YOUR CHILDREN ARE NOT MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOUR SPOUSE ‘Femi Adekunle on Parenting Some table-shaking here. Anytime I go speaking on parenting, I usually do an exercise and the result is always the same. I ask the audience consisting of parents how many of them love their parents, and all hands go up. I…
Fifteen States. One Saboteur. Zero Megawatts. Nigeria spent three years building a new electricity governance framework. NERC is now dismantling it one illegal directive at a time. By Chidi Ekeh Let us begin with a fact so precise it requires no embellishment. Section 230(6) of the Electricity Act 2023 the legislation that NERC administers,…
Court slams N1bn in damages against Sen. Natasha in defamation suit by ex-governor Yahaya Bello By Dally Iyamu A High Court in Lokoja has awarded N1billion in damages against Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, in a defamation suit filed by former Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello. The order is contained in the Certified True Copy of the judgment,…
ONDO ELECTRICITY ASSET HANDOVER AND UTILISATION: FEDERAL REGULATOR NOT SUPERIOR TO STATE REGULATOR WITHIN STATE ELECTRICITY MARKET — ENGR. ALABI In furtherance of its statutory mandate to license, regulate, and promote an efficient electricity market within Ondo State, the Ondo State Government, through the Ondo State Electricity Regulatory Bureau (OSERB), has formally notified the Nigerian…
Boko Haram attacks: Reps Call For Urgent Military Deployment To Borno Communities By Saheed Badmus Nigerian House of Representatives has called on Federal Government to urgently deploy adequate military and paramilitary personnel to areas recently affected by Boko Haram attacks. Worried by the incessant Boko Haram attacks in some villages in Borno State recently, the…
Marriage Is Not a Reward: What Every Woman Must Understand Let us be clear from the start. Dikko Falilat Kehinde Marriage is not a prize. It is not a certificate of success. It is not a reward for being patient, obedient, or “good.” Yet, for many women, it has been presented that way for…
NDDC Trains Contractors on E-Procurement, Vows to Institutionalize Reforms By Chris Mark The Niger Delta Development Commission on Tuesday concluded a one-day stakeholders’ sensitization and training workshop on policy reform and digitization of its procurement system in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Themed _“Promoting Best Procurement Practices and Digital Systems for the NDDC,” NDDC Director of Procurement,…
Adelabu Resigns as Power Minister, Ahead of Oyo Governorship Primary. By Ladidi Al-Hassan Mr. Adebayo Adelabu, the Minister of Power has formally resigned from his position, to run for the Oyo State governorship seat once again, in his resignation letter, he called for the creation of a Coordinating Minister for Energy to strengthen reforms across…
Reps Approve Transfer of NSIB From Aviation Ministry to Presidency By Saheed Badmus The House of Representatives at the Committee of the Whole on Wednesday, adopted a report on a bill for an Act to amend the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) Act and for Related Matters The bill which was sponsored by Rt Hon…
Court Sets N100m Bail, Demands SAN Surety for Taminu Turaki A High Court of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on Wednesday admitted a bail of ₦100 million to the factional national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Tanimu Turaki, SAN. This is following his arraignment by the Inspector-General of…
