Amid Nigeria’s escalating electricity challenges, the Delta State Government yesterday explored alternative solutions to improve the productivity and quality of life for its workforce. The frequent collapse of the national grid, which has occurred 12 times in 2024 alone, has driven Nigerians to seek alternative, more affordable, and cleaner energy sources for their homes and…
By Elizabeth Adegbesan The Naira yesterday depreciated to N1,668 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,600 per dollar on Wednesday. However, the Naira appreciated to N1,534.6 per dollar in the official foreign exchange market. Data from the Daily Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM) published by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, showed that the…
By Adebisi Fatima Sogbade Twelve automobile mechanics who accused Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State of planning to unlawfully take over their land were remanded at Agodi Correctional facility for alleged defamatory publication. The 12 automobile mechanics were arraigned on eight-count charge bordering on treasonable felony, threat to life, defamatory publication, and threatening violence. The…
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By Tunde Oyekola President-elect, Nigerian Academy of Science and Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Engineering and Environmental Designs, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Abubakar Sambo, has said that the frequent collapses of the national grid can be abated by regionalisation of the grid. Sambo gave this insight on Thursday while delivering the 12th convocation lecture of Kwara…
By Peter Dada The University of Medical Sciences, Ondo, has conferred first degrees to 634 students, with 34 of them earning first-class honors, according to the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Adesegun Fatusi. Former Ondo State governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, was awarded the best graduating Master’s student for the 2024 session. Speaking at the university’s sixth convocation…
BY: Henry Falaiye The Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance, and Financial Institutions has attributed the worsening cash shortage across the country to the Central Bank of Nigeria’s inability to meet the cash demands of commercial banks. Speaking with The PUNCH, ASSBIFI President, Olusoji Oluwole, highlighted the dire impact of the scarcity, particularly as…
By Ignatius Igwe The Acting Assistant Director of 6 Brigade Army Public Relations, Captain Olubodunde Oni, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. Oni said that troops 6 Brigade Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) acted on “credible intelligence regarding an impending terrorist attack on some villages.” According to him, the troops “successfully thwarted a…
By Kayode Oyero The minister said the automated border control systems installed at the airports were integrated with data provided by the International Criminal Police Organisation and those of security agencies in Nigeria. “Automatically, it (e-gates) flags that but I don’t want to discuss too much on that for security reasons but trust me, it…
A chief magistrates’ court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, on Thursday, remanded a 30-year-old woman, Mercy Michael, in a correctional facility for allegedly killing her daughter with rat poison. Michael was charged by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp, NSCDC, with culpable homicide, contrary to Section 189 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law. The…
