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Total blackout as Nigeria’s power grid collapses

1 year ago1242 min

Following the catastrophic failure of Nigeria’s energy grid early Thursday morning, there is widespread blackout across the country. According to reports, the grid completely failed about 12:40 a.m. on September 14, 2023, resulting in a massive loss of supplies to power distributors nationwide. On Thursday morning, many sources in the power sector, as well as electricity distribution businesses, verified the situation to our correspondent. On Thursday, the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company Plc issued a warning...

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Business & Economy

Traders accuse Soludo of imposing market leaders

1 year ago1713 min

The Nigerian Shippers Council announced that its complaints handling procedure had saved stakeholders N2.4 billion in the last five years. Mr Rotimi Anifowose, NSC’s Director of Planning, stated this recently in Lagos, when the council received the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola. According to Anifowose, the council gets complaints from regulated service providers and users via the Port Service Support Portal. Anifowose went on to say that some of the complaints...

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News

NLC lied over N100m palliatives for lawmakers – Reps

1 year ago1016 min

The House of Representatives has refuted allegations made by the Nigeria Labour Congress leadership that the Federal Government provided palliatives worth N100 million to National Assembly members. The claim was made in a statement released in Abuja by Christopher Onyeka, the NLC’s national assistant secretary. Akin Rotimi, the chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, responded to the claim by calling it unfounded and “devoid of factual accuracy.” “The House of Representatives...

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Metro

Police arrest BDC operator for N157m fraud

1 year ago1514 min

Atoyebi Bamidele, commonly known as Bam-Bam, a Bureau De Change operator, was arrested by the police on Tuesday and brought before the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly acquiring N157 million from traders at Alaba Market under false pretences. The police have three accusations of conspiracy, acquiring, and stealing against Bamidele, who conducts business as Prosocial International Limited. Force Criminal Investigation Department, Alagbon-Ikoyi, Lagos, filed a complaint against him with the court. Following a...

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EFCC detains company director, Obakin Ajibola over alleged N251m theft

1 year ago1734 min

Obakin Ajibola was charged on Tuesday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s Ibadan Zonal Command with four counts relating to alleged theft of N251,685,000 from a company called Lee Fakino Nigeria Limited, where the accused had also served as a director. The defendant was said to have committed the alleged offence in Ibadan sometime in December 2022, according to a statement made by Wilson Uwujaren, the anti-graft agency’s head of media and publicity. Akindele...

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Abuja woman, daughters abducted, husband pays ₦2.8m ransom

1 year ago4427 min

Mistura Olasinde, a female resident of Starwood Estate in Galadimawa in the Federal Capital Territory, and her two daughters, Hauwa and Fatima, were kidnapped on Friday, September 8, 2023. The incident occurred at Kabusa Garden Estate while Mistura’s husband, Surajudeen Olasinde, an employee of the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority, and his family were returning home in their Toyota Highlander from Garki to Starwood Estate, which is where they live and is situated between the Galadimawa...

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Lead Stories

Police charge BDC operator, Atoyebi Bamidele with N157 million fraud

1 year ago1224 min

Atoyebi Bamidele, commonly known as Bam-Bam, a Bureau De Change operator, was charged by the police on Tuesday before the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly defrauding traders in Alaba Market of N157 million. Bamidele, who conducts business as Prosocial International Limited, is accused by the police of three charges each of conspiracy, acquiring, and stealing. The Force Criminal Investigation Department in Alagbon-Ikoyi, Lagos, brought the accusation against him before the court. Following a...

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Police arrest NDLEA, NSCDC officials in connection with extortion case in Imo

1 year ago1522 min

Police arrest NDLEA and NSCDC officials in connection with an extortion case in Imo Three National Drug Law Enforcement Agency personnel and two members of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have been detained by the Imo State Police Command for allegedly intimidating and extorting residents of the state. News reporters in Owerri were informed of this on Tuesday by the command’s spokesman, ASP Henry Okoye. One person detained for the same offense was...

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News

Nigerians to get passports in two weeks once backlogs are resolved – Minister

1 year ago1464 min

Bunmi Tunji-Ojo, the interior minister, reported on Tuesday that 55,000 of the 200,000 passport backlog had been cleared. He added that additional backlogs would be addressed before the end of the two-week deadline provided to the head of immigration, and that after the backlogs are eliminated, Nigerians should be able to acquire their passports in two weeks. When Dr. Betta Edu, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, visited his office in Abuja, he...

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Guber polls: Court to hear suit seeking INEC chairman’s imprisonment Thursday

1 year ago1325 min

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has been asked to be committed to prison for allegedly disobeying a court order, and an FCT High Court in Bwari has set Thursday, September 14, for a formal hearing on the matter. After receiving a committal charge from a lawsuit filed by plaintiffs’ attorney Michael Ajara and designated FCT/HC/CV/4068/2023, Justice Mohammed Madugu set the date. Otunba Camaru Lateef Ogidan and Mustapha Rabiu are...

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