2024

The Netherlands will activate $250 million worth of new investments in Nigeria over the next few months, including a $100 million investment in a waste-to-wealth industrial facility in Lagos State. Netherlands Prime Minister, Mark Rutte disclosed this when he received President Bola Tinubu in The Hague, also acknowledged President Tinubu’s economic reforms. “You are promoting democratic governance and dealing with problems of development. “I saw you take the courageous decision to deal with fuel subsidies...

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ICPC To Arrest Former Director General NILDS

NewsNigeriaICPC To Arrest Former Director General NILDS

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 26, 2024

Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC has secured a court order to arrest former Director General of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, Prof Ladi Hamalai, for failing to appear in the corruption case. A statement by spokesman of the Commission, Mr. Demola Bakare says the Federal High sitting in Apo, Abuja presided over by Justice C. O. Oba issued the bench warrant for the arrest of Professor Hamalai following...

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Emir Of Minna Set Up Committee To Curb Vices

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEmir Of Minna Set Up Committee To Curb Vices

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 26, 2024

A 31-man committee has been set up by Minna Emirate Council as part of a measure to address persistent thuggery, youth restiveness, and consumption of hard drugs by youths in Minna and its environs. Performing the ceremony in Minna, the monarch tasked members to discharge their duty effectively under the laid down rules and regulations. He also directed the committee to work hand in hand with law enforcement agencies in Minna Emirate to achieve the...

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CP Engages Traditional, Religious Leaders, Critical Stakeholders On Cattle Rustling

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaCP Engages Traditional, Religious Leaders, Critical Stakeholders On Cattle Rustling

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 25, 2024

Police Officers and other law enforcement agents have been charged to act by the force’s Standard Operational Procedures (SOP) and other extant laws guiding their overall conduct. Adamawa State Commissioner of Police CP Dankombo Morris gave the charge during Police/Community engagement “a Framework to prevent Shilla Gangsterism Kidnapping, Armed robbery, Cattle Rustling and other nefarious activities across the Northern Zone of the state. He warned that any Police Officer found acting contrary to their oaths...

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Rivers Commissioner State Finance Commissioner Resigns

NewsNigeriaPoliticsRivers Commissioner State Finance Commissioner Resigns

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 25, 2024

Isaac Kamalu, Rivers State Commissioner for Finance, resigned from the State Executive Council on Wednesday. He joined Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor who resigned as the state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice earlier on Wednesday. Their resignations followed Tuesday’s announcement of a minor cabinet reshuffle in the state by Governor Similaye Fubara. Kamalu’s resignation came on the heels of his redeployment to the Ministry of Employment Generation and Economic Empowerment by the governor on Tuesday. Kamalu, a...

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