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Nigeria’s electricity grid has collapsed again, causing a blackout and affecting businesses and livelihoods across the nation. In a message to customers, major electricity distribution companies (DisCos) said the national grid collapsed on Wednesday at about 11 am. The incident comes 38 days after the national grid suffered a system failure on […]

The federal government says the protest planned by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in solidarity with the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is illegal. The NLC had announced that it would embark on a nationwide protest on July 26 and 27 to compel the government to resolve the […]

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says he had plans to reform the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) in 2018.  Atiku said this on the heels of the unveiling of NNPC Limited by President Muhammadu Buhari, in line with the provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA).  In a […]

Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has officially unveiled Kashim Shettima as his running mate in the 2023 presidential election. The event took place on Wednesday at Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja. Shettima is a serving senator and former two-term governor of Borno state. Tinubu had […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the country is at moderate risk of importing Marburg virus disease. TheCable had reported that Ghana, a neighbouring West African country, confirmed its first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease on July 17. Owing to the outbreak of the virus, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued a certificate of return to Ademola Adeleke, governor-elect of Osun and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Adeleke polled 403,371 votes to beat Gboyega Oyetola, governor of Osun and All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the governorship election. Oyetola is mulling going to […]

The National Pension Commission (PenCom) recently approved and issued a Revised Regulation on the Administration of Retirement and Terminal Benefits. Aisha Dahir-Umar, PenCom’s director-general, speaks on the reasons for the revision, the modifications and implementation by Pension Fund Administrators (PFA). Some stakeholders in the pension industry have applauded the recently issued Revised Regulation […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Tuesday, met with officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) for discussions on the modalities for allowing inmates to vote. Speaking at the meeting which held at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja, Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, said there are a lot of areas to be addressed […]

Emmanuel Osodeke, president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), says the union’s strike would have been addressed earlier if politicians’ children attend public universities in the country. Osodeke spoke on Tuesday during an interview on Channels Television. ASUU has been on strike since February 14 over the federal government’s failure […]