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• GenCos fear tariff hike over imposition of new taxes • Demand 100 per cent debt settlement Despite promises made by President Bola Tinubu’s administration, Nigeria’s power sector is facing an escalating financial crisis, with generation companies (GenCos) warning of potential shutdowns. This comes as GenCos, in a new letter ...

James Omotosho, judge of a federal high court in Abuja, has fixed March 21 for the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). According to NAN, Omotosho is the new judge to which Kanu’s case file was assigned. With a new judge taking over, Kanu’s ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has become the majority party in the Edo state house of assembly following the defection of four lawmakers from opposition parties. Three members from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and one from the Labour Party (LP) joined the APC on Wednesday, increasing its membership to ...

The national leadership of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has faulted Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna, for attributing the party’s crisis to the federal government. In a statement on Wednesday, Oginni Olaposi, the NNPP factional national secretary, said el-Rufai does not understand the root causes of the NNPP ...

President Bola Tinubu Nearly two years after President Bola Tinubu recalled all ambassadors, their replacements are expected to be announced “very soon”. Citing sources familiar with the development, Reuters reports that the federal government has commenced the vetting of potential candidates. An intelligence official added that background checks were being ...

By Omeiza Ajayi, Dan Abia & Davies Ihemnachor PORT Harcourt — THE political crisis in Rivers State took a dangerous turn, yesterday, as the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Minister, Chief Nyesom Wike, downplayed reported threats by some Ijaw-linked militant groups to blow up crude oil pipelines and hold the nation to ...

Minister of Works, David Umahi. By Damilola Aina The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has disclosed that 52 per cent of the ongoing road construction projects initiated by the current administration are concentrated in Northern Nigeria. He commended President Bola Tinubu for approving the necessary funding and providing leadership for the ...

Honorable Ogbara during the press briefing in New York on Wednesday. Photo: Channels By Okiki Adeduyite The Nigerian Senate has defended its decision to suspend Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan before the Inter-Parliamentary Union, stating that her suspension was not related to allegations of sexual harassment but due to gross misconduct. Speaking before ...

By Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis The camp of Senate President Godswill Akpabio has dismissed the authority of the Inter-Parliamentary Union to compel him to appear before its panel over the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from the National Assembly. Akpabio’s media aide, Eseme Eyiboh, made this known in an exclusive interview with The ...

By Uthman Salami A subcontractor for TikTok, Teleperformance Kenya, has denied claims that it barred a Nigerian content moderator, Ladi Olubunmi, from travelling to Nigeria before her death. PUNCH Metro learnt from ABC News on Wednesday that Olubunmi’s decomposing body was discovered in her apartment last week, three days after she ...