The systemic failures that have plagued Nigeria’s electricity sector for the past 17 years have forced the lower chamber to investigate funds allocated to the sector. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dr. Abbas Tajudeen, disclosed this at the commencement of an investigative hearing into the nation’s power sector reforms, said the House is committed to correcting the ills. The Speaker, represented by the Chairman, House Committee on Environment, Mike Etaba, lamented that despite years...

No fewer than 32,000 livestock farmers in Niger State would benefit from the World Bank-assisted Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES). This is part of efforts to empower beneficiaries in line with the state and federal governments’ strategies for developing the livestock sub-sector. Mr Jiya Danladi Mohammed, L-PRES State Project Coordinator, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Minna, saying the targeted farmers would benefit from a range of interventions, including artificial insemination...

Following the killing of the Vice Principal and the abduction of 25 students of the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, in Kebbi State by bandits, the Senate has urged President Bola Tinubu to immediately approve the urgent recruitment of at least 100,000 Nigerians into the military to further boost security in the country. The Upper Chamber, while calling for the rescue of all the students from their abductors, also set up an ad-hoc committee...

Taraba State Governor, Dr Agbu Kefas, has issued an Executive Order for the immediate payment of all outstanding pensions, gratuities, to verified pensioners in the state. The Governor’s order was contained in a statement issued in Jalingo on Monday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Yusuf Sanda. According to Sanda, the directive was in line with the respect and compassion the governor has for senior citizens. He stated: “Taraba State must honour those who have...

The Governor of Cross River State, Bassey Otu, has ordered the immediate dissolution of the State’s Local Government Service Commission Board. The Governor in a statement released on Tuesday, explained that the decision followed the discovery of alleged abuse of office and mismanagement in the commission’s recent recruitment exercise. His words: “My dear people of Cross River State, I want to let you know that I have dissolved the Board of the Local Government Service...

The Nigerian Navy officer, Lt. A.M. Yerima, who recently had an altercation with the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike was reportedly escaped an assassination attempt on Sunday evening. Military sources told Vanguard Newspaper that Yarima was trailed by unidentified men dressed in black and riding in two unmarked Hilux vans with no number plates. The vehicles allegedly followed him around 6:30 p.m. from the NIPCO Filling Station off the Line Expressway to Gado Nasco...