A journalist working with OrderPaper in the National Assembly has been freed by the Department of State Services over wrongful reporting. The journalist, Edna Ulaeto, was reportedly taken into the custody of the secret police on Friday but was also immediately released following the quick intervention of the International Press Institute, IPI. A statement by […]
The Transmission Company of Nigeria says the national grid has been restored after experiencing a temporary disturbance at about 8:15 a.m. on Saturday. TCN’s General Manager for Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Saturday. Mbah said that TCN engineers at Jebba successfully carried out switchings by isolating the […]
Umar Namadi, governor of Jigawa, has suspended Auwal Sankara, the state commissioner for special duties, over an alleged affair with a married woman. On Friday, the Kano state Hisbah board said Sankara was arrested at an uncompleted building over an alleged illicit affair with a married woman in Kano. Reacting to the allegation in a […]
An irate mob, on Saturday morning, killed a yet-to-be-identified Assistant Superintendent of Police with the Lagos State Police Command in the Agege area of the state. It was gathered that the deceased had led a team of policemen to an accident scene along the WEMCO junction by Mobil road, Agege, before his team came under […]
OrderPaper, an online publication which focuses on Nigeria’s parliament, has raised an alarm over the arrest of one of its staff. In a statement late Friday, the newspaper detailed how operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) “abducted” Edna Ulaeto from her residence, which was not stated. It is unclear if Ulaeto is a […]
The Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control branch, has vowed to continue its ongoing strike action till their demands are met. In an interview with NAN on Saturday in Kaduna, the Chairman of the Chapter, Adetoboye Ayodeji, said it was left for the agency’s management […]
A yet-to-be-identified man has succumbed to the injuries he sustained after falling into a canal in an attempt to escape arrest by policemen who reportedly labelled him a fraudster in the Ayobo area of Ipaja, Lagos State. City Round gathered that a friend to the wife of the deceased man claimed in a series of […]
For the third time in one week, the national grid collapsed again on Saturday. Power generation went off on Saturday morning around 8:16. Recall that the grid tripped off on Monday and on Tuesday when it was being restored. Our correspondent’s checks confirmed that power generation was 3,042 megawatts at 8 am and peaked at […]
Saturday 19 October 2024 APC may postpone NEC meeting to 2025 Concern over CNG explosions as FG begins probe Libya-based Nigerians recount ordeals after S’Eagles 20-hour airport detention Blackout in Kano, Kaduna as vandals destroy electricity towers Edo govt, Okpebholo want smooth transition Soldiers kill 96 terrorists, arrest commander Jigawa tanker fire: Families mourn loved ones […]
A federal high court in Abuja has warned Adeola Ajayi, the director-general (DG) of the Department of State Services (DSS), against disobeying court-ordered visitation for Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been in DSS custody since he was re-arrested in Kenya and extradited to Nigeria in 2021. He […]
