The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it has restored the national grid after its collapse on Monday. This was contained in a statement issued on Monday by the TCN General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah. Mbah stated that the national grid experienced partial system disturbance at about 10.50 a.m. after a sudden drop in system frequency, which created system ...

Nigeria’s federal government through the National Universities Commission (NUC), has ordered vice-chancellors to re-open schools and allow students resume lectures. Sam Onazi, Director, Finance and Accounts of the NUC, gave the order in a letter signed on behalf of the Executive Secretary of the commission, Professor Abubakar Rasheed. The letter seen on Monday, was addressed to all vice-chancellors; Pro-Chancellors and ...

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday unveiled its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), with President Muhammadu Buhari as chairman and Plateau State governor, Simon Lalong, director-general. The party also appointed Tinubu as Deputy Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, its national chairman as Deputy Chairman (2) and Kashim Shettima, its vice-presidential candidate as Vice Chairman of the council. Adams Oshiomhole, a former ...

MultiChoice has said it cannot implement the pay-per-view (PPV) model for its DStv and GOtv subscription-based platforms because it is expensive. John Ugbe, chief executive officer (CEO) of MultiChoice Nigeria, who stated this when he appeared before an ad-hoc committee of the senate in Abuja on Thursday, said cost on the consumers make the model “unsustainable.” The committee was set ...

The legal representative for the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it will take appropriate action after studying the ruling of the National Industrial Court, which ordered the reopening of all public universities after seven months of closure. Newsmax Online  reports that a vacation Judge, Justice Polycarp Hamman, on Wednesday, ordered the varsity staff union to call off ...

The Nigerian Senate confirms Olukayode Ariwoola as Chief Justice of Nigeria. The Nigerian Senate has screened and confirmed Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), as the substantive CJN. Ariwoola’s confirmation as CJN followed his answers to Senators’ questions, and he was asked to take a bow at 12.45pm. Remember that on July 26th, 2022, the Senate ...

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), on Wednesday, ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its ongoing strike action. The university lecturers have been on strike since February 14 to press home the demand for improved funding for universities, a review of salaries for lecturers, among other issues. Several meetings between ASUU and the federal ...

Ayu, Atiku and Wike Nyesom Wike, Rivers State governor and his camp have pulled out of the campaign council of Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate. Rising from their stormy meeting in Port Harcourt early morning on Wednesday, members of the team vowed not to partake in Atiku’s campaign activities pending the resignation of the party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu. ...

Notorious kidnapper, Evans has been sentenced to 21-year imprisonment. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday sentenced kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, also known as Evans, and his co-defendant, Victor Aduba. They were sentenced to 21 years imprisonment for kidnapping one Sylvanus Hafia. They were accused of conspiring and kidnapping Sylvanus Ahanonu Hafia at about 5:30 pm ...

Muhammad Sanusi II, the 14th Emir of Kano, has advocated for scaling up of girls’ education and women empowerment in sub-Saharan Africa. He called for deliberate policy change that would cater for marginalized groups in government institutions and the society in general. Sanusi spoke at a three-day ‘Transforming Education Summit’ on the sidelines of the ongoing UN General Assembly in ...